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4May

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Dr John L. Sailo Ryntathiang, Shillong

Dr John L. Sailo Ryntathiang, 69, died in Shillong due to Covid-19 on April 15, the first death in the state of Meghalaya. Six of his family members have also tested positive for the coronavirus. Dr Sailo, who completed his MBBS from AMC Dibrugarh and his MD in medicine from AIIMS, New Delhi, was well-known in Shillong as the owner of the Bethany Hospital. He had tested positive for Covid-19 in Shillong on April 13.

3May

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John Forest Ogilvie, footballer

John Forest Ogilvie a Scottish footballer who played for Hibernian, Leicester City and Mansfield Town contracted COVID-19 at a care home in Leicester. He died on 2 May 2020, aged 91. He was survived by his wife Doreen, and two granddaughters. Ogilvie worked as a joiner while playing junior football for Thorniewood United. He started his senior career when he joined Hibernian, and made his league debut in December 1948. He played for Hibs in their most successful era, as their "Famous Five" forward line won three Scottish league championships. Ogilvie made 35 league appearances in six seasons with the Hibs first team. Most of those (23) were in their league championship in 1950–51. His career was severely impacted when he suffered a broken leg while playing in a 1950–51 Scottish...

28Apr

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John Rowlands, footballer

John Rowlands – an English professional footballer who played as a defender and a forward died in April 2020 at the age of 73, from COVID-19. Active in England, South Africa and the United States, Rowlands made nearly 400 appearances in a 13-year career. Born in Liverpool, Rowlands began his career in non-league football with Marine and Skelmersdale United, before signing for Mansfield Town as an amateur in October 1967. He went on to play professionally in England, South Africa and the United States for Mansfield Town, Torquay United, Exeter City, Cape Town City, Stockport County, Barrow, Workington, Crewe Alexandra, the Seattle Sounders, Hartlepool United, the San Jose Earthquakes, the Oakland Stompers and the Tulsa Roughnecks. After retirement, Rowlands moved to Florida and o...

John Mondello, Emergency Medical Technician

26Apr

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John Mondello, Emergency Medical Technician

John Mondello – an Emergency Medical Technician at Tactical Response Group, New York City (suicide) – passed away after suffering from COVID-19.It was reported on 26 April 2020. John was 23 years old. John Mondello was found dead from a gunshot wound discharged from a weapon registered to his retired NYPD father, in Queens on Friday. Mondello was found after a passerby spotted the body just after 6.45pm on rocks along a river wall on Shore Boulevard in Astoria. Source: Mail Online Please help us in adding details.

19Apr

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John Lotz, wrestling referee

John Lotz an American wrestling referee and actor died on April 18, 2020, due to complications from COVID-19 at the age of 86. Lotz worked predominately for the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment). Lotz officiated at the first three WrestleMania events during the 1980s. Born in Yonkers, New York he started his career as an elevator assembly worker and later a truck driver for 'Yonkers Butter and Eggs'. He enlisted in the US Navy and served in the Korean War between 1951 and 1954. Lotz had a 33-year career as a referee for the New York State Athletic Commission. He was the referee for Bob Backlund's victory over Superstar Billy Graham in 1978 for the WWWF Heavyweight Championship as well as for Hulk Hogan's victory over The Iron Sheik in 1984 for the ...

18Apr

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John P. Careccia, Trainer

John P. Careccia – a Chief and Training Director at Woodbridge Township Ambulance & Rescue Squad, Woodbridge, New Jersey – passed away on 17 April 2020 due to COVID-19, "I decided to pursue a career in Emergency Medical Care in 1993 after seeing what 2 emergency responders did to save my son," Careccia said in a 2015 interview with CPR Headquarters, where he also contributed as a columnist. "I decided then and there that I would pay it forward. I became a volunteer EMT in 1993 and started teaching CPR in 1994. I realized early on that I was able to teach others how to apply life saving techniques effectively especially when it came to using CPR to save lives. I developed a unique approach to teaching CPR more from a practical rather than technical application." Source: Firehouse Pl...

16Apr

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John Pfahl, photographer

John Pfahl ‑ an American photographer – died on April 15, 2020, in Buffalo, New York, of COVID-19. Pfahl was born in New York City and grew up in Wanaque, New Jersey. He is known for his landscape photography such as his 1974 "Altered Landscapes" series. He received a BFA from Syracuse University in the School of Art and his MA from Syracuse University in the School of Communications. He taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, from 1968 to 1983. Later he was professor at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. In 2012 he taught at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.

16Apr

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Sir John Theodore Houghton, physician

Sir John Theodore Houghton ‑ a Welsh atmospheric physicist who was the co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) scientific assessment working group which shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 with Al Gore – died on 15 April 2020 due to COVID-19. He was the lead editor of first three IPCC reports. He was professor in atmospheric physics at the University of Oxford, former Director General at the Met Office and founder of the Hadley Centre. He was the president of the John Ray Initiative, an organisation "connecting Environment, Science and Christianity", where he has compared the stewardship of the Earth, to the stewardship of the Garden of Eden by Adam and Eve. He was a founding member of the International Society for Scien...

15Apr

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John Ferrarella, Firefighter

John Ferrarella – a Firefighter at Wayne Fire Company 3, Wayne, New Jersey – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. John was 70 years old. John was a Marine, and later a Captain with the Paterson Fire Department, where he was instrumental in the newly developed Paterson EMS system and P.E.M.T.A. He would later serve as the EMT-Basic Program coordinator at Passaic County Community College, an instructor at the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute, and was an EMT evaluator. He continued to work as an EMT throughout his long career, and served with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. John also was an instructor for the Bergen County Harley Davidson Motorcycle Program, FDU and Montclair motorcycle programs. Source: Facebook Please help us i...

12Apr

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John Horton Conway, mathematician

John Horton Conway an English mathematician active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory – died on 11 April 2020 after contracting Covid-19. He also made contributions to many branches of recreational mathematics, most notably the invention of the cellular automaton called the Game of Life. Born and raised in Liverpool, Conway spent the first half of his career at the University of Cambridge before moving to the United States, where he held the John von Neumann Professorship at Princeton University for the rest of his career. On 11 April 2020, at age 82, he died of complications from COVID-19. Conway was born on 26 December 1937 in Liverpool, the son of Cyril Horton Conway and Agnes Boyce. He became interested in math...