Profiles – Page 80

19Apr

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Argentina, Medics, Profiles

Silvio Cufre, Nurse

Silvio Cufre – a Nurse at Instituto MédicoBrandsen, Buenos Aires, Argentina – passed away on 18 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Silvio was 47 years old. Silvio was admitted to a clinic in Cañuelas and resided in San Vicente, Buenos Aires province. The municipality of San Vicente confirmed the news and published a brief statement, in which it expressed: “ A very sad news surrounds us today to the Sanvicentinos. The coronavirus pandemic affects us directly. The tragedy of the death of the nurse Silvio Cufré is a very strong blow for everyone, especially for his family, his friends, neighbors and his coworkers . ” The Ministry of Health of the province of Buenos Aires also provided details of Cufré's death: &ld...

18Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United Kingdom

Matthew Seligman, bass guitarist

Matthew Seligman ‑ an English bass guitarist – died on April 17 2020 in St George’s Hospital London battling COVID-19. Seligman was best known for his association with the new wave music scene of the 1980s. Seligman was a member of The Soft Boys and the Thompson Twins, and was a sideman for Thomas Dolby. Seligman was also a member of Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club and The Dolphin Brothers, and backed David Bowie at his performance at Live Aid in 1985. Seligman was born in Cyprus, and his family moved to the UK eight months after his birth, settling in Wimbledon. Influenced by Paul McCartney, Free’s Andy Fraser, and Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads, he learned bass. Seligman was a founding member of Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club, w...

Cláudio Maurício Santana, Healthcare Assistant

18Apr

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Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Cláudio Maurício Santana, Healthcare Assistant

Cláudio Maurício Santana – a Healthcare Assistant at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – passed away on 17 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Santana was 59 years old. Source: Cofen Please help us in adding details.

18Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Arlene Saunders, operatic soprano

Arlene Saunders ‑ an American spinto soprano opera singer ‑ died in New York City on April 17, 2020 at the age of 89 from COVID-19. After making her operatic debut as Rosalinde von Eisenstein, in Die Fledermaus, with the National Opera Company in 1958, she made her first appearance with the New York City Opera in 1961, as Giorgetta in Il tabarro (conducted by Julius Rudel). With that company, she soon sang in Carmen (as Micaëla), La bohème (as Mimì), Louise (opposite Norman Treigle as the Père), Die lustige Witwe and Don Giovanni (as Donna Elvira). In 1964, Saunders began a relationship with the Hamburg State Opera, with whom she made films of Le nozze di Figaro (as the Contessa, 1967), Der Freischütz (1968), and Die Meistersinger (with ...

18Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Matthew Moore, Radiologic Technologist

Matthew Moore – a Radiologic Technologist at GoHealth Urgent Care, Staten Island, New York – passed away on 17 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Moore was 52 years old. Matty was born on October 29, 1967 and spent his childhood making memories living first on Foster Road and then he moved in 1977 to his residence on Amboy Road. Matty was a parishioner of St. Joseph- St. Thomas Parish where he attended grammar school and was an altar server. He attended St. Joseph High School in Metuchen, N.J., where he played soccer and received several awards for track. He served as an altar server at the first ever dedication of the Resurrection Cemetery where he also went to work as a grounds keeper in his teenage years. Source: Silive Please help us in adding d...

18Apr

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Indonesia, Noteworthy, Profiles

Lukman Niode, swimmer

Lukman Niode ‑ an Indonesian swimmer ‑ died on 17 April 2020 in Pelni Hospital in Jakarta at the age of 56, due to COVID-19. Lukman competed in three events at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the heats in all three events.

18Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Nola Mae Moore, Physician

Nola Mae Moore – a Physician in Shoreline, Washington – passed away on 17 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Nola was 88 years old. Nola had polio when she was 8. This resulted in a long hospital stay and, because her dominant left hand was paralyzed, Nola, never short on grit, taught herself to write with the right-with a very distinctive lefty slant. She remained semi-ambidextrous the rest of her life, which would later make her an excellent set of hands in surgery. Unfortunately, it would not be her last long childhood hospital stay. When she was 12, she and Duane developed a homemade pair of wings and eagerly climbed to the top of a nearby windmill. On a coin toss (that she won) she tried them out...and ended up in the hospital with a broken back for anot...

Iris Cornelia Love, archaeologist and dog breeder

18Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Iris Cornelia Love, archaeologist and dog breeder

Iris Cornelia ‑ Love an American classical archaeologist ‑ Love died on April 17, 2020 at New York-Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan of Covid-19. Love was best known for the rediscovery of the Temple of Aphrodite, Knidos. In 1933, Iris Love was born in New York to Cornelius Love and Audrey Josephthal, a maternal great great granddaughter of Meyer Guggenheim. From an early age, she was interested in archaeology and art history, encouraged experts who frequented her parents' home, such as Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art James Rorimer and archaeologist Gisela Richter. Love completed her Bachelor of Arts at Smith College, which included a year abroad at the University of Florence. During the pursuit of her bachelor...

18Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Giuseppi Logan, jazz musician

Giuseppi Logan ‑ a jazz musician ‑ died on April 17, 2020 at a nursing facility in Far Rockaway, Queens from COVID-19. Logan taught himself to play piano and drums before switching to reeds at the age of 12. At the age of 15 he began playing with Earl Bostic and later studied at the New England Conservatory. In 1964 he relocated to New York and became active in the free jazz scene. Logan played alto and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, piano and oboe. He collaborated with Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders and Bill Dixon before forming his own quartet made up of pianist Don Pullen, bassist Eddie Gómez and percussionist Milford Graves. After Pullen's departure, pianist Dave Burrell joined the group. Logan was a member of Byard Lancaster's band and toure...

18Apr

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High Profilers, Nigeria, Profiles

Abba Kyari, businessperson and lawyer

Abba Kyari ‑ a Nigerian businessperson, lawyer, and government official. He served as Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria from August 2015 to April 2020 ‑ died on the evening of 17 April 2020 at age 67. Kyari was born on 23 September 1952, to a Kanuri family from Borno. He was educated in St. Paul's College in Wusasa Zaria, and later considered joining the Nigerian Army following advice from Mamman Daura and Ibrahim Tahir. In 1976, he met General Muhammadu Buhari who was then Governor of Borno State. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Warwick in 1980, and also obtained a law degree from the University of Cambridge. Kyari was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1983 after attending the Nigerian Law School. &n...