Profiles – Page 9

3Aug

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High Profilers, India, Profiles

Kamla Rani Varun, politician

Kamla Rani Varun Kamla Rani Varun, an Indian politician, died on August 2, days after testing positive for COVID-19. She was 62 years old. Ms. Varun, who was Technical Education minister in the Yogi Adityanath Cabinet of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, died during treatment at the SGPGI in Lucknow around 9.30 am. She tested positive and was receiving treatment, said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath while delivering his condolence message. Ms. Varun was an MLA from Ghatampur in Kanpur and had been promoted to the State Cabinet in August 2019 when the Adityanath government went in for an expansion following the Lok Sabha victory. She was a former councillor and pracharak of the Seva Bharti, an affiliate of the RSS. She had success in the Lok Sabha elections in the past, winning from G...

3Aug

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Satya Narain Singh, politician

Satya Narain Singh -- Bihar State secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and two-time former MLA -- died of COVID-19 late on August 2, 2020. Suffering from the pandemic, he was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, on July 30 where he died. “He breathed his last at 9.30 p.m. on Sunday here. Before being admitted to AIIMS, Patna, he was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 infection at a private hospital of the State capital,” said an AIIMS doctor. Mr. Singh, 77, won from the erstwhile Chautham Assembly constituency in Khagaria district in 1990 and 1995. The Hindu

Jairo Bravo, worker at Correctional Center

2Aug

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Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Jairo Bravo, worker at Correctional Center

Jairo Bravo, a man who worked at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, died on August 1, 2020, from complications of COVID-19. He is believed to be the first employee of Miami-Dade’s County’s detention system lost to the virus. Jairo Bravo, 48, worked at TGK for less than a year. Before that, he spent three years with the Florida Department of Corrections. His family lives outside of the country and is trying to get to Miami. Funeral arrangements are forthcoming. Local10.com

31Jul

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High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Herman Cain, politician

Herman Cain – a US politician and former presidential candidate ‑ died of coronavirus on July 30, 2020. He was 74. "Herman Cain – our boss, our friend, like a father to so many of us – has passed away," editor of the website Dan Calabrese wrote. "He's entering the presence of the Saviour he's served as an associate minister at Antioch Baptist Church in Atlanta, and preparing for his reward." Mr Calabrese noted that because of his history with cancer and his age, Mr Cain was in a high-risk group. "We knew when he was first hospitalised with COVID-19 that this was going to be a rough fight," Calabrese wrote. "He had trouble breathing and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. "We all prayed that the in...

31Jul

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Sergio Muñoz Sr, politician

Sergio Muñoz Sr., a US politician, died on July 30, 2020, after recently becoming ill with COVID-19,. The father of current state Rep. Sergio Muñoz Jr. and the party’s vice chair, Muñoz Sr. served as representative for Texas’ 36th district between 1993 and 1997. The Palmview native was 68 at the time of his death. He died at DHR Health (Doctors Hospital at Renaissance) in Edinburg. “I know he fought a hard long battle to the end, and that was just who he was,” Muñoz Jr. said of his father. “He never gave up.” In 1995, during the 74th Legislature, Muñoz Sr. served on the House Committee on Elections, which among several tasks reviewed early voting by mail problems and provided oversight of that year&rsq...

31Jul

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M Gunaprasad, politician

M Gunaprasad -- an Indian politician, Bodhan municipal councillor and TRS floor leader -- died of Covid-19 on July 30, 2020. Gunaprasad was a senior councillor in Bodhan Municipality and elected as councillor four times from 1995. He had been the floor leader of TRS party in the municipality. He and his wife were infected with Covid-19 a few days ago and were taking treatment at Deccan Hospital, Hyderabad. Telangana Today

30Jul

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High Profilers, Profiles, Zimbabwe

Perrance Shiri, politician

Perrance Shiri -- Zimbabwe's Agriculture Minister -- died of Covid-19 on July 29, 2020, at the age of 65. President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced the death of retired air force marshal Perrance Shiri. "I am deeply saddened to inform the nation of the death of the Minister of Agriculture Retired Air Marshall Perrance Shiri, a long time friend and colleague," President Mnangagwa said. "Comrade Shiri was a true patriot, who devoted his life to the liberation, independence and service of his country." Shiri was the commander of Zimbabwe's Air Force until the 2017 military coup that toppled long time ruler Robert Mugabe. He then joined President Mnangagwa’s first Cabinet. The East African

30Jul

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Koppana Mohana Rao, politician

Koppana Mohana Rao, former Minister and senior YSR Congress Party leader died of COVID-19 late on the night of July 29, 2020. He was 75 years old. A native of Mallam village in Pithapuram mandal, he is survived by a daughter and a son. Mohana Rao, who was elected from the Pithapuram Assembly constituency in East Godavari district twice, had served as the Forest Minister. Mohana Rao was declared brought dead when he was taken to the Government General Hospital in Kakinada from another hospital. He tested positive for COVID-19, said East Godavari District Medical and Health Officer M. Mallik. The Hindu

30Jul

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Karen Smith, nurse

Karen Smith, a longtime Houston nurse of more than three decades, died on July 29, 2020, from COVID-19. When not working, Karen volunteered at a local fire department and that earned her a special farewell. Smith was wife to Harvie and mother to Meghan and Christopher. Her best friend, Colleen Lamb, choked back tears as she said simply, “I’m gonna miss her.” The two met 12 years ago when Lamb started working at the same medical clinic. “We lived three blocks apart and never knew it,” Lamb said. The two became friends fast. Both volunteered as EMTs at the Southeast Volunteer Fire Department. Lamb's dad founded the department decades ago. Smith's son and husband have both been volunteers, too. “We started running the rehab u...

30Jul

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Estelia Perez, teenager

Estelia Perez, a 16 years old girl in South Florida, died on July 29, 2020, after contracting COVID-19. Estelia's was family is from Guatemala. Her mother spoke with Local 10 News, saying she never thought this pandemic nightmare would hit so close to home. She said she is beyond heartbroken. According to her mother, Estelia was born with underlying medical conditions that made her among those most vulnerable to the coronavirus. She said Estelia came down with a fever in early July that went on for about three days. An ambulance took her to Nicklaus Children's Hospital on July 5. She was intubated until she died last Wednesday. Estelia is survived by two brothers, who live with their mother in Homestead. Their father was deported back to Guatemala in 2010. L...