Some things you just need to see in print. Heartbreaking. This is just 1 percent of the Covid-19 deaths. I’m forcing myself to read every name this morning
“They were not simply names on a list. They were us.”
“They were not simply names on a list. They were us.”
Black N Mild, 44, New Orleans, bounce D.J. and radio personality.
Fred Walter Gray, 75, Benton Co., Wash., liked his bacon and his hash browns crispy.
Dez-Ann Romain, 36, NYC, innovative high school principal.
Romi Cohn, 91, NYC, saved 56 Jewish families from the Gestapo.
Bassey Offiong,25, Michigan, saw friends at their worst but brought out their best.
Jessica Beatriz Cortez, 32, immigrated to the United States three years ago.
Phillip Thomas, 48, Chicago, his Walmart coworkers were like family.
Angelo Piro, 87, NYC, known for serenading friends with Tony Bennett songs.
Frank Gabrin, 60, NYC, emergency room doctor who died in husband’s arms.
Lucious Hall, 87, Chicago, dubbed the “pistol-packing preacher.”
Lila A. Fenwick, 87, NYC, first black woman to graduate Harvard Law School.
Kimarlee Nguyen, 33, Everett, Mass., writer who inspired her Brooklyn high school students.
William D. Greeke, 55, thought it was important to know a person’s life story.
Claudia Obermiller, 73, Nebraska, deep-hearted country girl.
Myles Coker, 69, NYC, freed from life in prison.
Tommie Brown, 82, Gary, Ind., security worker who died the same day as his wife.
Doris Brown, 79, Gary, Ind., wife who died on the same day as her husband.
Merrill Dowson, 67, Bay Area, Calif., nothing delighted him more than picking up the bill.
Cynthia Whiting, 66, La Plata, Md., retiree determined to spoil her granddaughter.
Helen Silvia, 96, Brockton, Mass., known as the “fashionista” in her nursing home.
Mary E. Mack, 84, Athens, Pa., rock that held the family together.
Rodrick Samuels, 49, Orlando, Fla., never let anyone mess with his younger brother.
Levie Barkley, 69, Chicago, while revel era did the “Soul Train” line at a wedding, he combined it with “The Worm.”
Zoao Makumbi Sr., 75, Langan, Md., former Angolan freedom fighter.
Ronald Ferrari, 42, Berlin, Conn., young, healthy guy who took care of himself.
Philip Kahn, 100, Westbury, NY., WW II veteran whose twin died in the Spanish flew epidemic a century ago.
Barry Webber, 67, NYC, surgeon who volunteered to treat Covid-19 patients.
Skylar Herbert, 5, Detroit, Michigan’s youngest victim of the coronavirus epidemic.
Wogene Debele, 43, Baltimore, mother outlived by her newborn.
Valentina Blackhorse, 28, Kayenta, Ariz., aspiring leader in the Navajo Nation.
Latasha Andrews, 33, New Jersey, always the first to offer help to those in need.
Kenneth James Godwin, 94, Michigan, he could spit a watermelon seed halfway across a double lot.
Conrad Warren Buckley, 52, Clermont, Fla., proud of recently being promoted to Grampy.
Ijeoma Afuke, 35, Chicago, Nigerian immigrant studying to become a nurse.
Melford Henson, 65, Chino, Calif., fell ill in prison shortly before he was to be released.
Oscar Lopez Acosta, 42, Morrow County, Ohio, died after being released from ICE detention.
Alan Michael Twofoot, 51, Nashua, N.H., 28-year veteran of the U.S. Army.
Cornelia Ann Hunt, 87, Virginia Beach, her last words were “thank you.”
That’s it. Don’t be selfish. Stay home.
