Profiles – Page 41

8May

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Nigeria, Noteworthy, Profiles, United Kingdom

Ty, rapper

Ben Chijioke aka Ty died on May 7, 2020 Ben Chijioke ‑ a British rapper better known by his stage name Ty – died on 7 May 2020 due to pneumonia after intensive treatment for COVID-19 had seemed successful on 19 April. Ben Chijioke, 47, released the albums Awkward (2001), Upwards (2004), Closer (2006), Special Kind of Fool (2010) and A Work of Heart (2018). Upwards was nominated for a Mercury Prize. Ty collaborated with musicians such as Shortee Blitz, Drew Horley and Tony Allen. Benedict Chijioke was born in London, into an Igbo family from Nigeria. He spent many years of his youth in the care of private foster parents in Jaywick, Essex, as reported in a 2019 Channel 4 News feature by Symeon Brown. Chijioke was one of over 10,000 West African children sent from the inner citie...

Antonio González Pacheco, police officer

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Noteworthy, Profiles, Spain

Antonio González Pacheco, police officer

Antonio González Pacheco Antonio González Pacheco died on 7 May 2020 from COVID-19 in Spain at the age of 73. Pacheco, known also as Billy the Kid (Billy el Niño) was a Spanish police inspector in Francoist Spain who was charged with 13 counts of torture and sought for extradition by an Argentine judge in 2014. María Romilda Servini had called for the indictment. The request for extradition was refused by the Spanish High Court on the basis that the statute of limitations had run out on the accusation against him. He competed in a half-marathon in Madrid in 2010. He previously had a pension that was 1.5 times larger than the usual one and he had four medals of honour. A report from the Ministry of the Interior in 2018 revealed this. ‘That year interior minister Fernando Gra...

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Medics, Profiles, United States

John Abruzzo

John Abruzzo, a nurse at Huntington Hospital died of the coronavirus. He began working at Huntington Hospital in 2002. "We at Huntington Hospital are devastated by the loss of our colleague John Abruzzo, RN, from COVID-19," the hospital said in a statement. "He was among the brave caregivers dedicated to their patients during this challenging time." abc7NY

Ann Katharine Mitchell, cryptanalyst and psychologist

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United Kingdom

Ann Katharine Mitchell, cryptanalyst and psychologist

Ann Katharine Mitchell a British cryptanalyst and psychologist who worked on decrypting messages encoded in the German Enigma cypher at Bletchley Park during the Second World War died on 11 May 2020, aged 97, in Edinburgh. She tested positive for COVID-19 shortly before her death. After the war she became a marriage guidance counsellor, then studied for a Master of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. She worked at the university's Department of Social Administration and wrote several academic books about the psychological effects of divorce on children including Someone to Turn to: Experiences of Help Before Divorce (1981) and Children in the Middle: Living Through Divorce (1985). Ann Williamson was born in Oxford on 19 November 1922, to Herbert Stansfield Williamson...

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Iran, Medics, Profiles

Gholamreza Vosughi Kia, Nurse

Gholamreza Vosughi Kia – a Nurse in Rasht, Iran – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Source : Iran Hrm Please help us in adding details.

8May

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Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

John Alagos

John Alagos, 23, is the youngest nurse known to have succumbed to coronavirus. He collapsed and died at home after an exhausting 12-hour shift treating Covid-19 patients at Watford General Hospital. His mother, Gina Gustilo, 50, claimed he had fallen ill at work but was not allowed to go home because his ward was so short-staffed. She also said her son had not been wearing the right protective clothing at work. Alagos returned home from a night shift on April 3, saying he had been suffering with a headache and high temperature throughout the night. Mrs Gustilo told the Mail on Sunday: “I asked â€˜Why didn’t you come home?’ He said he had asked other staff but they said they were short of staff and they did not let him go. “I said, â€˜OK, take some paracetamol.’ After a few m...

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Canada, Noteworthy, Profiles

Marguerite Lescop, author

Marguerite Lescop ‑ a Canadian author, editor, and public speaker – succumbed to Covid-19 on April 3, 2020. After the death of her husband, René Lescop, she attended writing workshops and wrote her autobiography, Le Tour de ma vie en 80 ans, published in 1996 by Salon du livre de Montréal. The book obtained considerable success, with more than 100,000 copies sold. She gave numerous conferences at retirement homes across Quebec. Lescop founded her own publishing company, Éditions Lescop, and published two books with it: En effeuillant la Marguerite (1998) and Les Épîtres de Marguerite (2000). With Éditions Fides, she published Nous, les vieux, a series of interviews with Benoît Lacroix, a good friend of Lescop's. In 2007, ...

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Medics, Profiles, United States

John Lara, Emergency Dept Tech

John Lara – an Emergency Dept Tech at Clara Maass Medical Center and Orange Regional, Belleville, New Jersey – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on May 8, 2020. John was 40 years old. Source: Facebook Please help us in adding details.

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Dr. John F. Murray, Physician

Dr. John F. Murray, retired Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care at San Francisco General Hospital died at the age of 92 after contracting COVID-19. Murray is reportedly survived by his wife, novelist Diane Johnson, two children, four stepchildren and 14 grandchildren. A longtime Bay Area pulmonary physician credited with diagnosing a lung disease known as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) died of the same illness on Tuesday in Paris. Murray, retired former Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care at San Francisco General Hospital, died at his home at the age of 92. The UC San Francisco School of Medicine, where he served as Professor of Medicine emeritus, on Wednesday confirmed Murray’s death with a remembrance on its website. Murray served as the Chief of Pulmonology...

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Noteworthy, Profiles, Uncategorized

Roger Chappot, ice hockey player

Roger Chappot - a Swiss professional ice hockey player - died due to complications of COVID-19 during the pandemic on 8 April 2020 at the age of 79. He played for HC Villars and Genève-Servette HC in the National League A. He also represented the Swiss national team at the 1964 Winter Olympics.