Tuesday, June 23

Profiles

Claude Beauchamp, journalist
13Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Canada, Noteworthy, Profiles

Claude Beauchamp, journalist

Claude Beauchamp ‑ a journalist, publisher, and political activist in the Canadian province of Quebec ‑ died on April 12, 2020 days after contracting COVID-19 and years after developing a chronic illness.   Beauchamp began his career as a financial writer for La Presse and served as assistant publisher and editor-in-chief of Le Soleil in the late 1970s. He became president and general manager of Publications Les Affaires Inc. in 1980, one year after the company purchased the business journal Les Affaires.   Beauchamp relaunched the journal as a tabloid and later oversaw the company's purchase of smaller, niche-oriented papers such as Quebec Construction, Revue Commerce, Quebec Yachting, VeliMag, Voile Libre, Ski Quebec, and Sports Marketing Canada. Corporate...
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Maureen Ellington, Healthcare Assistant
13Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Maureen Ellington, Healthcare Assistant

Maureen Ellington – a Healthcare Assistant at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, England – passed away after suffering from COVID-19.Maureen was 60 years old. In a statement her family said: “We are heartbroken to lose the pillar of our family at this time. She was simply amazing. She loved her husband, five children, six grandchildren, wider family, friends and colleagues. “She was kind hearted, bubbly, caring and always joyous. She would light up any room she entered. She will always be in our hearts.” Source: The Telegraph Please help us in adding details.
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Joel M. Reed, film director, producer and screenwriter
13Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Joel M. Reed, film director, producer and screenwriter

Joel M. Reed ‑ an American film director, producer and screenwriter ‑ died on April 12, 2020, aged 86, in a care facility in New York City after contracting COVID-19.   Reed is best known for directing the controversial Blood Sucking Freaks  (1976), a notorious horror comedy that was the subject of protests upon its initial release and has since achieved cult status.   Reed also directed the films Career Bed (1968), Sex by Advertisement (1969), The G.I. Executioner (Wit's End / Dragon Lady / Wild Dragon Lady; 1971), Blood Bath (Terror / Night and the City; 1976) and Night of the Zombies (Gamma 693 / Sister of Death / Battalion of the Living Dead; 1981).   Reed wrote and directed Blood Bath, which was produced by the Trans-Orient Entertainment...
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Boukhari Hamza, Pneumologist
13Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Algeria, Medics, Profiles

Boukhari Hamza, Pneumologist

Boukhari Hamza – a Pneumologist, Blida, Algeria – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 13 April, 2020. Hamza was 60 years old. Source: Facebook Please help us in adding details.
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Victor Batista Falla, editor
13Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles

Victor Batista Falla, editor

Víctor Batista Falla –a Cuban editor and publisher – died on 12 April 2020 after contracting Covid-19.   Batista's father, Agustín Batista y González de Mendoza, was the founder of the Trust Company of Cuba, the most powerful Cuban bank prior to the Cuban Revolution. His mother, María Teresa Falla Bonet, was the daughter of Laureano Falla Gutiérrez, a powerful sugar tycoon. He was also the uncle of Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.   Batista fled Cuba following the Cuban Revolution and settled in New York City. In the United States, he financed the creation of the magazine Exilio, intended for publishing young writers in exile. He then founded the Colibrí publishing house in Madrid on the proposa...
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Sudadi Hirawan, Occupational Medicine Specialist
13Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Indonesia, Medics, Profiles

Sudadi Hirawan, Occupational Medicine Specialist

Sudadi Hirawan – an Occupational Medicine Specialist at Occupational Medicine University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 13 April, 2020. Hirawan was 48 years old. Source: Liputan 6 Please help us in adding details.
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Victor Batista Falla, editor
13Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles

Victor Batista Falla, editor

Víctor Batista Falla –a Cuban editor and publisher – died on 12 April 2020 after contracting Covid-19.   Batista's father, Agustín Batista y González de Mendoza, was the founder of the Trust Company of Cuba, the most powerful Cuban bank prior to the Cuban Revolution. His mother, María Teresa Falla Bonet, was the daughter of Laureano Falla Gutiérrez, a powerful sugar tycoon. He was also the uncle of Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.   Batista fled Cuba following the Cuban Revolution and settled in New York City. In the United States, he financed the creation of the magazine Exilio, intended for publishing young writers in exile. He then founded the Colibrí publishing house in Madrid on the proposa...
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Greg Hodge, Emergency Medical Technician
13Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United States

Greg Hodge, Emergency Medical Technician

Greg Hodge – an Emergency Medical Technician in New York City – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 13 April 2020. Greg was 59 years old. "EMT Hodge was a skilled first responder who provided outstanding emergency medical care to thousands of New Yorkers throughout his long and distinguished career of service," said Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro. A resident of Manhattan, EMT Hodge had begun his career assigned to Station 16 in Harlem. He later worked at Station 55 in the Bronx and then NYCEM. He was a beloved colleague at both FDNY and NYCEM. Source: ABC7 Please help us in adding details.
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Carlos Seco Serrano, historian
13Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, Spain

Carlos Seco Serrano, historian

Carlos Seco Serrano ‑ a Spanish historian who specialised in the contemporary era – passed away in Madrid on 12 April 2020 after contracting Covid-19. He was 96.   Born in Toledo, Seco Serrano was elected to medalla nº 12 of the Real Academia de la Historia on 21 January 1977 and took up his seat on 5 February 1978.
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