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8May

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Nabeel Khair, General Practitioner

Nabeel Khair, 62, a well-known Palestinian doctor, died in the Italian town of Cagliari on April 8 due to the Covid-19 disease caused by the Coronavirus. Nabeel was one of the first doctors to take his place at the frontline in the fight against the deadly disease. Early March, Khair was tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. The Palestinian doctor was well-known in the Palestine community because of his active work within the organization Ponti non Muri, which aims at creating a “bridge between Sardinia and Palestine through universal languages such as music, culture, and sports”. Thanks to the work of the organization, many Palestinian delegations, mostly of women athletes, came to Italy to participate in various sports events. Doctor Khair arrived in Tonara in February, “aft...

8May

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Vincenza Amato, Medical officer

Vincenza Amato – a Medical Director responsible for UOS Hygiene at the Department of Hygiene and Health Prevention, Bergamo, Italy – passed away due to COVID-19. He was 65 years old. Source: Fnoceo Please help us in adding details.

4May

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Dr Abdulghani Taki Makki, Italy

Dr Abdulghani Taki Makki, 79, Dentist, Italy Dr. Abdulghani Makki, 79, was a Dentist and children’s book author from Sant’Elpidio a Mare, Italy. He died from Covid-19 on March 24, 2020. Born in Aleppo, Syria, in 1941, Makki was not only known as a doctor but also as a cultural pillar in his local community in Sant’Elpidio a Mare, in Italy’s Marche region. “He was a symbol of cultural integration, his tales will be his legacy,” said his friend Corrado Virgili, who last saw him on March 2. After studying medicine and surgery in Italy, he had planned to return to Syria. But he fell in love with an Italian woman and had called Italy home since 1961. Makki specialised in reanimation as well as paediatrics, and later dentistry. He helped his eldest daughter Leila open and run a f...

4May

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Carlo Amodio, Radiologist

Carlo Amodio – a Radiologist and Former Radiology Chief in Italy – passed away due to COVID-19. It was reported on April 4, 2020. Source: Fnomceo Please help us in adding details.

3May

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Zaccaria Cometti, footballer

Zaccaria Cometti, an Italian professional footballer, died from COVID-19 on 2 April 2020. He spent the majority of his career at Atalanta in Serie A.

30Apr

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Germano Celant, art historian

Germano Celant -- an Italian art historian, critic and curator who coined the term "Arte Povera" (poor art) in 1967 and wrote many articles and books on the subject -- died after suffering from Covid-19 on April 29, 2020. He as 79. Germano Celant was born in Genoa. He attended the University of Genoa, where he studied history of art with Eugenio Battisti. In 1963 he worked as assistant editor for Marcatrè, a Genoa-based magazine about architecture, art, design, music and literature founded by Rodolfo Vitone, Eugenio Battisti, Paolo Portoghesi, Diego Carpitella, Maurizio Calvesi, Umberto Eco, Vittorio Gelmetti and Edoardo Sanguineti. In 1967, his manifesto of Arte Povera, Notes for a Guerilla, was published in Flash Art. The concept of Arte Povera seemed to be that in Italy art was...

29Apr

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Silas Silvius Njiru, bishop

Silas Silvius Njiru –a Kenyan Roman Catholic bishop passed away after contracting Covid-19 on 28 April 2020. Njiru was born in Kenya and was ordained to the priesthood in 1955. He served as titular bishop of Maturba and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Meru, Kenya, in 1975 and 1976. Njiru then served as bishop of the Meru Diocese from 1976 to 2004. Njiru died on 28 April 2020 in Rivoli, Piedmont, Italy from COVID-19.

28Apr

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Francesco Perrone, long-distance runner

Francesco Perrone an Italian long-distance runner died of COVID-19 on 27 April 2020 at the age of 89. He competed in the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Perrone was an athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro.

27Apr

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Luigi Macori, Internist

Luigi Macori – an Internist at Casa di Cura "Montanari," Morciano di Romagna (RN), Italy – passed away on 26 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Luigi was 70 years old. The mayor of Morciano Giorgio Ciotti remembered him with a message on his facebook page: “Dr. Luigi Macori, historian, well-liked and esteemed doctor of the Montanari Nursing Home. To my relatives and to the entire staff of the Nursing Home my most heartfelt condolences go out and my entire city administration. " Source: RIMINI TODAY Please help us in adding details.

Calogero Giabbarrasi, General Practitioner

25Apr

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Calogero Giabbarrasi, General Practitioner

Calogero Giabbarrasi – a General Practitioner, Caltanissetta, Italy – passed away on 24 March, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Calogero was 68 years old. Source: Fnomceo Please help us in adding details.