Friday, May 3

France

Philippe Lerche, Family Physician
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Philippe Lerche, Family Physician

Philippe Lerche – a Family Physician in Villers-Outréaux (Nord), France – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 24 April 2020. Lerche was 64 years old. Source: Facebook Please help us in adding details.
Jacques Pellen, jazz guitarist
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Jacques Pellen, jazz guitarist

Jacques Pellen a French jazz guitarist died of COVID-19 on 21 April 2020 at Brest hospital. Pellen worked with many musicians over the years such as Peter Gritz, Kenny Wheeler, Bruno Nevez, Henri Texier, Riccardo Del Fra, and violinist Didier Lockwood.
Philippe Nahon, actor
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Philippe Nahon, actor

Philippe Nahon a French actor died from an illness made worse by COVID-19 on 19 April 2020. Nahon was best known for his roles in French horror and thriller films, including I Stand Alone, Humains, Calvaire, The Pack and Haute Tension, and he has been featured as a nameless butcher in three films by Gaspar Noé – Carne, I Stand Alone, and Irréversible (cameo).
Jacques Rosny, actor
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Jacques Rosny, actor

Jacques Rosny a French actor died on 18 April 2020 at the age of 81 in Nogent-sur-Marne due to COVID-19. Rosny married actress Annick Blancheteau in 1971, with whom he had two kids. In 1973, with Jean-Claude Houdinière and Loïc Vollard, Rosny purchased the Théâtre de l'Athénée. He left the theatre the following year.
Francesco Di Carlo, Italian mobster
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Francesco Di Carlo, Italian mobster

Francesco Di Carlo ‑ a member of the Sicilian Mafia who turned state witness ‑ died after contracting COVID-19 during the pandemic on April 16, 2020. Di Carlo was accused of being the killer of Roberto Calvi, nicknamed "God's banker", because he was in charge of Banco Ambrosiano and his close association with the Vatican Bank.   Di Carlo was born in Altofonte, where he was initiated into the Mafia family in 1966 by the boss at the time, Salvatore La Barbera (not to be confused with the Palermo Centro boss who was killed in 1963). He became capo famiglia in the mid 1970s. Altofonte was part of the mandamento of San Giuseppe Jato, headed by Antonio Salamone and Bernardo Brusca. According to the pentito Giuseppe Marchese, Di Carlo was an influential mafioso a...
Bruce Myers, actor and comedian
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Bruce Myers, actor and comedian

Bruce Myers ‑ was a British actor, comedian, and director ‑ died on April 15, 2020  due to COVID‑19.   Bruce Myers was born on April 12, 1942 in Radcliffe, Manchester, England. He was an actor, known for The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), The Mahabharata (1989) and Relic Hunter (1999). He was married to Corinne Jaber and Ivanka Polchenco.
Mohammad Hassen Hossenbux, General Practitioner
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Mohammad Hassen Hossenbux, General Practitioner

Mohammad Hassen Hossenbux – a Family Physician (General Practitioner), Private Practice at Seine-Saint-Denis, France – passed away on 14 April 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Hossenbux was 68 years old. Doctor Hossenbux, established in Saint-Denis for about thirty years, worked without counting his hours. "He was very dedicated, he helped a lot of people," says his lifelong friend, Iqbaal Jhurry. Source: The Limited Times Please help us in adding details.
Bernard Stalter, politician
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Bernard Stalter, politician

Bernard Stalter was a French entrepreneur and politician died on 13 April in Strasbourg at the age of 63 due to COVID 19. Stalter was born on 12 March 1957 in Brumath. At age 14, he began a hairdressing apprenticeship. After he became a certified hairdresser, he worked for the French Army at the Entzheim Air Base. He opened his first salon in Brumath in 1993. Stalter was elected Chair of the Conseil Economique et Social d'Alsace in November 2007, succeeding Jean-Marie Sander. He resigned in 2013. In 2014, he became President of the Union Nationale des Entreprises de Coiffure. He was a part of the Union Nationale des Entreprises de Coiffure from 2015 to 2018. He was President of Beaute Diffusion Events, which earned €1,468,397 in 2015. He was also an agent for Sarl la Coiffu...
Sarah Maldoror, filmmaker
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Sarah Maldoror, filmmaker

Sarah Maldoror a French filmmaker of French West Indies descent died on 13 April 2020, at the age of 90, from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in France. Maldoror is best known for her feature film Sambizanga (1972) on the 1961–1974 war in Angola. Born Sarah Durados in 1929 in Condom, Gers, the daughter of emigrants from Guadeloupe, she chose her artist's name in remembrance of Les Chants de Maldoror by Lautréamont. She attended a drama school in Paris. Together with her husband, Angolan nationalist Mário Pinto de Andrade, she received a scholarship and studied film with Mark Donskoi in Moscow in 1961–62 where she met Ousmane Sembène. After her studies, Maldoror, worked as an assistant on Gillo Pontecorvo's acclaimed film, The Battle of Algiers (1966). She also worked as an as...