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28Jun

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Mike Gravel, politician

Two-time U.S. presidential candidate and former US Senator Mike Gravel is dead. The 91-year-old Alaska Democrat is remembered for attracting national attention by reading the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record, while also making two unsuccessful bids for president.. Gravel's daughter, Lynne Mosier described her father as a "terrific dad” while confirming his death in a message to CNN on June 27. Gravel was born on May 13, 1930, in Springfield, Massachusetts and served in the US Army as an adjutant in the Communications Intelligence Service in Germany, besides later as special agent in the Counter Intelligence Corps in France from 1951 to 1954, according to a biography on his website. Later, Gravel graduated from Columbia University in 1956 with a Bachelor of...

18Jun

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Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Mike Winkler, bus driver

Mike Winkler – a bus driver with the public transportation agency King County Metro Transit in Washington state ‑ died from complications related to COVID-19 on June 17. Winkler, 71, passed away after several weeks fighting the virus. His domestic partner Karla Mestl said he contracted COVID-19 in March. Winkler drove buses for 32 years and worked most of his career out of the North Base in Shoreline. Patch

30Apr

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Medics, United Kingdom

Mike Brown, Porter/Transporter

Mike Brown – a Porter/Transporter at University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, England – passed away on April 29, 2020, due to COVID-19. Brown had worked for 20 years at University Hospital Southampton (UHS). He said: “University hospital Southampton has today confirmed the death of a member of staff, Mike Brown, aged 61, who had tested positive for coronavirus on admission to Southampton general hospital. “Mike, a linen porter who had been with the organisation for 20 years, had an underlying health condition and sadly passed away after receiving treatment in our critical care unit in the early hours of yesterday morning.” Source: The Guardian Please help us in adding details.

Mike Field, Emergency Medical Technician

9Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Mike Field, Emergency Medical Technician

Mike Field – an Emergency Medical Technician in Valley Stream, New York – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 9 April, 2020. Mike was 59 years old. Mike joined the department in April of 1987 and rose through the ranks, serving the company as Lieutenant, Captain and since 2007 as a warden on the departments fire council. He served as an EMT in New York City for over 15 years. On September 11, 2001, Mike was working New York City Fire Department (FDNY) EMS unit 12 Charlie and responded and operated at the World Trade Center before and after the collapse. After retiring from the FDNY, Mike worked for Incorporated Village of Valley Stream. Mike also served many years as the departments advisor to the Valley Stream Junior Fire Depar...

Mike Longo, jazz pianist, composer & author

24Mar

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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...