Coronavirus Victims: A Former High School Football Player Teddy Nelson
Teddy Nelson from Logan, W.Va., died from COVID-19 at the age of 25. His friends and a former coach remember him in this obituary.
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Coronavirus Victims: American Football Wide Receiver Orlando McDaniel
Orlando McDaniel was a Division 1 track athlete whose speed got him drafted to the Denver Broncos. He died in March at the age of 59 of COVID-19.
Friends Remember George Floyd As A Gentle Giant
Friends share their memories of George Floyd, the black, 46-year-old man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floyd's neck.
Avid Traveler Who Worked To Help Students With Disabilities Dies From COVID-19
Brian Miller spent his career helping students with disabilities, driven by his own experience being visually impaired. He died this month from COVID-19 at the age of 52.
Larry Kramer, Pioneering AIDS Activist And Writer, Dies At 84
Kramer was a writer with an Oscar-nominated screenplay when his friends started dying mysteriously — galvanizing him to found the Gay Men's Health Crisis, and later ACT UP, to combat AIDS.
Obituary Writer Aims To Show How Coronavirus Impacts 'All People In Our Society'
Maureen O'Donnell of the Chicago Sun-Times says obituary writers aren't able to cover the life of each person who has died of COVID-19. But they do their best to tell "a variety of stories."
Coronavirus Victims: Vietnam War Hero Bennie Adkins
Bennie Adkins was a Vietnam War hero, who returned home, got three college degrees and started a successful accounting firm. He was the first Medal of Honor recipient to die of COVID-19.
Jimmy Cobb, The Pulse Of 'Kind Of Blue,' Dies At 91
The drummer was the last surviving musician to play on Miles Davis's iconic 1959 album.
Coronavirus Victims: Executioner And Anti-Death Penalty Activist Jerry Givens
Jerry Givens, who served as Virginia's chief executioner for 17 years and later became a prominent voice against capital punishment, has died at the age of 67 from COVID-19.
Jorge Santana, Malo Guitarist And Latin Rock Maestro, Dead At 68
Santana had a brush with major success as a member of the band Malo, and made significant contributions to the breadth of Latin popular music.