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10May

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Paul “Bear” Vasquez, video personality

Paul "Bear" Vasquez – known for his viral video Double Rainbow died on May 9, 2020, after contracting Covid-19. In a May 3, 2020 Facebook post, Vasquez spoke of feeling feverish and having trouble breathing, but also indicated he would not be going to a hospital, as he looked forward to reincarnating and "enjoying the ride". On May 9, Vasquez died in the emergency room of John C. Fremont Hospital in Mariposa, California. The Double Rainbow clip, filmed in Vasquez’s front yard just outside Yosemite National Park, in the U.S. state of California, shows his ecstatic reaction to a double rainbow which he described as the "Eye of God". As of July 2019, the 53-year-old farmer's video has accumulated more than 46 million views on YouTube. Vasquez was a native of East Los Angeles, where he...

4May

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Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Paul Kabasele, Ophthalmologist

Paul Kabasele – an Ophthalmologist at Croydon University Hospital, London, England – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 4 May 2020. David Probert, chief executive of Moorfields Eye Hospital, said: “Paul was a much-loved member of the Moorfields family. Through the past decade, he provided an exceptional level of care to his patients. He was incredibly hardworking, kind, gentle and a joy to work with. He will be sorely missed by many and his death is a huge loss to us all. Our thoughts are with Paul’s family and friends at this incredibly difficult and heart-breaking time.” Source: Moorfields Eye Hospital Please help us in adding details.

30Apr

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Paul Cary, Paramedic

Paul Cary – a Paramedic (volunteer) in Ambulnz, New York City – passed away due to COVID-19. Paul was 66 years old. "Accepting Paul’s commitment to serving others in need, we respected his choice to volunteer to be part of Ambulnz’s response team to the COVID-19 crisis in New York City," his family wrote in a statement to the media. "He risked his own health and safety to protect others and left this world a better place. We are at peace knowing that Paul did what he loved and what he believed in, right up until the very end." Source: 9 News Please help us in adding details.

13Apr

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Paul Moise, Nurse

Paul Moise – a Licensed Practical Nurse at Alameda Center, Perth Amboy, New Jersey – passed away on April 12, 2020, due to COVID-19. Paul was 50 years old. Please help us in adding details.

10Apr

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Paul Novicki

Paul Novicki, 51, an EMT from Huron Township, Michigan, died from Covid-19 on April 9. Novicki, who had contracted the disease along with his partner, died after a long fight with the virus. “He saved people’s lives and he made other lives better just by being there,” said his son, Zack Novicki. Zack remembers his father being on the front lines saving lives for more than three decades. “He was a first responder. He lived his whole life saving people, his work was absolutely his passion,” Zack said. “I mean there’s some weeks where he would work 100-plus hours a week because it’s absolutely what he loved to do, help people. That’s what he was all about and he’s a hero to a lot of people.” A hero who had spent the last two weeks hospitalized fighting for his own life after he and hi...

26Mar

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Paul Goma, writer

Paul Goma –a Romanian writer, known for his activities as a dissident and leading opponent of the communist regime before 1989 – died due to Covid-19 on March 25, 2020. Forced into exile by the communist authorities, he became a political refugee and resided in France as a stateless person. After 2000, Goma has expressed opinions on World War II, the Holocaust in Romania and the Jews, claims which have led to widespread allegations of antisemitism. Goma was born to a Romanian family in Mana village, Orhei County, then in the Kingdom of Romania, now part of Moldova. In March 1944, the Goma family took refuge in Sibiu, Transylvania. In August 1944, finding themselves in danger of involuntary "repatriation" to the Soviet Union, they fled to the village of Buia, by the...

24Mar

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Paul Karslake, artist

Paul Karslake ‑ a British artist, primarily a painter ‑ died on 23 March 2020 of sudden onset pneumonia, which was caused by COVID-19. Karslake was born in Basildon, Essex. He studied at SEEVIC College and Southend College of Art and Technology and started working with his father, Michael Karslake, an architectural model-maker working on such projects as Centre Point and the Thames Barrier. In the early 1970s Karslake was tutored by Sir Peter Scott; towards the end of that decade he met Salvador Dalí during a trip to Spain. Karslake then spent four years in California, working for the LA Art Studios, CBS Television and Disney, with whom he later collaborated on the EuroDisney project. Karslake had numerous solo exhibitions, and became famous for his d...