On April 7, 80-year-old American actor Allen Garfield died in California due to complications caused by coronavirus. He is known for such projects as "Stuntman", "Breakaway", "The State of Things", "Conversation", "Nashville" and others. Among the last films shot with the participation of the artist is Frank Darabonte’s melodrama “Majestic” with Jim Carrey in the title role and the thriller “The White Guy”. Over the years of his movie career, which began in the late 1960s with the movie Greetings, Garfield has performed over a hundred roles.
Also on April 7, at the age of 73, the American musician and songwriter John Prine died. A country and folk artist, the artist has released more than 20 music albums and has been nominated for a Grammy Award 11 times. Two of his records - The Missing Years of 1991 and Fair & Square of 2005 - received the award. In addition, in 2020, Prime became the owner of a figurine for musical achievements in life.
April 5, it became known about the death of a prominent figure in the music industry Neil Lasher. He was also 73 years old. Recently, Lacher worked as a senior consultant at Sony / ATV Music Publishing. In addition, he took an active part in the activities of the MusiCares Foundation and was involved in programs to combat alcoholism and drug addiction in the music industry.
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Scottish comedian and actor Eddie Large passed away on April 2 at the age of 78. The most famous actor brought the comedy show Little and Large, which Large led with another comedian - Sid Little. Shortly before his death, an artist with heart failure was hospitalized, where he became infected with a coronavirus.
On April 1, in New York, at the 53rd year of his life, an American musician, songwriter, producer Adam Schlesinger died. The artist is the owner of three Emmy awards and has been nominated for several other prestigious awards, including the Oscars, Grammys and Golden Globes. Schlesinger’s music is featured in the films “Out of sight, off the chart, out!”, “Girls in danger”, the series “Rock and Roll Away” and other projects.
Japanese comedian Ken Shimura passed away on March 29. The 70-year-old artist was a TV star in his homeland. Shortly before being infected with coronavirus, he first got a major role in a feature film.
American actor and producer Mark Bloom died on March 26, not living two months before his 70th birthday. Throughout his career, the artist has played more than 70 roles in film and television. Among the most famous projects with his participation are Crocodile Dundee and Desperate for Susan. One of the last works of the artist was the role in the 2019 series “Almost a Family”.
American playwright and screenwriter Terrence McNelly died on March 24. He has written dozens of plays, several operas and Broadway musicals. McNelly holds four Tony awards and other prestigious awards.
On March 23, 89-year-old Italian actress Lucia Bose, star of the films of the cult director Michelangelo Antonioni, “Lady without Camellias” and “Chronicle of One Love”, died. Bose worked with directors such as Jean Cocteau, Federico Fellini, Liliana Cavani and Pedro Almodovar.
Also in March, deaths due to coronavirus-related complications of actress Lee Fierro, actor Andrew Jack, musicians Joe Diffie, Alan Merrill, Ellis Marsalis Jr., Manu Dibango, designer Sergio Rossi, writer Patricia Bosworth, became known.
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Many infected artists talk about their experience in fighting the disease and share their recovery stories.
On April 5, John Taylor, bassist and co-founder of Duran Duran, announced that he had been diagnosed with coronavirus three weeks ago. At the moment, the artist is doing well. Taylor emphasized that quarantine helped him cope with the disease. According to him, the fears regarding the virus are completely justified, but there is no reason to despair: it is quite possible to defeat the disease.
Shortly before this, the singer and songwriter, five-time Grammy nominee Sarah Barellis said that she had also contracted a coronavirus earlier, but was now completely healthy.
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Schell felt bad not so long ago, and after a few days found out that the cause of his malaise was coronavirus. Shell is self-insulating and continues to work fully from home. He noted that he had sent a letter of support to the staff and urged everyone to take care of themselves during this difficult time.
Among the media people struggling with coronavirus was the rapper Scarface. The musician talked about the symptoms with which the disease started (at first the artist stopped feeling tastes and smells) and emphasized that he was “scared to death” and “never felt so vulnerable”.
Earlier, the positive tests for COVID-19 were reported by the singer Pink, actors Tom Hanks, Olga Kurylenko, Idris Elba, Daniel De Kim, rapper YNW Melly, opera singer Placido Domingo, TV presenters Brooke Baldwin, Chris Cuomo, Andy Cohen and others. Among the Russian media people affected by the coronavirus are writer Boris Akunin, actress Galina Bob and musician Lev Leshchenko. The latter in early April told about his recovery.