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Morris Hood III, politician
13May By Web TeamNo Comments
High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Morris Hood III, politician

Morris Hood III –an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan Senate – died on May 12, 2020 due to Covid-19. He represented District 3, encompassing Dearborn, Melvindale, and a portion of Detroit from 2011 to 2018. Hood was born in Detroit. He went to Wayne State University and Henry Ford College. Hood was the son of Morris Hood Jr. and the nephew of Raymond W. Hood. Prior to his election to the Legislature, Hood was an auto technician at Ford Motor Company's Detroit Engine Fuel Tank Plant. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the House in 1998. Hood was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2003, serving for three terms. He was elected to the Michigan Senate in 2010, also serving as the Michigan Senate Minority Leader until 2018. He was unable to...
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Alberto Carpani, singer
11May By Web TeamNo Comments
Italy, Noteworthy, Profiles

Alberto Carpani, singer

Alberto Carpani an Italian singer, best known for his Italo disco releases in the late 1970's and early 1980's as Albert One, and his Eurodance release "Sing a Song Now Now" in 1999 as A.C. One – passed away on May 11, 2020. The 64-years old singer, who was also a DJ and music producer, had been hospitalized for a few days following a pneumonia. There were unconfirmed reports that his death was caused by Covid-19. Alberto Carpani was known in the 1980s. He released the singles "Yes No Family", "Turbo Diesel", "Heart on Fire", "Lady O", "For Your Love", "Secrets", "Hopes & Dreams", "Everybody", "Visions", and "Loverboy". They were released by ZYX Music and Baby Records (Italy). He was known as A1, Jock Hattle, Albert One, and A.C. One. He was involved in many Italo projects ...
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Dr. Cenover Nicandro “Nicko” Bautista , Philippines
4May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Philippines, Profiles

Dr. Cenover Nicandro “Nicko” Bautista , Philippines

Dr. Cenover Nicandro "Nicko" Bautista, a young doctor helping in the fight against the novel coronavirus was among eight people who died after a plane on a medical evacuation flight caught fire while taking off at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The 33-year-old Bautista was one of the frontliners at the Mandaluyong City Medical Center. The Agusta WW24 aircraft carrying the group caught fire while taking off. An American national, a Canadian national and six Filipinos including Bautista perished in the flight. The Filipinos also included a flight medic, a nurse, and three flight crew. Hours before the incident, Bautista posted on Facebook that he can't wait for the COVID-19 crisis to be over. The doctor said he is afraid but he knows he is needed in the fight. ...
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Dr Ahmed Al-Lawah, Egypt
4May By Web TeamNo Comments
Egypt, Medics, Profiles

Dr Ahmed Al-Lawah, Egypt

Dr Ahmed al-Lawah died of coronavirus (Covid-19) on March 30, according to Egypt’s ministry of Health. Lawah, 57, is considered to be first Egyptian doctor who died of Covid-19 infection, according to the ministry. Spokesperson Khaled Megahed said in statement that Lawah’s health condition was relatively stable; however, he witnessed sudden deterioration on March 29. Egypt Today
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Suleiman Adamu, politician
2May By Web TeamNo Comments
High Profilers, Nigeria, Profiles

Suleiman Adamu, politician

Suleiman Adamu, a Nigerian politician, died from COVID-19 at Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, on April 30, 2020. He was serving as a member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, representing Nasarawa Central constituency, at the time of his death due to COVID-19 in April 2020. Adamu was buried on May 1 in his hometown, Nasarawa. His test results, which were not completed until after he died, confirmed COVID-19. Adamu was the first recorded fatality from coronavirus disease 2019 in Nasarawa State during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. In response to his death, the state government closed the Nasarawa State House of Assembly building for decontamination and imposed a lockdown on Suleiman Adamu's hometown of Nasarawa to slow the spread of COVID-19...
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Sylvie Vincent, anthropologist and ethnologist
1May By Web TeamNo Comments
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.
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Koos van den Berg, politician
23Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
High Profilers, Profiles

Koos van den Berg, politician

Jacobus Teunis "Koos" van den Berg –a Dutch politician of the Reformed Political Party (SGP) – died on 21 April 2020 in Nunspeet due to complications of COVID-19, at the age of 77. Born in The Hague, he served as a member of the House of Representatives from 3 June 1986 to 23 May 2002.
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Lynsay Coventry
3Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Profiles, United Kingdom

Lynsay Coventry

Lynsay Coventry, 54, was the first serving midwife in England to be killed by the virus on April 2. She had worked at the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in Harlow, Essex, for ten years and was described by colleagues as a “proud” midwife who was “very well respected.” Coventry’s family said: “Our hearts are broken at the loss of our loving, wonderful and caring mum, sister, daughter and grandmother. Her love for us all was unfailing and her strength in the way she cared and supported us will fill our memories. “What we also know is how proud she was to be an NHS midwife. Lynsay followed her dream and trained as a midwife later in life. It was a role she committed herself to and saw the midwifery team at the Princess Alexandra Hospital as her other family. She was a very well-respe...
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Dr. Marguerite Derrida, Psychoanalyst
22Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
France, Profiles

Dr. Marguerite Derrida, Psychoanalyst

Dr. Marguerite Derrida, 87, a renowned Psychoanalyst and Translator, died from Covid19 infection in Paris, France, on March 21, 2020. Derrida, a Czech-born French psychoanalyst, had translated many psychoanalytic works into French. Derrida trained as a psychologist at the Paris Psychoanalytic Society, and translated many works by Melanie Klein. She trained in anthropology with André Leroi-Gourhan in the 1960s. The daughter of Gustave Aucouturier, Marguerite married Jacques Derrida on 9 June 1957 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One of their sons is writer Pierre Alféri. She appeared in two documentary films where she talks about life with her husband in Ris-Orangis.
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