lyricist

23Jun

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Poovachal Khader, lyricist

Malayalam cinema lost one of its most prolific lyricists in the death of Poovachal Khader, who succumbed to COVID-19 in Thiruvananthapuram on June 22. The 72-year-old songwriter had been under treatment for COVID-19 at the Govt. Medical College. Khader, during his five-decade career, wrote more than a thousand songs for over 350 films, while being credited for some of the biggest-ever hits in Malayalam film music. His song-writing talent ensured him being one of the busiest lyricists in the 1970s and 80s, when he penned evergreen songs like “Natha nee varum kalocha” (Chamaram), “Shararanthal thiri thaazhhum” (Kayalum Kayarum), “Aadya samaagama lajjayil” (Ulsavam), “Sindoora sandhyaykku mounam” (Choola), “Ente janman neeyeduthu” (Aattakkalasam), (Itha Oru Dhikkari), “Eth...

Dr Burton “Bud” David Rose, nephrologist

8May

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Dr Burton “Bud” David Rose, nephrologist

Burton "Bud" David Rose an American nephrologist and the creator of the UpToDate medical software application died on April 24, 2020, due to complications of COVID-19. Rose was a clinical professor of medicine at Harvard University. He also held positions at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He was co-author of Clinical Physiology of Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders; Pathophysiology of Renal Disease; and Renal Pathophysiology: The Essentials. Rose created the first version of UpToDate in his house in 1992. It was released on floppy disks. His work (creation of UpToDate) has influenced the modern practice of medicine more than any work in the current generation of practicing physicians. Ma...

5May

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Brazil, Noteworthy, Profiles

Aldir Blanc Mendes, author and lyricist

Aldir Blanc Mendes a Brazilian author of crônicas and lyricist died of complications of COVID-19 on 4 May 2020 at the age of 73. He co-composed many songs with singer-songwriter João Bosco, guitarist Guinga, and others. A trained psychiatrist, eventually he quit medical practice and devoted all his time to music. Elis Regina recorded several of his songs, most notably "O bêbado e a equilibrista". Another song of his is "Resposta ao tempo" (with lyrics by Cristovão Bastos), a ballad that became one of Nana Caymmi's most famous songs, and which was recorded by many other musicians thereafter, amongst them Milton Nascimento and Aldir Blanc himself. Blanc's work 1972–1987 was analyzed by Charles A. Perrone in Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song MPB 1965–1985 (U Texas P, 1989)....

4May

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Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Aimee O’Rourke, United Kingdom

Mother-of-three Aimee O’Rourke was described as an “angel” who would “wear her NHS crown forever” after losing her life to coronavirus. The 39-year-old nurse died where she worked, at the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital (QEQM) in Margate, Kent. Her daughter, Megan Murphy, described her as an “angel”. Rourke joined the QEQM’s Acute Medical Unit as a newly qualified nurse in 2017. Ward manager Julie Gammon said the whole team was devastated by her death. “She was such a kind and caring nurse, and she had a really special relationship with her patients and colleagues,” she said. “Nursing was something she had always wanted to do, although she came to it relatively late after raising her girls. She took some time out to care for her mum after she was diagnosed with c...