COVID Obituaries

[sonrisa]

Could we keep a running post of death notices or obituary links for people who have died of this?

Famous people and also other people you feel could or should be acknowledged. 

[memenee]

Not an obituary, but I read this the other day. 45 year old man in NJ died. Sadly, at the time of his death, his wife and two young sons were also hospitalized with COVID.

RIP

www.google.com/amp/s/amp.mycentraljersey.com/amp/2924161001

[memenee]

Sundee Rutter, 42 year old single mom and breast cancer survivor. Heartbreaking. RIP

www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/kadiagoba/coronavirus-victim-sundee-rutter-washington-walkie-talkie

[sapenguin]

Joe Diffie =(

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/joe-diffie-country-singer-dead-obituary-974556/

[litebright]

The story of the first covid death in Indiana, told by her surviving partner to WaPo.

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/28/voices-from-the-pandemic-indiana-man-recounts-partners-death-from-coronavirus/?arc404=true

[topknot]

Mar 30, 2020 17:37:39 GMT -5 sapenguin said:

Joe Diffie =(

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/joe-diffie-country-singer-dead-obituary-974556/

So sad over this. He was one of my favourites.

[Velar Fricative]

Dr. James Goodrich died. He was the neurosurgeon who famously and successfully separated twins conjoined at the head in NYC a few years ago.

nypost.com/2020/03/30/montefiore-neurosurgeon-who-separated-conjoined-twins-dies-from-coronavirus/

[gottadobe]

High school classmate. His wife says he was perfectly healthy...

link

[susquehanna]

Stephen Chatman, the former host of the public radio show "The Soul Show" from WYEP in Pittsburgh. 

[phunluvin82]

New Orleans cultural icon Ronald Lewis: Mardi Gras Indian, founder of multiple Social Aid & Pleasure clubs, and of the House of Dance & Feathers, “an important museum for New Orleans street culture”...

www.nola.com/gambit/music/article_32a067ee-6af8-11ea-af6e-b70b42dd9971.html

[cattledogkisses]

A physician assistant has become the first military service member to die from COVID-19.

www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/30/824283809/national-guardsman-is-first-service-member-to-die-after-testing-positive-for-cov?

[jaybird]

A respected sociologist and City College Professor has passed

www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/us/william-helmreich-dies-coronavirus/index.html

[SwimDeep]

Mar 31, 2020 8:55:01 GMT -5 jaybird said:

A respected sociologist and City College Professor has passed

www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/us/william-helmreich-dies-coronavirus/index.html

I was just coming in to post this. His work is fascinating. And the details about his funeral are so sad

[TBM]

He didn't die from coronavirus, but he died alone in the hospital because of coronavirus.

Tomie dePaola, children's author and illustrator, has died - CNN
www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/us/author-tomie-depaola-dies-trnd/index.html

[af1212]

Mar 31, 2020 10:06:46 GMT -5 TBM said:

He didn't die from coronavirus, but he died alone in the hospital because of coronavirus.

Tomie dePaola, children's author and illustrator, has died - CNN
www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/us/author-tomie-depaola-dies-trnd/index.html

I’m so so sad about this. I have been reading his books with my kids all night last night and most of today. 😢😢😢

[aliciabella]

Mar 30, 2020 21:03:50 GMT -5 gottadobe said:

High school classmate. His wife says he was perfectly healthy...

link

That article brought me to tears. Also, I never thought about the families not be able to say goodbye in person. How awful for his family. He seemed like a great person.

[mbcdefg]

Adam Schlesinger, co-founder of the New Jersey power-pop group Fountains of Wayne and Emmy- and Grammy-winning songwriter for film, television, and theater, died Wednesday from complications related to COVID-19. He was 52. His lawyer, Josh Grier, confirmed Schlesinger’s death. Schlesinger was hospitalized in March and tested positive for the coronavirus. At the time, he was placed on a ventilator, which left him heavily sedated.

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fountains-of-waynes-adam-schlesinger-dead-obituary-coronavirus-975786/

ETA: Conan O’Brien posted a tribute video of Fountains of Wayne performing on his NBC show shortly after 9/11. They played “Better Things” by the Kinks.


youtu.be/jTNonlossl0

[phunluvin82]

Ellis Marsalis...goddamn it, this one guts me

www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/article_bbdaf4c4-7481-11ea-92ae-1758b23c65c8.html

[winecat]

www.them.us/story/lorena-borjas-mother-of-queens-trans-latinx-community-died-coronavirus?

[litebright]

Juan Sanabria, one of the first people in NYC to die from covid-19.

www.newyorker.com/news/postscript/the-life-and-death-of-juan-sanabria-one-of-new-york-citys-first-coronavirus-victims

[winecat]

Top South African HIV scientist Gita Ramjee dies www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52120265

[niemand88f]

"Jason Hargrove was driving a bus in Detroit when he said a passenger began to cough. The woman let loose 4 or 5 times without covering her mouth.
Now, nearly 2 weeks after he recorded a video expressing concern about the incident, he has died of COVID-19."

www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/03/826817866/take-this-serious-bus-driver-dies-of-covid-19-after-calling-out-coughing-rider

[secretagent]

A local school principal has passed away.

[bronxgirl]

Apr 1, 2020 17:51:26 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Adam Schlesinger, co-founder of the New Jersey power-pop group Fountains of Wayne and Emmy- and Grammy-winning songwriter for film, television, and theater, died Wednesday from complications related to COVID-19. He was 52. His lawyer, Josh Grier, confirmed Schlesinger’s death. Schlesinger was hospitalized in March and tested positive for the coronavirus. At the time, he was placed on a ventilator, which left him heavily sedated.

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fountains-of-waynes-adam-schlesinger-dead-obituary-coronavirus-975786/

ETA: Conan O’Brien posted a tribute video of Fountains of Wayne performing on his NBC show shortly after 9/11. They played “Better Things” by a the Kinks.


youtu.be/jTNonlossl0

Apparently he was also a close family friend and professional mentor to my cousins.  They wrote a really beautiful tribute to him.

One of the mental health workers at my hospital died last week. 

[memenee]

36 year old Brooklyn principal. She sounded like a truly amazing educator.

www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/obituaries/dez-ann-roman-dead-coronavirus.html

[memenee]

48 year old beloved N.J. middle school principal. Beloved. No underlying health conditions, athletic, father of 3, football coach.

www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/04/beloved-nj-middle-school-principal-dies-from-coronavirus.html

[simpsongal]

Top chef and ROHNY editor passed away. www.google.com/amp/s/www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/rhony-editor-peter-gamba-dies-from-covid-19-complications%3famp

[wambam]

Adam Schlesinger is the first time a celebrity death has impacted me in a deep way. I have a song he co-wrote tattooed on my bicep. His work on Crazy Ex Girlfriend meant so much to me and I’ll be forever grateful for him.

[sonrisa]

The NY Times has a page specifically for cover obituaries:

www.nytimes.com/series/people-died-coronavirus-obituaries

[krystee]

A 30-year-old baseball coach (no comorbidities mentioned, not that it matters whether he had any) passed away:
abc7chicago.com/health/30-year-old-high-school-baseball-coach-dies-of-covid-19/6067003/