TV

30Jun

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India, Noteworthy, Profiles

Davinder Pal Singh, TV news anchor

Davinder Pal Singh ‑ a 43-year-old senior journalist with the PTC Punjabi TV channel who had tested positive for Covid-19 ‑died in a private hospital on June 20, 2020. Singh, a resident of Phase-10, was suffering from post renal transplant complications when he was hospitalised on June 13 after testing positive for Covid-19. However, even though he was released after recovery, Davinder Pal Singh was admitted to hospital again on June 29, 2020 after a cardiac arrest, and died the next day. The administration has counted him among Covid-19 fatalities. Mohali civil surgeon Dr Manjit Singh said the journalist was cremated as per protocol under the observation of health officials. “We will collect the samples of his family members and will also trace his contacts,&rdq...

Richard Coram, Dubai TV and radio presenter

5May

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India, Noteworthy, Profiles, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Richard Coram, Dubai TV and radio presenter

Richard Coram, Dubai TV and radio presenter; Pix credit Gulf Business Former media person Richard Coram, who was popular through his radio shows and news anchoring in Dubai-based media, died of Covid-19 in the UK. Barely in his late 50s, the long-term Gulf resident and former radio show host on Dubai FM92, was also a celebrated news reader on the city's popular Channel 33. Coram and his wife Padma had also launched an event management firm, Talent Brokers. It's said, the company brought large-scale concerts and shows to the UAE, including Lionel Richie, Elton John and Rod Stewart. As a broadcaster he is remembered as someone who just had that natural ability and was warm and likeable. Both Coram, along with his wife Padma, were socially well-known, pioneering the live enter...

30Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Dick Lucas, American football player

Dick Lucas a professional American football player who played tight end for five seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles died on April 29, 2020, due to complications of COVID-19 Lucas was a native of Boston and played in college at Boston College. He was selected in the 10th round of the 1956 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears but joined the Marines before opting for professional football. He played four games for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1958. Between 1960 and 1963 Lucas played for the Eagles, playing in 38 games and catching 34 passes for 384 yards and six touchdowns. He was a member of the 1960 team that defeated the Green Bay Packers in the NFL Championship Game. In 1961, Lucas had eight catches for five touchdowns, the most touchdowns in NFL history by...

22Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Joel Rogosin, TV producer & writer

Joel Rogosin an American television producer and screenwriter died from complications of COVID-19 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital on April 21, 2020, at the age of 87. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Deborah, and their three daughters, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Rogosin was known for producing such television series as 77 Sunset Strip, The Virginian, Ironside, Magnum, P.I., and Knight Rider from the 1960s to the 1990s. He was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for his production work on Ironside in 1970 and 1971, and received his third Emmy nomination for producing Magnum, P.I. in 1983. Joel Rogosin was born on October 30, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was raised in Boston and Virginia, where he attended hi...

Claude Lafortune, paper artist, set decorator and TV personality

20Apr

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Canada, Noteworthy, Profiles

Claude Lafortune, paper artist, set decorator and TV personality

Claude Lafortune a Canadian paper artist, set decorator and TV personality died in Longueuil, Quebec, aged 83,died on 19 April 2020,after contracting the COVID-19 virus during the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec. A graduate of the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, Lafortune collaborated on many graphic design projects before he became famous for his paper art. He had an exhibit devoted to his paper art work—titled Colle, papier, ciseaux—at the Musée des cultures du monde in Nicolet, Quebec. The exhibition has traveled to Longueuil, Montreal, Terrebonne, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Lachine, Chicoutimi, Bonaventure, La Malbaie and New Brunswick.

16Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, Sweden

Adam Alsing, TV and radio presenter

Rolf Adam Engelbrekt Alsing ‑ a Swedish television and radio presenter, best known for presenting Big Brother Sweden on Kanal 5 – died on 15 April 2020 due to Covid-19. He moved to TV4 in 2005, presenting the Swedish version of Jeopardy!. He also presented his own show Adam Live. He later ventured into radio presenting shows on Rix FM and Mix Megapol. Alsing grew up in Karlstad in Värmland, and Sollefteå in Ångermanland. He worked as a disc jockey during his high school years in Karlstad. He started his career as a presenter for several shows on the Sveriges Radio local broadcasts from Värmland at the time called Radio Värmland. When TV4 started its broadcasts in 1990 he applied for television presenter work, and debuted as presenter fo...

27Mar

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Belgium

Isaura Castermans, Nurse

Isaura Castermans, the 30-year-old nurse who worked at the Prince Park Residence nursing home in Genk, died from complications related to the coronavirus. “Isaura was our only child”, said her parents. Like the rest of the healthcare staff, Isaura Castermans was at the forefront of the country’s fight against the covid-19 epidemic. She began to feel bad on March 24 after a long day spent with confined residents of the nursing home. A kind of cold with mild breathing problems. The next day, she contacted her doctor who made an appointment with her. But, on March 26, the young woman collapsed in her apartment. The disease reached his heart, leaving him no chance. Her partner, a final year medical student, tried to revive her before the paramedics took over. “I was not allowe...