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Profiles

Alberto López Castro, Anaesthesiologist
20Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Alberto López Castro, Anaesthesiologist

Alberto López Castro – an  Anaesthesiologist at IMSS Hospital General Regional No. 1,  Chihuahua, Mexico – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on April 20. Dr. Alberto López Castro died of coronavirus when he was treated at the Morelos Hospital for kidney failure, worsening his condition by contracting the virus. The renowned anesthesiologist worked at the IMSS, and it was in the same clinic that he lost his life. Source: El Tintero Please help us in adding details.
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Ahmet Cevdet Citoglu, Ophtalmologist
20Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, Turkey

Ahmet Cevdet Citoglu, Ophtalmologist

Ahmet Cevdet Citoglu – an Ophtalmologist in Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey – passed away on 19 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Ahmet was 67 years old. One of the founders of the Specialization Exam in Medicine Training Center (TUSEM), an ophthalmology specialist living in Bodrum, Muğla. Dr. Ahmet CevdetCitoglu applied to the hospital with complaints of cough and high fever in Istanbul where he went to the meeting on April 3. In the tests carried out, it was revealed that Çitoğlu caught the coronavirus. Çitoğlu was later transferred to Bursa Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine Hospital, where his son, cardiovascular surgeon Görkem Çitoğlu worked. Source: Sabah Please help us in adding details.
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Michael Giuliano, physician
19Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United States

Michael Giuliano, physician

Michael Giuliano – a Doctor at Mountainside Medical Group, Nutley, New Jersey – passed away on 18 April 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Michael was 64 years old. Patients and friends of a Nutley doctor who died from COVID-19 safely gathered to remember him. Dr. Michael Giuliano was a doctor to township workers for 15 years. He was treating multiple patients for the virus but was not able to beat it himself. A bagpiper played outside Giuliano’s Franklin Avenue office as a procession of firetrucks and police cars filed by. Some of the families of his practice over the last 30 years gathered on the front lawn. “We miss him. He was a good person, a special doctor and a good friend,” says former patient Maria Carnicella. SOURCE: New Jersey...
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Simon Guest, Radiographer
19Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Simon Guest, Radiographer

Simon Guest – a Radiographer at Furness General Hospital, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England – passed away after suffering from Covid-19. It was reported on 19 April, 2020. Source: BBC Please help us in adding details.
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Terry Doran, music manager
19Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United Kingdom

Terry Doran, music manager

Terence James Doran ‑ an English luxury car dealer, pop music manager and music publishing executive, best known for his association with the Beatles – succumbed to Covid-19 on 18 April 2020. With Beatles manager Brian Epstein, he co-owned Brydor Cars in the 1960s, supplying sportscars to many figures in the Swinging London era, including the Beatles and members of the Rolling Stones and the Moody Blues. In 1967, he became the manager of Apple Publishing, the first appointment in the Beatles' Apple Corps business organisation. He also managed the Apple artists Grapefruit and Mary Hopkin. He was a personal assistant to John Lennon and then George Harrison. Throughout the 1970s, he worked as Harrison's estate manager at Friar Park in Oxfordshire and assisted in rest...
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Urano Navarrini, football player
19Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Italy, Noteworthy, Profiles

Urano Navarrini, football player

Urano Navarrini an Italian professional football player and manager died in Milan on 18 April 2020, aged 74, from coronavirus. Born in Verona, Navarrini was the illegitimate son of Nuto Navarrini, and was known as Urano Benigni until recognised by his father in 1972. Navarrini played as a winger for Grunland Milanese Libertas, AC Milan, Pistoiese, Savona, Taranto, Verbania, Novara and Pro Patria. After retiring he managed a number of Italian clubs, including Pro Patria, Aosta, and Vigevano.    
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John Lotz, wrestling referee
19Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

John Lotz, wrestling referee

John Lotz an American wrestling referee and actor died on April 18, 2020, due to complications from COVID-19 at the age of 86. Lotz worked predominately for the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment). Lotz officiated at the first three WrestleMania events during the 1980s. Born in Yonkers, New York he started his career as an elevator assembly worker and later a truck driver for 'Yonkers Butter and Eggs'. He enlisted in the US Navy and served in the Korean War between 1951 and 1954. Lotz had a 33-year career as a referee for the New York State Athletic Commission. He was the referee for Bob Backlund's victory over Superstar Billy Graham in 1978 for the WWWF Heavyweight Championship as well as for Hulk Hogan's victory over The Iron Sheik in 1984 for the ...
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Robert Lazier, race car driver
19Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Robert Lazier, race car driver

Robert Lazier an American race car driver died on April 18, 2020, in Denver, Colorado, from COVID-19 A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, he raced in the CART series in 1981 and was CART's Rookie of the Year. He had fourth-place finishes at Watkins Glen International and Mexico. Lazier also competed in the 1981 Indianapolis 500, finishing 19th after a blown engine caused him to retire the Penske PC-7 after 154 laps. He was married to wife Diane and was the father of both 1996 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Lazier and Indy Racing League driver Jaques Lazier. Lazier competed in Formula 5000 in the 1970s. In 2015, Lazier won the Indy Legends Charity Pro–Am race with co-driver Jim Caudle. Lazier built the Tivoli Lodge in Vail, Colorado, in 1968. Lazier passed away during the COVID-...
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