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Durgut Er, Administrative Staff
23Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Neighbors, Profiles, Turkey

Durgut Er, Administrative Staff

Durgut Er – an Administrative Staff at Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. In the statement made by CerrahpaƟa Rectorate of Istanbul University, it was said that “We wish mercy from God and condolences to our relatives, Durgut Er, our personnel working in the Information Processing Department of our rectorate who died due to Covid-19”. Source: Cumhuriyet Please help us in adding details.
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Roberto Gerardo Frias, Physician
23Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Roberto Gerardo Frias, Physician

Roberto Gerardo Frias – a Physician at Clinica 86 IMSS, Monclova Coahuila, Mexico – passed away on 22 April, 2020, after suffering from Covid-19. Roberto was 45 years old. Since April 5, it was announced that the doctor was a carrier of this virus, and it was until last Wednesday, April 15, that he entered the IMSS clinic 7 for health complications, which he could not overcome. Health authorities confirmed that the doctor's death occurred during the early morning, while, so far, the Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of four doctors and a deputy nurse hospitalized in the IMSS clinic 7 in Monclova, therefore that doctor would already be the fifth victim of this virus among the staff at that health center. Sourc...
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Nikolay Goncharov, Cardiologist
23Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, Russia

Nikolay Goncharov, Cardiologist

Nikolay Goncharov – a Cardiologist at Medical Center of Goncharovs' Family, Moscow, Russia – passed away on 22 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Nikolay was 57 years old. Nikolai Goncharov was a leading researcher in the group of clinical pathology of cerebral circulation at the Research Institute of Neurosurgery. N.N. Burdenko RAMS. “We created the principles of cardiac neurology with him,” writes Viktor Shakhnovich, a leading researcher in the Clinical Pathology Clinical Pathology Group at the Institute of Neurosurgery named after Academician N.N. Burdenko RAMS, head of the Center for Neurology. Source: MKRU Please help us in adding details.
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Bootsie Barnes, jazz saxophonist
23Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Bootsie Barnes, jazz saxophonist

Robert "Bootsie" Barnes –an American jazz tenor saxophonist from Philadelphia died in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, at age 82 on April 22, 2020 from COVID-19. In the 1950s, Barnes played with various musicians in Philadelphia, including Lee Morgan, Philly Joe Jones and Bill Cosby (then a drummer). During the 1960s, he performed with various organists including Jimmy Smith and Don Patterson, with whom he recorded in 1978. In the 1980s, he toured with Sonny Stitt. He continued to play in his home town and recorded his album "You Leave Me Breathless!" in 1995. In an article for Patch, Kim Tucker writes... "Barnes has toured the world performing the music he loves, jazz in places like St. Croix US Virgin Islands, to Europe and back home to Philly. From the “Chitlin Circuit” to the infamo...
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Julian Perry Robinson, chemist
23Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Julian Perry Robinson, chemist

Julian Perry Robinson – a British chemist and peace researcher died on 22 April 2020 as a result of complications related to COVID-19. He held research appointments at the Free University of Berlin, Harvard University and the University of Sussex. He was a consultant to the World Health Organisation, United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations Environment Programme. He was a member of staff at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute from 1968 to 1971. While there he was a principal contributor to the six volume study The Problem of Chemical and Biological Warfare . He was also a co-convenor of the Pugwash Study Group on Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions, co-directed the Harvard Sussex Programme...
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AntĂŽnio CĂ©sar Ferreira Pitta Jesus, Nurse Technician
23Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Brazil, Medics, Profiles

AntĂŽnio CĂ©sar Ferreira Pitta Jesus, Nurse Technician

Antônio César Ferreira Pitta Jesus – a Nurse Technician at Hospital Santo Antônio, Salvador, Brazil – passed away on 22 April 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Antonio was 48 years old. Antônio César had been a blood bank employee at Hospital Santo Antônio since 2012 and, according to the hospital, had no direct contact with inpatients because of Covid-19. The professional was diabetic, but he was only removed from work on April 15, when he developed fever and cough, the first symptoms of the new coronavirus. Source: Globo Please help us in adding details.
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Enrique CastellĂłn Vargas, Flamenco singer, actor and dancer
23Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, Spain

Enrique CastellĂłn Vargas, Flamenco singer, actor and dancer

Enrique Castellón Vargas aka El Príncipe Gitano ("The Gypsy Prince") a Spanish flamenco singer, actor and dancer – died on 22 April 2020, due to Covid-19 complications. He was the brother of rumba singer Dolores Vargas "La Terremoto". At the age of 14 he made his debut at the Teatro Calderón in Madrid in the same show as Lola Flores and very soon after he performed his first show, “Pinceladas”, becoming a great figure in Spanish song in the 1950s, despite the fact that his real passion was bullfighting, but he did not have success in that field. His most famous song is "Obí, obá". He also made a peculiar version of the Elvis Presley song "In the Ghetto".
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