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Patrizia Longo, General Practitioner
Italy, Medics, Profiles

Patrizia Longo, General Practitioner

Patrizia Longo – a General Practitioner in Voghera, Italy – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 14 April 2020. Longo was 62 years old. Longo had been at the forefront of this pandemic and in February she had also taken part in a conference that dealt precisely with the problems related to the spread of Coronavirus. Source: La Provincia Please help us in adding details.
Mike Longo, jazz pianist, composer & author
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Mike Longo, jazz pianist, composer & author

Michael Josef Longo ‑ an American jazz pianist, composer, and author ‑ died in Manhattan on March 23, 2020, three days after his 83rd birthday, from complications of COVID-19.   Longo was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to parents who had a musical background. His father played bass, his mother played organ at church, and his music training began at a young age. Mike recalled seeing Sugar Chile Robinson playing boogie woogie piano: "The first time I saw him, man, he knocked me out. I must have been three or four years old. He played after the Count Basie show, so I went home and started picking out boogie woogie bass lines." His parents took him for formal lessons at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music at four. He moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida soon after. At the ag...