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May Ron Rest In Peace

TOWIE's Bobby Norris reveals his grandmother has lost her partner to coronavirus as heartbroken star urges people to stay home to save lives


Heartbreakingly today my Nanny Norris lost her partner Ron to the Coronavirus disease.

'He was such a lovely man and had the biggest and kindest heart and I can't quite believe we have all lost him.

TOWIE's Bobby Norris' grandmother loses her partner to coronavirus | Daily Mail Online
 
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May Ian Johnson Rest In Peace

A British Airways worker has died of the coronavirus
where Prime Minister Boris Johnson is recovering in hospital.

Ian Johnson, a cabin service director in his late 50s, was in St Thomas' intensive care unit on a ventilator for ten days before he passed away yesterday.

He flew from Nashville, Tennessee, to London as a passenger on March 17 and is believed to be the first BA staff member to die from the killer infection.

British Airways cabin crew boss dies of coronavirus in a hospital bed alongside recovering PM | Daily Mail Online
 
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May Lynne Limbert Rest In Peace

A son was forced to say his last goodbye to his dying NHS nurse mum while wearing full protective gear as she who uttered the heartbreaking final words: "Tell my husband I love him."

Grandmother Lynne Limbert was killed by coronavirus at the age of 67 after beating bowel cancer just the previous year.

Her son Phil Limbert said his mum was "tough" and it was as if "she knew" she was dying, reports the Liverpool Echo.

'Healthy' nurse's final words before being put on ventilator and dying
 
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May Thomas Martins Reitz and his Mum Carolyn both Rest In Peace

Man with Down syndrome died from coronavirus on his 30th birthday a week after disease killed his mother and quarantine rules prevented family from being with him in hospital

Thomas Martins Reitz from New Jersey died on his 30th birthday
mere hours after friends and relatives had called to wish him happy birthday in a Zoom video call.

His mother Carolyn, 55, had passed away from COVID-19 the previous week.

Man with Down syndrome died lonely coronavirus death on his 30th - 7 days after it killed his mom | Daily Mail Online
 
The COVID-19 pandemic has been most frequently portrayed through numbers: the number of new cases a day, the number of people hospitalized, the number of deaths. It can be difficult to force yourself to face that behind each of those numbers is a person, with their own lives, legacies, and families.


Alex Goldstein, a strategic communications specialist, doesn’t want those people to just become data points and statistics, so he created a Twitter account called @FacesOfCOVID to share the stories of those who have died from COVID-19.


This moving Twitter account puts faces to the coronavirus statistics
 

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