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6Jul

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Nick Cordero, actor

Nick Cordero ‑ the Tony award-nominated Broadway actor who starred in hit musicals including Waitress, A Bronx Tale and Bullets Over Broadway ‑ has died in Los Angeles from severe medical complications after contracting coronavirus. He was 41. Cordero died on July 5, 2020, at Cedars-Sinai hospital after spending more than 90 days in the hospital, The Guardian quoted his wife Amanda Kloots as saying. “God has another angel in heaven now,” she posted on Instagram. “Nick was such a bright light. He was everyone’s friend, loved to listen, help and especially talk. He was an incredible actor and musician. He loved his family and loved being a father and husband.” Cordero reportedly entered the emergency room on 30 March and had a succession of health setbacks including mini-strokes, blood c...

26May

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Marv Luster, footballer

Marvin Luster ‑ an American professional football player in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for fourteen years – passed away on May 25, 2020 after suffering from Covid-19. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins. Luster was selected originally by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1960 NFL Draft. He starred as a defensive back for the Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes. With the Alouettes he won the 1974 Grey Cup. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. In November, 2006, he was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#35) of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN. He resided in Atlanta. Luster died of complications of COVID-19 at an assisted living facility in Matthews, North Carolina.

13May

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Renée Claude CM, actress & singer

Renée Claude CM ‑ a Canadian actress and singer from Quebec ‑ died on May 12, 2020 due to COVID-19. She was best known as an interpretive singer, particularly of songs by Stéphane Venne, Michel Conte, Georges Brassens and Léo Ferré. She was born Renée Bélanger, in Montreal. She studied piano at the École de musique Vincent-d'Indy, took singing lessons from Alphonse Ledoux, and won a music competition on CKVL radio program Découvertes de Billy Munro in 1955. In 1960 she made her first major television appearance on Clémence DesRochers's Télévision de Radio-Canada variety show Chez Clémence. Around the same era she began performing in Quebec City's boîtes à chanson, specializing in the songs of Ferré, Brassens and Jean-Pierre Ferland. She released her self-titled first album on Distribut...

8May

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Marguerite Lescop, author

Marguerite Lescop ‑ a Canadian author, editor, and public speaker – succumbed to Covid-19 on April 3, 2020. After the death of her husband, René Lescop, she attended writing workshops and wrote her autobiography, Le Tour de ma vie en 80 ans, published in 1996 by Salon du livre de Montréal. The book obtained considerable success, with more than 100,000 copies sold. She gave numerous conferences at retirement homes across Quebec. Lescop founded her own publishing company, Éditions Lescop, and published two books with it: En effeuillant la Marguerite (1998) and Les Épîtres de Marguerite (2000). With Éditions Fides, she published Nous, les vieux, a series of interviews with Benoît Lacroix, a good friend of Lescop's. In 2007, ...

5May

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Marina Thenor Louis, Orderly

Marina Thenor Louis – an Orderly at CHSLD Cartierville, Montreal, Canada – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 5 May 2020. Marina was 45 years old. Source: Le Journal De Montreal Please help us in adding details.

5May

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Laurence Ménard, Social Worker

Laurence Ménard – a Social Worker at CLSC Drummond, Drummondville, Canada – passed away on 4 May 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Laurence was 33 years old. “On behalf of the APTS and in my personal name, I offer my condolences to the family and loved ones of Laurence Ménard . My thoughts go out to her work colleagues, particularly the APTS team from Mauricie and Center-du-Québec where she was a liaison, who have just lost one of their loved ones, ”said President Andrée Poirier. Source: Express Please help us in adding details.

4May

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E. Roy Lester, Football coach

E. Roy Lester an American college and high school football coach died on May 3, 2020 in Rockville, Maryland, at the age of 96. The cause of death was complications of COVID-19. Lester resided in Gaithersburg, Maryland and had four children – three sons and a daughter. After a successful career at the high school level, he served as the head coach of the University of Maryland football team from 1969 to 1971. Lester was the school's fourth head coach in five years, and compiled a 7–25 record during his tenure. He was fired after the 1971 season when Maryland finished at the bottom of the Atlantic Coast Conference for the second consecutive year. Lester returned to coach interscholastic football, including as head coach of Richard Montgomery High School where his teams compile...

Sylvie Vincent, anthropologist and ethnologist

1May

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Sylvie Vincent, anthropologist and ethnologist

Sylvie Vincent a Canadian anthropologist and ethnologist died of COVID-19 on 30 April 2020 at the age of 79. Vincent was editor-in-chief of the magazine Recherches amérindiennes au Québec, which she co-founded in the early 1970s. In 1972, she began working with the Innu writer Joséphine Bacon, who helped Vincent as an interpreter. During her various projects, Vincent worked with numerous First Nations tribes of Canada, such as the Cree, the Algonquins, and the Wyandots. Throughout her career, she collaborated with many well-known anthropologists, such as Bernard Arcand, Serge Bouchard, José Mailhot, and Rémi Savard. In 2009, Vincent received the Prix des Dix for her remarkable, personal contribution to the history of the First Nations of Quebec.

Claude Lafortune, paper artist, set decorator and TV personality

20Apr

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Claude Lafortune, paper artist, set decorator and TV personality

Claude Lafortune a Canadian paper artist, set decorator and TV personality died in Longueuil, Quebec, aged 83,died on 19 April 2020,after contracting the COVID-19 virus during the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec. A graduate of the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, Lafortune collaborated on many graphic design projects before he became famous for his paper art. He had an exhibit devoted to his paper art work—titled Colle, papier, ciseaux—at the Musée des cultures du monde in Nicolet, Quebec. The exhibition has traveled to Longueuil, Montreal, Terrebonne, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Lachine, Chicoutimi, Bonaventure, La Malbaie and New Brunswick.

Christine Mandegarian, Personal Support Worker

16Apr

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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...