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22Jun

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Ken Snow, soccer player

Kenneth Snow ‑ an American soccer forward who was a two-time winner of the Hermann Trophy as the outstanding college soccer player in 1988 and 1990 – died of Covid-19 on June 21, 2020. He had an eight-year professional career playing indoor soccer in the United States. Ken Snow was born in Arlington Heights, Illinois. He grew up in Illinois and attended Hoffman Estates High School from 1983 to 1986 where he played soccer. While at Hoffman, Snow scored in 47 consecutive games, ranking him second, after his brother Steve Snow, on the Illinois High School Association's list of consecutive matches scored in. Ken also ranks #9 on the Illinois state career goals list with 128 goals and #16 on the season (1985) goal scoring list with 49 goals. After graduating from high s...

20May

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United Kingdom

Ken Nightingall, sound engineer

Ken Nightingall ‑ a British sound engineer, popularly known as Pink Shorts Boom Guy after an image surfaced in 2015 of him working as a boom operator on Star Wars and wearing only pink shorts – died on 19 May 2020 from Covid-19. He had a long career in the film industry, including many James Bond films, and was part of the sound team that won the 1978 Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Sound. Over his career, Nightingall worked on over 47 films. Among these are the James Bond films For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), A View to a Kill (1985), and The Living Daylights (1987), as well as other popular films like Alfie (1966), Funeral In Berlin (1966), The Boys from Brazil (1978), and Supergirl (1984). He has also worked in television, for shows such as Top Secret. ...

28Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Ken Lambatan, Nurse

Ken Lambatan – a Specialist Cardiology Research Nurse at St George’s University Hospitals, London, England – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 28 April 2020. Ken was 34 years old. Source: The Sun Please help us in adding details.

30Mar

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Ken Shimura, comedian

Ken Shimura ‑ a Japanese comedian who co-starred with Masashi Tashiro, Nobuyoshi Kuwano in the Japanese variety show Shimura Ken no Bakatono-sama – died from Covid-19 on 29 March 2020. He was known as "Japan's Robin Williams.". Throughout his comedy career, Shimura was known for his "Bakatono-sama" character, which was unusual among Japanese comedians, in that he could satirize the deeds of powerful figures (a company president, a politician, a family head, a school principal, the head of a Japanese yakuza gang) under the garb of a foolish king who lived in the country a long time ago. Another popular shtick of Shimura in the same show was "Henna Oji-san" [weirdo] who entertained himself in the company of nubile girls....