{"id":1151,"date":"2020-04-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:43:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:43:05","slug":"dr-james-wilson-physician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1151","title":{"rendered":"Dr. James Wilson, Physician"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.\r\n<\/p>

Gov. Phil Murphy announced Tuesday that Dr. James Wilson died Monday night due to complications from the virus.\r\n<\/p>

Wilson was a Bergen County resident for the past 50 years who came to the United States from the Dominican Republic.\r\n<\/p>

\u201cIn the 1960s, he became one of the very first Dominican physicians to open a clinic in the United States in New York City\u2019s Washington Heights where he tended to patients for more than 40 years,\u201d Murphy said.\r\n<\/p>

Wilson leaves behind his wife of 54 years, Nilda, and six children, according to Murphy.\r\n<\/p>

\u201cWe send our condolences to anybody who knew him,\u201d Murphy said, adding: \u201cWhat a life.\u201d\r\n<\/p>

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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. 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