Wilson

18May

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Brazil, High Profilers, Profiles

Wilson Braga, politician

Wilson Leite Braga ‑ a Brazilian politician, lawyer and businessman from the state of Paraíba – contracted Covid-19 and died due to its complications on May 17, 2020. Before pursuing a career in politics, Braga graduated in law at Federal University of Paraíba. In 1954, Braga was elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba and held the post from 1955 to 1967. In 1966, he was elected member of the Chamber of Deputies representing his birth state of Paraíba. He remained in power from 1967 to 1982. In 1982, he was elected governor of Paraíba, remaining from 1983 to 1987. In 1988, he was elected mayor of João Pessoa. He kept the post from 1989 to 1990. In 1992, he was elected city councillor of João Pessoa...

17May

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, butler

Wilson Roosevelt Jerman ‑ an American butler who served 11 different U.S. presidents in the White House – died of Covid-19 on May 16, 2020. Jerman was born in Seaboard, North Carolina in 1929, the son of a farm worker. He dropped out of school at the age of 12 to work on a farm. In 1955, he moved to Washington, D.C. and worked as a caterer before being hired as a cleaner by the White House in 1957 during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Jerman was promoted to butler under John F. Kennedy, and continued in that role until his retirement in 1993 during the Bill Clinton administration. He returned to the White House in 2003 in the George W. Bush administration. He worked as a maitre d' and elevator operator for Barack Obama before his final retirement in 2012....

4May

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Dr. Doug Bass, United States

Dr. Doug Bass, Medical director, Phoenix House, New York As the coronavirus bore down on New York, Dr. Doug Bass’ family begged him to work from home. He refused, pointing to his patients at Phoenix House, a drug and alcohol treatment center where he served as medical director. “He said he was on the front lines and they needed him,” his brother, Jonathan Bass, told The Associated Press. “Too many people relied on him.” Bass, 64, died on March 28 after suffering symptoms commonly caused by coronavirus, including coughing, a fever and severe stomach cramping. That made him possibly the first physician still treating patients in New York City to die from the disease caused by the coronavirus. Except he wasn’t counted. It happened so quickly he was never tested for Covid-19, b...

Palermo Wilson Cruz Acuria, General Practitioner

16Apr

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Ecuador, Medics, Profiles

Palermo Wilson Cruz Acuria, General Practitioner

Palermo Wilson Cruz Acuria – a General Practitioner at Clínica Palermo, Guayaquil, Ecuador – passed away on 15 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Palmero was 62 years old. His relatives remember him as a human being with a “big heart”, since from his Palermo clinic, on 17th and Maldonado streets, southwest of the city, he often attended low-income people free of charge and delivered medicines in the sector. With a vast career between Ecuador and Argentina, Cruz was an outstanding surgeon. "He is already in a better place, his cycle ended here, helping many people," said his son Wilson. Source: El Universo Please help us in adding details.

7Apr

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Profiles, United States

Dr. James Wilson, Physician

Dr. James Wilson, 93, one of the first Dominican Republic-born doctors to open a practice in the United States after immigrating fifty years ago, died on April 6, 2020 from Covid-19. Gov. Phil Murphy announced Tuesday that Dr. James Wilson died Monday night due to complications from the virus. Wilson was a Bergen County resident for the past 50 years who came to the United States from the Dominican Republic. “In the 1960s, he became one of the very first Dominican physicians to open a clinic in the United States in New York City’s Washington Heights where he tended to patients for more than 40 years,” Murphy said. Wilson leaves behind his wife of 54 years, Nilda, and six children, according to Murphy. “We send our condolences to anybody who knew him,” Murphy said, adding: “W...

5Apr

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France, Medics, Profiles

Diane Wilson Bahun, Nurse

Diane Wilson Bahun – an ICU Nurse in Paris, France – succumbed to COVID-19. Source: Golfe News Please help us in adding details.

27Mar

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Noteworthy, Scotland

Hamish Wilson, actor

Hamish Wilson – a Scottish actor from Glasgow – succumbed to Covid-19 on 26 March 2020. He was best known for briefly taking over the role of Jamie McCrimmon for part of two episodes in the 1968 Doctor Who serial "The Mind Robber" when series regular Frazer Hines was ill with chickenpox and unable to attend the recording. The change of actor was written in as part of the story when Jamie is turned into a cardboard cut-out and has his face removed by the Master of the Land of Fiction. The Doctor's first attempt to reconstruct his face is unsuccessful. Eventually, Jamie's real face is restored when Hines recovered. Wilson trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. At the time of his Doctor Who appearance, he was working in London for a furn...