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Coronavirus: Remembering the Victims

An Alabama man died of heart issues almost 200 miles from his home after he was turned away from more than 40 hospitals because their ICUs were full of COVID patients, according to reports.
Man dies after being turned away from 43 COVID-filled hospitals
The family of Walter Kearse -- wife Quinyonia LaShea Kearse and children (left to right) Katlynn, Kayla and Anderson.
Vaccinated Henry County teacher who died of COVID-19 loved education, family
Atlanta restauranteur Charlie Niyomkul was friends with golfer Vijay Singh. Niyomkul and his wife prepared the champion's dinner at the Masters Tournament for Singh after the golfer won in 2000. RICH ADDICKS/STAFF
Restaurateur Charlie Niyomkul, 70, dies from COVID complications
Henry County Commissioner Gary Barham died Tuesday from complications related to COVID-19.
Henry County Commissioner Gary Barham dies from COVID-19 complications
Antoine Hodge, 38, was an opera singer at New York’s Met Opera and died from the coronavirus.
South Georgia native, opera singer dies of COVID-19 at age 38
Dozens of mourners showed up for the funeral of Billy Moss at Antioch Baptist Church in Talking Rock, and many wrote in a guestbook about their fond recollections of his shop. One wrote, “Sometimes he would charge me $1. The last time I was in the shop, he didn’t charge me for the work. When I was leaving, he said to me, ‘Come back.’ ” (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
He stitched their soles together for 60 years. Now a community mourns the cobbler...
Tom Moore, WWII vet who raised money for COVID-19 workers, dies at 100
Death Toll in US Due to Coronavirus Surpasses 200,000
19-year-old with no health problems dies after 1 week with COVID
Wilma Gail Bowen, 70, a nurse at Hiram Elementary School, died on Thanksgiving Day hours after her husband of five decades, Willard Daniel Bowen, 73. Their daughter, Karen Bowen Kirby, said they both had COVID-19.
Metro Atlanta school nurse, 70, with COVID-19 dies
Justice Carol Huntstein (left) and Justice George Carley share a moment of laughter when Carley was sworn in as the 29th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia in 2012. Hunstein had stepped aside as chief justice to allow Carley to be chief before he retired from the bench. VINO WONG / VWONG@AJC.COM
Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice George Carley dies of COVID-19
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