Monday, June 22

Profiles

Donald DiPetrillo, Firefighter
1May By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Donald DiPetrillo, Firefighter

Donald DiPetrillo – the Chief of Fire Rescue, Seminole Tribe Fire-Rescue, Hollywood, Florida – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 1 May, 2020. Donald was 70 years old. The Seminole Tribe of Florida mourned the death of their fire chief, Donald DiPetrillo, after contracting the coronavirus. “Chief DiPetrillo understood that success in life was about just being nice. If you care for people, the rest takes care of itself,” said William Latchford, Executive Director of Public Safety for the Seminole Tribe. “His care, commitment, and leadership for over 50 years of service, helped shape the future of the fire service, not only within the Seminole Tribe, but also in the State of Florida.” DiPetrillo joined the Navy in ...
Read More
Cecilia Fashanu, Nurse
1May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Cecilia Fashanu, Nurse

Cecilia Fashanu – a Nurse at Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, England – passed away on 30 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Cecilia was 63 years old. She had been an agency nurse at the hospital for two years. North Cumbria Integrated Care Trust issued the following statement: It is with deep sadness that I have to inform you that a second colleague of ours recently passed away after contracting COVID-19. Cecilia Fashanu, 63, has been receiving critical care for a number of weeks and unfortunately died at the Cumberland Infirmary on the evening of Thursday 30th April. Cecilia will be sorely missed by her husband and children. We are speaking with her family, offering our deepest condolences at this incredibly difficult time. Cecilia had been an ...
Read More
Fidencio Hernandez, Hospital Staff
1May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Fidencio Hernandez, Hospital Staff

Fidencio Hernandez – a Hospital Staff, Cafeteria Worker at IMSS Hospital General Zona No. 24, Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Source: Noreste Please help us in adding details.
Read More
Pedro Marin Esquirol, Emergency Medicine Doctor
1May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, Spain

Pedro Marin Esquirol, Emergency Medicine Doctor

  Pedro Marin Esquirol – an Emergency Medicine Doctor, Neurosurgeon at Hospital San Juan de la Cruz, Úbeda, Spain – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 30 April 2020. Pedro was 47 years old.  "How unfair life is, that made him come from so far to a lost regional hospital in Spain, to end up like this damn virus," commented a colleague shortly after hearing the news. Source: IDEAL UBEDA Please help us in adding details.
Read More
Sylvie Vincent, anthropologist and ethnologist
1May By Web TeamNo Comments
Canada, Noteworthy, Profiles

Sylvie Vincent, anthropologist and ethnologist

Sylvie Vincent a Canadian anthropologist and ethnologist died of COVID-19 on 30 April 2020 at the age of 79. Vincent was editor-in-chief of the magazine Recherches amérindiennes au Québec, which she co-founded in the early 1970s. In 1972, she began working with the Innu writer Joséphine Bacon, who helped Vincent as an interpreter. During her various projects, Vincent worked with numerous First Nations tribes of Canada, such as the Cree, the Algonquins, and the Wyandots. Throughout her career, she collaborated with many well-known anthropologists, such as Bernard Arcand, Serge Bouchard, José Mailhot, and Rémi Savard. In 2009, Vincent received the Prix des Dix for her remarkable, personal contribution to the history of the First Nations of Quebec.
Read More
Óscar Chávez, singer
1May By Web TeamNo Comments
Mexico, Noteworthy, Profiles

Óscar Chávez, singer

Óscar Chávez a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor died on 30 April 2020 of COVID-19. He was 85. He was the major proponent of the Nueva Trova movement in Mexico in the 1960s and 1970s. Chavez studied theatre at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and went on to produce and act in several plays, movies and telenovelas in Mexico. He achieved international fame through his music. His songs "Por Ti" and "Macondo" are particularly well-known in Latin America. In addition, Chavez recorded many Mexican folk songs. Chavez was noted for his strong commitment to social causes and the left-wing ideas expressed in his lyrics. His discography spanned four decades.
Read More