Tuesday, June 23

Profiles

John Pfahl, photographer
16Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

John Pfahl, photographer

John Pfahl ‑ an American photographer – died on April 15, 2020, in Buffalo, New York, of COVID-19.   Pfahl was born in New York City and grew up in Wanaque, New Jersey. He is known for his landscape photography such as his 1974 "Altered Landscapes" series. He received a BFA from Syracuse University in the School of Art and his MA from Syracuse University in the School of Communications. He taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, from 1968 to 1983. Later he was professor at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. In 2012 he taught at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
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Chugbo Emeka, obstetrician-gynecologist
16Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Nigeria, Profiles

Chugbo Emeka, obstetrician-gynecologist

Chugbo Emeka – an obstetrician-gynecologist in Lagos, Nigeria – passed away on 15 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19.Chugbo was 60 years old. The Chief Medical Director, LUTH, Prof. Chris Bode, said the doctor was not a staff of the hospital, but was rushed to the facility after he showed severe signs of the disease. “He was brought in late so there was no much we could do. He was a staff in LUTH years back before he went to join the private sector. We learnt he had COVID-19 patients in his facility that he was treating. He may have been exposed to the virus from there. “His death has shown what health workers are exposed to in the course of treating COVID-19 patients. Our hearts are with his family in this trying time. It is a sad development...
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Milena Jelinek, screenwriter
16Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Milena Jelinek, screenwriter

Milena Jelinek ‑ a Czech American screenwriter, playwright and teacher ‑ died in New York on 15 April 2020 of complications from COVID-19, aged 84. Jelinek wrote the screenplay for the film Forgotten Light, which was awarded three Czech Lions in 1997. Her name is associated with the golden generation of Czech filmmakers, known as Czech New Wave. She was married to the late researcher Frederick Jelinek.   Jelinek was born on 19 August 1935 in Prestice, near Pilsen. From 1955, she studied at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. The film director Ivan Passer was one of her classmates, and the writer Milan Kundera was her literature teacher. One of her early screenplays, written under her maiden name and titled Snadný ΕΎivot (An Easy Lif...
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Kwedi Felix, Rheumatologist
16Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Cameroon, Medics, Profiles

Kwedi Felix, Rheumatologist

Kwedi Felix – a Rheumatologist at Douala General Hospital, Douala, Cameroon – passed away on 15 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Felix was 48 years old. Source: Journal Du Cameroun.com Please help us in adding details.
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Sir John Theodore Houghton, physician
16Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Sir John Theodore Houghton, physician

Sir John Theodore Houghton ‑ a Welsh atmospheric physicist who was the co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) scientific assessment working group which shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 with Al Gore – died on 15 April 2020 due to COVID-19. He was the lead editor of first three IPCC reports. He was professor in atmospheric physics at the University of Oxford, former Director General at the Met Office and founder of the Hadley Centre.   He was the president of the John Ray Initiative, an organisation "connecting Environment, Science and Christianity", where he has compared the stewardship of the Earth, to the stewardship of the Garden of Eden by Adam and Eve. He was a founding member of the International Society for Scien...
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Hector Garrido Vecino, Paediatrician
16Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, Spain

Hector Garrido Vecino, Paediatrician

Hector Garrido Vecino – a Paediatrician in Ciudad Real, Spain – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 16 April, 2020. Hector was 59 years old. Héctor Garrido Vecino, graduated as a surgeon from the Industrial University of Santander, with a specialization in Pediatrician from the UIS. This 59-year-old health professional was a native of Barrancabermeja and had lived in Spain for 15 years, where he worked in a public hospital in Ciudad Real, south of Madrid. Dr. Garrido was also an outstanding footballer and stood out as a great goalkeeper for the Santander team in the years 80, 81, 82 and 83, after graduating as a doctor from the UIS, he was working as a doctor for Atlético Bucaramanga. H...
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Bruce Myers, actor and comedian
16Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
France, Noteworthy, Profiles

Bruce Myers, actor and comedian

Bruce Myers ‑ was a British actor, comedian, and director ‑ died on April 15, 2020  due to COVID‑19.   Bruce Myers was born on April 12, 1942 in Radcliffe, Manchester, England. He was an actor, known for The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), The Mahabharata (1989) and Relic Hunter (1999). He was married to Corinne Jaber and Ivanka Polchenco.
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Henry Grimes, Jazz bassist
16Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Henry Grimes, Jazz bassist

Henry Grimes ‑ an American jazz double bassist, violinist, and poet ‑ died on April 15, 2020, at the age of 84 from complications of COVID-19.   After more than a decade of activity and performance, notably as a leading bassist in free jazz, Grimes completely disappeared from the music scene by 1970. Grimes was often presumed to have died, but he was rediscovered in 2002 and returned to performing.   Henry Alonzo Grimes was born in Philadelphia, to parents who both had been musicians in their youth. He took up the violin at the age of 12, then began playing tuba, English horn, percussion, finally switching to the double bass at Mastbaum Technical High School. He furthered his musical studies at Juilliard and established a reputation as a versatile bassist by the...
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Christine Mandegarian, Personal Support Worker
16Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Canada, Noteworthy, Profiles

Christine Mandegarian, Personal Support Worker

Christine Mandegarian – a Personal Support Worker at Altamont Care Community, Scarborough, Canada – passed away on 15 April 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Christine was 54 years old. Christine Mandegarian had worked for 31 years at Altamont Care Community, a long-term care centre in Scarborough, Ont., her husband said. Sienna Senior Living spokesperson Natalie Gokchenian confirmed the death. "On behalf of the entire team at Altamont Care Community, we mourn the passing of a much-loved and valued team member," she said in a statement issued Friday. "She will be sadly missed by all of her colleagues and by all the residents she cared for. On behalf of the entire team, we extend our deepest condolences to her family, loved ones and colleagues.&q...
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