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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Famous People That Died in the 1918 Flu Pandemic and the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic

NOTABLE PEOPLE THAT DIED DURING THE 1918 FLU PANDEMIC: (also known as The Spanish Influenza) (Strain: Influenza A: H1N1)

Johnny Aitken: American race-car driver: 1885- 10/15/1918: age 33

Felix Arndt: American composer: 1889- 10/18/1918: age 29

True Boardman: American actor: 1882- 9/28/1918: age 36

Randolph Bourne: American writer: 1886- 12/22/1918: age 32

Larry Chappell: American baseball player: 1890- 11/8/1918: age 28

Rose Cleveland: former 22nd First Lady of the United States: 1846- 11/22/1918: age 72

John H. Collins: American director: 1889- 10/31/1918: age 28

William Courtleigh Jr. : American actor: 1892- 3/13/1918: age 26

Dark Cloud: Native American actor: 1861 - 10/17/1918: age 57

Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves: President of Brazil: 1848- 1/16/1919: age 70

Gaby Deslys: French actress: 1881- 2/11/1920: age 38

John Francis Dodge: co-founder of Dodge car manufacturer: 1864- 1/14/1920: age: 55

Horace Elgin Dodge: co-founder of Dodge car manufacturer: 1868- 12/10/1920: age: 52

"Admiral Dot" (Leopold Kahn): P.T. Barum circus performer: 1859- 10/28/1918: age 59

Myrtle Gonzalez: American actress: 1891- 10/22/1918: age 27

Charles Tomlinson Griffes: American composer: 1884- 4/8/1920: age 35

Charles Gunn: American actor: 1883- 12/8/1918: age 26

Tessie Harron: American actress: 1896 - 11/9/1918: age 22

Joseph Kaufman: American director: 1882- 2/1/1918: age 35

Julian L'Estrange: British actor: 1880- 10/22/1918: age 38

Harold Lockwood: American actor: 1887- 10/18/1918: age 31

Francis "Silk" O'Loughlin: American umpire: 1872- 12/20/1918: age 46

Egon Schiele: Austrian painter: 1890- 10/31/1918: age 28

Walter Stradling: American cinematographer: 1875- 7/4/1918: age 43

Wayland Trask: American actor: 1887- 11/17/1918: age 31

Alex "King" Watzke: American violinist: 1872- 1/14/1918: age 46

Pearl "Specks" Webster: American baseball player: 1889- 11/16/1918: age: 29

As you can see the 1918 virus attacked healthy immune systems and killed mostly people in their 20s and 30s.  The main breadwinners for most families.
Most deaths occurred in autumn of 1918.  However, people continued to contract the virus until 1920.


NOTABLE PEOPLE THAT SURVIVED THE 1918 FLU PANDEMIC:


Alfonso XIII of Spain: King of Spain: 1886-1941: age 54

Raymond Chandler: American writer: 1888-1959: age 70

Walt Disney: American animator: 1901-1966: age: 65 

Peter Fraser: Prime Minister of New Zealand: 1884-1950: age: 66

David Lloyd George: former Prime Minister of England: 1863-1945: age: 82

Lillian Gish: American actress: 1893-1993: age 99

Robert Graves: British writer: 1895-1985: age: 90

Edvard Munch: Norwegian painter: 1863-1944: age: 80

Georgia O'Keeffe: American painter: 1887-1986: age 98

Mary Pickford: American actress: 1892-1979: age 87

Katherine Anne Porter: American writer: 1890-1980: age 90

Franklin D. Roosevelt: 32nd President of the U.S.A. : 1882-1945: age 63

Woodrow Wilson: 28th President of the U.S.A. : 1856-1924: age 67



HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF...


NOTABLE PEOPLE THAT SURVIVED COVID-19 SINCE THE 2020 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC OUTBREAK: 

Brooke Adams: American actress: born 1949

Prince Albert II: Prince of Monaco: born 1958

Babyface: American singer: born 1959

Brooke Baldwin: American CNN news anchor: born 1979

Antonio Banderas: American-Spanish actor: born 1960

Sara Bareilles: American singer: born 1979 

Maria Bella: American actress: born 1967

Andrea Bocelli: Italian singer: born 1958 

Usain Bolt: Jamaican olympic runner: born 1986

Jeff Bridges: American actor: born 1949 

Jackson Browne: American singer/musician: born 1948

David Bryan: American keyboardist for the band "Bon Jovi": born 1962

Cheryl Burke: American dancer: born 1984

Danny Burstein: American actor: born 1964

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall: born 1947

Anna Camp: American actress: born 1982

Prince Charles: heir to the British throne: born 1948

Chris Christie: former governor of NJ: born 1962

Andy Cohen: American TV host: born 1968

Brian Cox: Scottish actor: born 1946

Bryan Cranston: American actor: born 1956

Christopher Cross: American singer: born 1951 

Chris Cuomo: American CNN news anchor: born 1970

Zoey Deutch: American actress: born 1994

James L. Dolan: CEO of Madison Square Garden: born 1955

Placido Domingo: Spanish opera singer: born 1941

Zoey Deutch: American actress: born 1994

Lena Dunham: American actress: born 1986

Kevin Durant: American basketball player: born 1988

Idris Elba: British actor: born 1972

Queen Elizabeth II: Queen of England: born 1926

Patrick Ewing: American basketball player: born 1962

Mel Gibson: American actor: born 1956 

Rudy Gobert: American basketball player: born 1992

Lucian Grainge: British CEO of Universal Music Group: born 1960

Kathy Griffin: American comedian: born 1960

Rudy Giuliani: Former mayor of NYC: born 1944

Tiffany Haddish: American actress: born 1979

Tom Hanks: American actor: born 1956 

Neil Patrick Harris: American actor: born 1973 

Kevin Hart: American actor: born 1979

Melissa Joan Hart: American actress: 1976

John Benjamin Hickey: American actor: born 1963

Kristofer Hivju: Norwegian actor: born 1978

D.L. Hughley: American comedian: born 1963 

Boris Johnson: British Prime Minister: born 1964

Dwayne Johnson: American actor: born 1972

Daniel Dae Kim: American actor: born 1968

Hoda Kota: American TV host: born 1957

Jane Krakowski: American actor: born 1968

Damian Kulash: American musician: born 1975 

Olga Kurylenko: Ukrainian actress: born 1979

Debi Mazar: American actress: born 1964

Patrick McEnroe: American tennis player: born 1966

Reba McEntire: American singer: born 1955 

Jillian Michaels: American fitness trainer: born 1974

Alyssa Milano: American actress: born 1972

Brian Stokes Mitchell: American actor: born 1957

Jim Parsons: American actor: born 1973

Robert Pattinson: British actor: born 1986

Rand Paul: U.S. Senator: born 1963

Pink: American singer: born 1979 

Jonathan Pryce: Welsch actor: born 1947 

Chris Rock: American actor: born 1965

Michael Rooker: American actor: born 1955

J.K. Rowling: British writer: born 1965 

Tony Shalhoub: American actor: born 1953

Ed Sheeran: British musician: born 1991 

Jeff Shell: CEO of NBC: born 1965 

Sam Smith: British singer: born 1992

Lesley Stahl: 60 Minutes news anchor: born 1941 

George Stephanopoulos: News anchor: born 1961

John Taylor: British bassist: born 1960

Sophie Gregoire Trudeau: Wife of Canadian Prime Minister: born 1975

President Donald Trump: 45th President of the United States: born 1946

Melania Trump: 45th First Lady of the United States: born 1970 

Indira Varma: British actress: born 1973 

Ali Wentworth: American comedian: born 1965 

Rita Wilson: American actress: born 1956

Trisha Yearwood: American country singer: born 1964 


NOTABLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED FROM COVID-19 SINCE THE 2020 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC OUTBREAK:

Jay Benedict: American actor: 1951-4/5/2020: age 68

Julie Bennet: American actress: 1932- 3/31/2020: age: 88

Mark Blum: American actor: 1959- 3/26/2020: age: 69

Patricia Bosworth: American journalist and biographer: 1933 - 4/2/2020: age 86

Tim Brooke-Taylor: British actor: 1940 - 4/12/2020: age 79

Floyd Cardoz: Indian chef: 1961 - 3/25/2020: age: 59

Sonny Chiba: Japanese actor: 1939- 8/19/2021: age 82 

Forrest Compton: American actor: 1925 - 4/4/2020: age 94

Nick Cordero: American actor: 1978 - 7/5/2020 (after 95 days in the hospital) age: 41

Cristina: American singer: 1956 - 3/31/2020: age: 64

Allen Daviau: American cinematographer: 1942 - 4/15/2020: age: 77

Joyce Davidson: Canadian actress: 1931 - 5/7/2020: age 89 

Tom Dempsey: American football player: 1947 - 4/4/2020: age 73

Manu Dibango: Cameroonian jazz musician: 1933 - 3/24/2020: age: 86

Joe Diffie: American country music singer: 1958 - 3/29/2020: age 61

Alber Elbaz: Israeli fashion designer: 1961 - 4/21/2021: age 59 

Hernan Espinoza: Hispanic co-worker: Died 4/5/2020: age: 50s

Lee Fierro: American actress: 1929 - 4/5/2020: age 91

Allen Garfield: American actor: 1939 - 4/7/2020: age: 80

Juan Gimenez: Argentinian comic book artist: 1943 - 4/2/2020: age: 76

Annie Glenn: American activist and astronaut John Glenn's wife: 1920 - 5/19/2020: age 100

Henry Grimes: American jazz musician: 1935 - 4/15/2020: age: 84

Hilary Heath: British actress: 1945 - 3/30/2020: age 74

Roy Horn: German-born Vegas entertainer (Siegfried and Roy): 1944 - 5/8/2020: age 75

Jan Howard: American country music singer: 1929 - 3/28/2020: age: 91

Andrew Jack: British dialect coach for film: 1944 - 3/31/2020: age: 76

Larry King: American talk show host: 1933 - 1/23/2021: age 87 

Eddie Large: British comedian: 1941 - 4/2/2020: age 78

Ellis Marsalis Jr. : American jazz pianist: 1934 - 4/1/2020: age: 85

Rick May: American voice-actor: 1940 - 4/8/2020: age 79

Terrance McNally: American screenwriter: 1938 - 3/24/2020: age: 81

Meat Loaf: American singer: 1947 - 1/20/2022: age 74 

Alan Merrill: American musician: 1951 - 3/29/2020: age: 69

Philippe Nahon: French actor: 1938 - 4/19/2020: age: 81

Marc Pilcher: British hair and make-up designer: 1967 - 10/3/2021: age 53 

Bucky Pizzarelli: American jazz guitarist: 1926 - 4/1/2020: age 94

Jenny Polanco: Dominican fashion designer: 1958 - 3/24/2020: age 62

Colin Powell: American diplomat: 1937 - 10/18/2021: age 84 

John Prine: American folk singer: 1946 - 4/7/2020: age 73

David Prowse: British actor: 1935 - 11/28/2020: age 85 

Wallace Roney: American jazz trumpeter: 1960 - 3/31/2020: age: 59

Sergio Rossi: Italian shoe designer: 1935 - 4/2/2020: age: 84

Antonio Sabato Sr. : Italian-American actor: 1943 - January 6, 2021: age 77 

Adam Schlesinger: American singer: 1967 - 4/1/2020: age 52

Tom Seaver: American baseball player: 1944 - 8/31/2020: age 75 

Matthew Seligman: British bass guitarist: 1955 - 4/17/2020: age: 64

Gene Shay: American radio DJ: 1935 - 4/17/2020: age: 85

Ken Shimura: Japanese comedian: 1950 - 3/29/2020: age 70

Charles Siebert: American actor: 1938 - 5/1/2022: age 84 

Ann Sullivan: American animator: 1929 - 4/13/2020: age 91

Carol Sutton: American actress: 1944 - 12/10/2020: age 76 

Ty: British Rapper: 1972 - 5/7/2020: age 47

Fred "The Godson" Thomas: American rapper: 1985 - 4/23/2020: age: 35

Vangelis: Greek movie composer: 1943 - 5/17/2022: age 79 

Michael Vangi: American grandpa of my co-worker: 10/24/1924 - 3/27/2020: age 95

Dawn Wells: American actress: 1938 - 12/30/2020: age 82 

Hal Willner: American music tech/producer for Saturday Night Live: 1956 - 4/6/2020: age 64

As you can see the 2020 virus effects mostly seniors with weaker immune systems and people with pre-existing health conditions.  Some of these ailments combined with Covid-19 contributed to their deaths. 


STAY SAFE. WASH HANDS. ALWAYS

AS OF 12/15/2022.