Notable figures around the world who are believed to have died of the coronavirus

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Notable figures around the world who are believed to have died of the coronavirus
Amanda Kloots and Nick Cordero at an event in New York City in August 2019. Noam Galai/Getty Images for Beyond Yoga

By Joey Hadden, Rosie Perper, Lauren Frias, and Debanjali Bose From Business Insider

  • The coronavirus has led to over 800,000 deaths worldwide, including some celebrities and public figures.
  • Prominent figures like Nick Cordero and Herman Cain have died from illnesses related to the virus.
  • Here are all the celebrities and notable people believed to have died of illnesses related to the coronavirus.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Source: Associated Press

Trini Lopez during A Douglas Family Celebration Presented by Palm Springs International Film Society and Film Festival at Annenberg Theatre at Palm Springs Desert Museum in Palm Springs, California, United States. (Photo by Jesse Grant/WireImage for BWR Public Relations)
Trini Lopez during A Douglas Family Celebration Presented by Palm Springs International Film Society and Film Festival at Annenberg Theatre at Palm Springs Desert Museum.

Source: Mirror

Herman Cain, a former Republican presidential candidate, has died from coronavirus, his website shared on July 30. He was hospitalized less than two weeks after attending President Trump's campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 20, and remained there for close to a month. Most recently, Cain was a contributor to the conservative website Newsmax TV and was set to launch a weekly show.

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Source: Business InsiderNBC

Tony Award-nominated Broadway actor Nick Cordero died at the age of 41 due to complications from COVID-19.

Cordero's wife, Amanda Kloots, confirmed the news on Instagram and said he was "was surrounded in love by his family, singing and praying as he gently left this earth." 

Cordero was being treated at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for over 90 days. Over the course of his hospitalization, the 41-year-old was put into a medically induced coma and had his right leg amputated. 

The Canadian actor is best known for his performances on Broadway in "Rock of Ages," "Waitress," and "Bullets over Broadway."

Sources: PulseThe New York Times

Nur Omar Mohamed
Nur Omar Mohamed poses with the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, and his daughter, Representative Ilhan Omar in 2019.

Sources: TwitterThe New York Times

Chris Trousdale
Chris Trousdale attends Beverly Center x The Advocate x World of Wonder Pride Event at Beverly Center on June 22, 2019, in Los Angeles.

Source: The New York Times

Author H.G. Carrillo, who wrote the novel "Loosing My Espanish," died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 59, the Washington Post reported on May 22. Carrillo was on the board of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation and taught at George Washington University.

The Washington Post updated its initial reports of Carrillo's death on May 23 stating that Carrillo was actually from Detroit, Michigan, and not a Cuban immigrant as Carrillo himself had previously claimed.

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Annie Glenn listens to her husband John speak at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library.

Source: Dispatch

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Jerman was a White House butler until 2012.

Source: Fox 5

Roy Horn, an entertainer and half of the famed magician duo Siegfried & Roy, died of complications due to COVID-19 at 75 on May 8. Roy and his professional and domestic partner Siegfried Fischbacher had a long-running Las Vegas production lasting 35 years.

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Entertainer Roy Horn poses as he arrives for Elizabeth Taylor's 75th birthday party at the Ritz-Carlton in Lake Las Vegas, in Henderson, Nevada February 27, 2007.

Source: New York Times

Owner and Boxing Hall of Fame trainer Jimmy Glenn sits at the bar of his famous Times Square bar Jimmy's Corner in 2014.
Jimmy Glenn sits at the bar of his famous Times Square bar Jimmy's Corner in 2014.

Source: Eater

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Ty performs live during the annual Nationwide Mercury Music Prize at Grosvenor House, Park Lane, in London in 2004.

Source: The Guardian

Source: Anamniseis

Source: Los Angeles Times

Source: BBC

Source: Express

Source: EaterNY1

Source: Mirror

Richard Sanders, a journalist, died after complications from the coronavirus at 62, BBC confirmed on April 25. Sanders was best known for presenting BBC Radio 4's Farming Today show.

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, July 19, 2017, an entrance to the headquarters of the publicly funded BBC in London.  Britain’s government announced Wednesday Feb. 5, 2020, that it is considering a change in the way the nation's public broadcaster, the BBC is funded. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, FILE)
An entrance to the BBC headquarters in London pictured in 2017.

Source: Metro

Fred The Godson
Fred The Godson backstage at S.O.B.'s on February 25, 2020, in New York City.

Source: New York Post

Source: Variety

Matthew Seligman
Matthew Seligman performs with Thomas Dolby and his band at Union Chapel on February 28, 2010, in London.

Source: Mirror

Luis Sepúlveda, a Chilean author, died of health complications related to the coronavirus on at 70 on April 16. Sepúlveda was best known for his novels "The Old Man Who Read Love Stories" and "The Story of a Seagull and The Cat Who Taught Her To Fly." Sepúlveda was a political activist early in life. He was jailed by dictator Augusto Pinochet and later exiled.

Luis Sepulveda
Luis Sepúlveda is on the right.

Source: The Guardian

Sources: Princeton UniversityThe Game of Life

Source: The Wrap

Source: The New York Times

Rabbi Yaakov Perlow
Rabbi Yaakov Perlow addresses a large crowd of Orthodox Jews at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey in 2012.

Source: The Times of Isreal

Allen Garfield
Allen Garfield at the screening for "Irreconcilable Differences" in Los Angeles in 1984.

Source: New York Post

john prine
John Prine performs on stage at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, USA on October 2, 2009. He plays a Martin acoustic guitar.

Source: Rolling Stone

Hal Willner
Hal Willner performs at a celebration at the Ace Hotel Theater on April 7, 2015, in Los Angeles.

Source: Variety

Lee Fierro
Lee Fierro's famous scene in "Jaws."

Source: Variety

Forrest Compton
Forrest Compton appearing on the soap opera "Edge of Night."

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Mahmoud Jibril
Interim Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril speaks at a news conference during the General Assembly at the United Nations in 2011 in New York City.

Source: Middle East EyeAl Jazeera

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Jay Benedict attends the London Film and Comic Convention at Earls Court on July 19, 2008, in London.

Source: New York PostTCG Artist Management/Twitter

Patricia Bosworth, a Hollywood actress who wrote bestselling biographies about Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, and Montgomery Clift, died of health complications related to the coronavirus at 86 on April 3. Bosworth co-starred with Audrey Hepburn in "The Nun's Story" in 1959.

Patricia Bosworth
Patricia Bosworth arrives for the premiere of "Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus" in New York.

Source: The Wrap

Sergio rossi
A pair of shoes made by Sergio Rossi.

Source: The Jerusalem PostCNN

The above is not the full list in the original story. To read the full list go to: BUSINESS INSIDER

Published September 1, 2020

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