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Allen Daviau, Cinematographer Allen Daviau, who shot three of Steven Spielberg’s films, including E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, died April 14 of complications from COVID-19. He was 77. A five-time Oscar nominee, Daviau also was behind the camera on Empire of the Sun, Bugsy, The Color Purple, Avalon and Defending Your Life. “Allen was a wonderful artist but his warmth and humanity were as powerful as his lens. He was a singular talent and a beautiful human being,” Spielberg said in a statement. The director had sent a letter to his old friend upon hearing of his struggle with the virus; it was read to him several times at his bedside. Daviau was born on June 14, 1942, in New Orleans and raised in Los Angeles. He was introduced to Steven Spielberg in the late 1960s and the two ...

Prof Mohamed Sami Shousha, 79, a father-of-two, died on April 2 in London after contracting the virus around two weeks earlier. “He was very keen on going to work on his final days despite the health hazards,” his nephew Abdelrahman Shousha told Middle Eastern Eye. “However, most likely, his work did not involve direct contact with Covid-19 patients.” Prof Shousha had been working at Charing Cross Hospital since 1978, where he managed the breast histopathology service, which concerns changes in tissues caused by disease. He was also an honorary professor of histopathology at Imperial College and worked at UK cancer research laboratories at London’s Hammersmith and Charing Cross hospitals. The Telegraph