Profiles – Page 95

12Apr

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France, Noteworthy, Profiles

Gillian Wise, artist

Gillian Wise - an English artist devoted to the application of concepts of rationality and aesthetic order to abstract paintings and reliefs – died on 11 April 2020 of COVID-19 while living in the Paris care home to which she had moved following the deterioration of her health in 2018. Between 1972 and 1990 she was known as Gillian Wise Ciobotaru. Wise was born at Ilford in London to Arthur, a timber merchant, and Elsie, nee Holden, a milliner. She studied art at the Wimbledon College of Art from 1954 to 1957 and then at the Central School of Arts and Crafts during 1959. Before she graduated, Wise was already showing works with a group of Constructionist artists, exhibiting at the 1957 Young Contemporaries exhibition at the Royal British A...

12Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, Spain

Francisco Aritmendi, runner

Francisco Aritmendi Criado – was a Spanish long-distance runner who competed mainly in cross country running competitions – died on 12 April 2020 of pneumonia during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain in April. At his death, he remained the only Spaniard to have won the world cross country title. He was the gold medallist at the 1964 International Cross Country Championships. He was a six-time competitor at the competition and also shared in a team silver in 1962. However, his failure to finish at the 1963 race drew great criticism as Spain missed the team title as a result. Aritmendi also competed on the track and represented Spain at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in the 5000 metres. He was the Spanish record holder in that event, having beco...

12Apr

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High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Stanley Chera, real estate developer

Stanley Isaac Chera–an American real estate developer and founder of Crown Acquisitions ‑ died on April 11, 2020 due to complications brought on by COVID-19. Chera was born in 1942 in Brooklyn to a Syrian Jewish family. In 1947, his father Isaac Chera opened a retail store called Young World in Brooklyn, New York. The family later purchased the building and grew Young World into a chain purchasing the buildings as they expanded. In the 1980s, Chera (then in charge of the family company) started purchasing real estate in New York City at first as a minority partner and later in 2000s as the lead developer. Chera was known for developing or "repositioning" the retail portion of his buildings and then selling the property. In a join...

12Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United Kingdom

Simon Barrington-Ward, bishop

Simon Barrington-Ward, a bishop in the Church of England, died on 11 April 2020 after suffering from coronavirus. He was 89. Barrington-Ward was the son of Robert Barrington-Ward, who served as editor of The Times, and Margaret Adele Barrington-Ward. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge, from which he graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA), and Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab.). After service as a Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force, he taught at theological colleges before being ordained: he was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1956 (30 September), by Gordon Walsh, Assistant Bishop of Ely, at Ely Cathedral and ordained priest the following year. He was the General Secretary of Church Missionary Society (CMS), from 1975 to 1985. From 1985 to 1997, he served...

Yusuf Aryobi, Pediatric Internal Medicine Specialist

12Apr

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Afghanistan, Medics, Profiles

Yusuf Aryobi, Pediatric Internal Medicine Specialist

Yusuf Aryobi – a Pediatric Internal Medicine Specialist in Anders Gandhi Child Hospital, Kabul, Afghanistan – passed away due to COVID-19. Yusuf was 48 years old. The spokesman of MoPH, Wahidullah Mayar said that Yusuf Aryubi, a doctor at the Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital in Kabul, has died of the coronavirus. He is the second reported health worker to be a victim of COVID-19 in Afghanistan. Source:Reporterly Please help us in adding details.

12Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Gilbert Barnedo, Nurse

Gilbert Barnedo – a Nurse in London, England – passed away on 11 April, 2020 due to COVID-19. Gilbert was 48 years old. Barnedo had multiple sclerosis but despite this dedicated his life to helping others. A crowdfunder page set up for him reads: “He has been stable for so many years, however, recently he was blue lighted to the hospital for suffering with bilateral pneumonia and was later found out that he contracted Covid-19 which may have been the main cause of his rapid deterioration. He has fought very hard for many days, but eventually, his frail body was not able to take the disease full on. Shortly, he died of respiratory arrest.” Source: The Guardian Please help us in adding details.

Sandra Luz Cazares Jimenez, Hospital Laundry staff

12Apr

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Medics, Mexico, Neighbors, Profiles

Sandra Luz Cazares Jimenez, Hospital Laundry staff

Sandra Luz Cazares Jimenez – a Hospital Laundry Service at IMSS Hospital General Zona 20 de La Margarita, Puebla, Mexico, Mexico – passed away on 11 April, 2020, due to COVID-19. Sandra was 54 years old. The Unit Manager, Rafael García Tizapán explained that on April 8, the worker went with severe coronavirus symptoms to the Manuel Ávila Camacho High Specialty Hospital, better known as San José, where the director José Álvaro Parra Salazar denied her medical service. Source: El Sol De Puebla Please help us in adding details.

11Apr

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Ecuador, Medics, Profiles

Betty Marlene Cruz Yagual, Obstetrician

Betty Marlene Cruz Yagual – an Obstetrician at Centro de Salud Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador – passed away on 10 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Betty was 61 years old. Her love for her profession led her to obtain a Master's degree in Public Health. She had a 29-year history in this sector, between the Santiago de Guayaquil Health Centers, number 13 and El Cisne 2. Betty Cruz's family and friends remember her as a cheerful and supportive woman, who enjoyed her obstetric profession and the relationship with her patients. On April 7, she entered the Los Ceibos hospital of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS) with respiratory symptoms and three days later she died at 61 years of age. Source: El Universo Please help us ...

11Apr

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Medics, Profiles, Turkey

Ismail Durmus, Pharmacist

Ismail Durmus – a Pharmacist in Istanbul, Turkey – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 11 April, 2020. Ismail was 35 years old. Source: Facebook Please help us in adding details.

11Apr

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Medics, Pakistan, Profiles

Sadaf Jameel, Nurse

Sadaf Jameel – a Nurse in Isolation Ward at Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Hospital, Gujrat, Pakistan – passed away on 10 April 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Sadaf was 38 years old. Source: The News Please help us in adding details.