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2May

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France, Noteworthy, Profiles

Jean-Marc Manducher, sports executive

Jean-Marc Manducher a French businessperson and sports executive died on 30 April 2020 in Bourg-en-Bresse at the age of 71 due to COVID-19. Hospitalized in March 2020, Manducher was placed on a ventilator. He was President of Oyonnax Rugby from 1995 to 2015, and then was Vice-President of the French National Rugby League. Manducher served as Managing Director of Ronax, an economics interest group in the plastics industry, from 1995 to 2012. He also became President of Oyonnax Rugby in 1995. The club won the Rugby Pro D2 Championship in 2013, earning them a promotion to the Top 14. At the start of 2015, Manducher suffered a heart attack, and stepped down from his position at Oyonnax Rugby. However, he would remain on the supervisory board. Manducher was a member of the dire...

Fernando Sandoval, Olympic water polo player

2May

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Brazil, Noteworthy, Profiles

Fernando Sandoval, Olympic water polo player

Fernando Sandoval a Brazilian water polo player who competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics died on May 1, 2020, after suffering from coronavirus in São Paulo. He was 78. Fernando Sandoval was born in the capital of São Paulo, on November 18, 1942. He began his career in swimming pools before moving to water polo, a sport that won him over, at the age of 16. In 1967, at the age of 25, he won the silver medal at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. A year later, Fernando Sandoval had the honor of being part of the Brazil team that finished 13th in the Olympic Games in Mexico.

Sylvie Vincent, anthropologist and ethnologist

1May

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Canada, Noteworthy, Profiles

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.

1May

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Mexico, Noteworthy, Profiles

Óscar Chávez, singer

Óscar Chávez a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor died on 30 April 2020 of COVID-19. He was 85. He was the major proponent of the Nueva Trova movement in Mexico in the 1960s and 1970s. Chavez studied theatre at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and went on to produce and act in several plays, movies and telenovelas in Mexico. He achieved international fame through his music. His songs "Por Ti" and "Macondo" are particularly well-known in Latin America. In addition, Chavez recorded many Mexican folk songs. Chavez was noted for his strong commitment to social causes and the left-wing ideas expressed in his lyrics. His discography spanned four decades.

16Apr

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India, Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Dr Ajit Agarwal, cardiologist

Ajit Agarwal, a cardiologist in the United Kingdom, died on April 15, 2020, due to COVID-19. He was 68. Dr Agarwal died of Covid-19 at a private hospital in the United Kingdom (UK) . A resident of India's Kanpur city, Dr Agarwal was a consultant cardiologist in London and had been in home quarantine for last several days before he was shifted to a hospital where he passed away after his lungs collapsed. Source: Pressreader Please help us in adding details.

23Mar

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Profiles, Uncategorized

Dr. Jean-Marie Boegle, Obstetrician

Dr Jean-Marie Boegle, a gynocologist who worked in Mulhouse, died on March 22 from coronavirus. France 3 Television reported that Dr Boegle had gone to his holiday home near Dijon (CÃ´te d’Or) in the Burgundy region of France two weeks ago, to get some rest. Tired, and suffering from other health issues, he decided to get tested for coronavirus. He tested negative the first time, however, a week later, he tested positive for Covid-19. He went in to a coma and died on Sunday. On March 23, several colleagues wrote messages showing their appreciation for Boegle. Gynecologist Bernard Servent, a retired gynecologist at the Diaconat clinic in Mulhouse, expressed his regret at losing his former colleague. “He was friendly, joyful, funny and very easy to like,” remembers Servent. Boegle ...

21Mar

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Pakistan, Profiles

Dr. Usama Riaz, Physician

Dr. Usama Riaz is being hailed as a hero In Pakistan for courageously putting his life on the line to treat patients with Covid-19. Even though the 26-year-old doctor didn’t have adequate protective gear, he kept fighting for his patients until he eventually lost his life to the disease. He died on March 20. He’s a hero in Pakistan but the world should know his name. Riaz was part of a ten-person team screening pilgrims who recently returned to Pakistan from Iraq and Iran. He later treated these patients at isolation centers in Gilit, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. On March 20, after treating his patients, Riaz went to bed but couldn’t get up in the morning. He was rushed to a military hospital for a CT scan but the equipment didn’t work. He was put on a ventilator and died two da...

21Mar

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Profiles

Hugo Díez Pérez, Neurologist

Dr. Hugo Díez Pérez, 69, a Neurologist from Paraguay, died from Covid-19 on March 20, 2020. He is credited with helping to establish the Neurology Department at Military Hospital of AsunciÃ³n. According to reports, Dr. Hugo Diez Perez was the first person to die of Covid-19 in Paraguay. Dr. Perez, 69, was being treated in intensive care for the past week before he died. For 22 years he practiced at Baptist Medical Center in Paraguay. He had also set up the Paraguay Neurosurgery Society.