In memoriam: US dead from covid-19

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On Sunday May 24th 2020 the New York Times on its front page listed 1,000 of the nearly 100,000 Americans who are known to have died so far from covid-19. Here are some of those from just New York City:

1. Nurse in the Covid fight. Kious Kelly, 48.
2. Saved 56 Jewish families from the Gestapo. Romi Cohn, 91.
3. Caricaturist and psychiatrist who served his patients until the end. Ricardo Castaneda, 64.
4. Obie Award-winning stage and screen actor. Mark Blum, 69.
5. Champion of social justice through architecture. Michael Sorkin, 71.
6. Police detective in Harlem with a gift for interrogation. Cedric Dixon, 48.
7. Architect and Holocaust survivor. Joseph Feingold, 97.
8. Nurse with a zest for travel and knowledge. Freda Ocran, 51.
9. Represented theatrical, TV and movie personalities. Joseph Micajah Thomas II, 88.
10. Actress and children’s TV host. Beryl Bernay, 94.
11. Songwriter of “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll.” Alan Merrill, 69.
12. Transgender immigrant activist. Lorena Borjas, 59.
13. Surgeon who separated conjoined twins. James T. Goodrich, 73.
14. Known for serenading friends with Tony Bennett songs. Angelo Piro, 87.
15. Maestro of a steel-pan band. Martin Douglas, 71.
16. Longshoreman for New York piers. Onielo De Luzio, 90.
17. Beloved public school teacher. Sandra Santos-Vizcaino, 54.
18. Downtown New York singer with a cult following. Cristina, 64.
19. Emergency room doctor who died in husband’s arms. Frank Gabrin, 60.
20. Art historian of East Harlem, N.Y. Mario César Romero, 78.
21. Social worker. Antonio Checo, 67.
22. E.M.T. and former Marine who rushed to the World Trade Center on 9/11. Idris Bey, 60.
23. One-man army. Florencio Almazo Morán, 65.
24. Broadway costume dresser. Jennifer Robin Arnold, 67.
25. Lifelong political radical. David Bernstein, 78.
26. Actress who wrote biographies of famous friends. Patricia Bosworth, 86.
27. Executive behind New York Philharmonic’s economic growth. Albert K. Webster, 82.
28. General surgeon who volunteered to treat Covid-19 patients. Barry Webber, 67.
29. Joined Goldman Sachs in 1975. Kevin Masterson, 74.
30. Leader in integrating schools. Ann Kolb, 78.
31. Veterinarian who served Harlem. Julie Butler, 62.
32. First black woman to graduate from Harvard Law School. Lila A. Fenwick, 87.
33. Met Opera violist and youth orchestra conductor. Vincent Lionti, 60.
34. Had a passion for social justice. Ann Youngerman Smoler, 87.
35. Armed the affordable housing movement with data and analysis. Thomas Waters, 56.
36. Sanitation worker living his fullest days. Raymond Copeland, 46.
37. Could fix almost anything. Robert Barghaan, 88.
38. Founded Strategy Associates. Reuben Gutoff, 92.
39. Retired New York Supreme Court justice. Gerard Rosenberg, 85.
40. Directed Alba House Cornerstone Bookstore in lower Manhattan. Kevin John Cahill, 83.
41. Budding therapist with a gift for empathy. Hailey Herrera, 25.
42. Leader of the Novominsker Hasidic dynasty. Yaakov Perlow, 89.
43. Did two tours through the Panama Canal to Antarctica. Joseph F. Kelly, 81.
44. Restaurateur favored by salsa music’s stars. José Torres, 73.
45. Brooklyn cabbie who found a home in Buddhism. Stuart Cohen, 73.
46. Freed from life in prison. Myles Coker, 69.
47. Retired bank teller. Rosemarie Amerosi, 87.
48. Owner of Paris Blues, a beloved Harlem jazz joint.
    Samuel Hargress Jr., 84.
49. Realtor and philanthropist who socialized with celebrities. Robby Browne, 72.
50. Developer and friend of President Trump. Stanley Chera, 77.
51. Acting teacher and a founder of the American Place Theater. Wynn Handman, 97.
52. Cartoonist and an expert on musicals. Adam Kovacs, 72.
53. Graffiti artist with a generous spirit. Fernando Miteff, 60.

And that is just 0.3% of those who have died so far in New York City.

Resquiescant in pace.

– Abagond, 2020.

See also:

• covid-19
• US death toll: covid-19 and other disasters
• 9/11

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