# Who is the most famous person killed by covid-19 so far? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 22, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987 "2020-03-22T00:02:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/1 "2020-03-22T00:02:50Z")
Maybe this isn’t the best place for this, but I’m not familiar with any really famous people who have died from the virus yet. Have I missed something, or have we not yet had our “Rock Hudson” of Covid-19 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/2 "2020-03-22T02:46:27Z")
The closest thing to that is probably the 21-year-old Brazilian soccer coach who turned out to also have leukemia. > **[A 21-year-old Spanish soccer coach died from the coronavirus after finding...](https://www.insider.com/spanish-coach-francisco-garcia-21-dies-after-coronavirus-diagnosis-2020-3)** > > Infectious disease experts say had Garcia not been suffering from undiagnosed leukemia, he would have likely survived his bout of COVID-19. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/3 "2020-03-22T02:57:24Z")
Or the Dr in China who tried to warn the public about Covid-19. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/4 "2020-03-22T03:13:29Z")
NBC employee Larry Edgeworth > **[NBC News employee dies after testing positive for coronavirus](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nbc-news-employee-dies-after-testing-positive-coronavirus-n1164696)** > > Larry Edgeworth, 61, "was the guy you wanted by your side no matter where you were," NBC News Chairman Andy Lack wrote to staff members. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/5 "2020-03-22T03:29:43Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Or the Dr in China who tried to warn the public about Covid-19. Forgot all about him. D’oh! I personally believe he was deliberately silenced, although in what exact manner we will probably never know. ---
**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/6 "2020-03-22T04:42:39Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Forgot all about him. D’oh! > > I personally believe he was deliberately silenced, although in what exact manner we will probably never know. Why would they want to kill him to silence him? Well before he died, the facts about the virus and the associated disease were well-known, and the Chinese government was not in denial about them. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/7 "2020-03-22T06:26:02Z")
Here is a list of famous dead victims (so famous I have never heard of any of them except the Chinese doctor Li Wenliang) > **[List of deaths due to COVID-19](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deaths_from_the_2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic)** > > This is a list of notable people reported as having died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as a result of infection by the virus SARS-CoV-2 during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. > 2020: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December > 2021: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December > 2022: January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September ... ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/8 "2020-03-24T14:01:45Z")
New Orleans radio personality Oliver Stokes > **[New Orleans bounce deejay Black N Mild, 44, dies after coronavirus infection](https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_34ceafa6-6ae1-11ea-9608-63b33f054a0e.html)** > > Popular New Orleans bounce deejay and radio personality Oliver Stokes Jr., better known as Go DJ Black N Mild, was one of two coronavirus-related deaths in Louisiana on Thursday, the ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/9 "2020-03-24T20:06:51Z")
Probably [Terrence McNally](https://apnews.com/c922f464b78cde81e0780346ca10b167), at least for now… ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/10 "2020-03-24T20:47:38Z")
[African jazz great Manu Dibango dies in France of virus](https://apnews.com/b7aca5490656b064bba690eb19a5291e) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/11 "2020-03-24T21:08:51Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > [African jazz great Manu Dibango dies in France of virus](https://apnews.com/b7aca5490656b064bba690eb19a5291e) He’s the first one I heard of (excluding the doctor in China, who became famous only because of the outbreak). Dibango was the artist behind the song “Soul Makossa.” That song had the refrain “ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma koo sah” which Michael Jackson borrowed for “Wanna Be Starting Something.” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/12 "2020-03-24T21:17:24Z")
> [@Wilson](#): > > Probably [Terrence McNally](https://apnews.com/c922f464b78cde81e0780346ca10b167), at least for now… Aw, shit, I hadn’t heard this yet. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/13 "2020-03-24T22:25:52Z")
The former president of Real Madrid Sanz died from the disease this weekend. Verstuurd vanaf mijn moto g(6) met Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/14 "2020-03-26T20:50:08Z")
Mark Blum, the actor who played hot tub salesman Gary Glass in the movie “Desperately Seeking Susan”, was also in “Mozart in the Jungle”. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2020/03/nj-actor-mark-blum-star-of-desperately-seeking-susan-mozart-in-the-jungle-dies-from-coronavirus.html](https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2020/03/nj-actor-mark-blum-star-of-desperately-seeking-susan-mozart-in-the-jungle-dies-from-coronavirus.html) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/15 "2020-03-26T23:24:42Z")
Floyd Cardoz, chef, and winner of one of the seasons of Top Chef Masters. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/16 "2020-03-26T23:55:12Z")
So far, I’d say Terrence McNally. But there will be more. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/17 "2020-03-27T09:54:24Z")
> [@Emily\_Litella](#): > > Mark Blum, the actor who played hot tub salesman Gary Glass in the movie “Desperately Seeking Susan”, was also in “Mozart in the Jungle”. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2020/03/nj-actor-mark-blum-star-of-desperately-seeking-susan-mozart-in-the-jungle-dies-from-coronavirus.html](https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2020/03/nj-actor-mark-blum-star-of-desperately-seeking-susan-mozart-in-the-jungle-dies-from-coronavirus.html) I see his Wikipedia entry says something like “and other underlying health factors” as cause of death, which I suspect might be true. However, with these things I don’t think we will get anywhere near an accurate picture of how many were already in poor health and this pushed them over. For example, even the 81 year-old Terrence McNally was “lung cancer survivor who lived with chronic inflammatory lung disease…” ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/18 "2020-03-28T01:08:22Z")
There’s this [guy](https://thegedsection.com/pastor-who-claimed-covid-19-hysteria-was-an-anti-trump-plot-dies-of-covid-19): a pastor who claimed Covid was just a plot to bring down Trump. Although when I googled “pastor dies of Covid who claimed it was a hoax”, turned out there was [more than one](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/pastor-dies-from-covid-19-after-claiming-coronavirus-was-a-mark-of-the-beast-conspiracy/)! They may not have been famous before. Perhaps they will be now. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/19 "2020-03-29T13:03:53Z")
Is the fact that this thread remains so barren an illustration that access to excellent medical care generally leads to positive outcomes? Given the lengthy list of rich and/or famous folks who have tested positive, and the death rate, one would think that we’d have at least a handful of very famous folks in the death count. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987/20 "2020-03-29T13:52:39Z")
Princess from Spain died at 86 [https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/coronavirus/first-royal-death-from-coronavirus-86-year-old-princess-maria-teresa-of-spains-bourbon-parma-dynasty-dies-after-testing-positive-for-bug-as-nation-mourns-5690-dead/ar-BB11R0gu?li=AAgfYrC](https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/coronavirus/first-royal-death-from-coronavirus-86-year-old-princess-maria-teresa-of-spains-bourbon-parma-dynasty-dies-after-testing-positive-for-bug-as-nation-mourns-5690-dead/ar-BB11R0gu?li=AAgfYrC) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-killed-by-covid-19-so-far/849987.md?page=2)