DISHEARTENING: List of Famous Royalties, Sports Men, Ex-presidents, Actors, Musicians Who Have Died of COVID-19

          The magnitudinal effect of COVID-19 globally is no doubt very disheartening. The good or perhaps bad thing about the virus is that it is no respecter of race, religion, financial status, economic power, fame and prowess. Unlike some virus and diseases such as Ebola, Polio, etc that majorly killed the poor, COVID-19 has dishearteningly demised various celebrities globally.

Some of them are:

·        Lorenzo Sanz, former Real Madrid president. He died March 21 2020 at age 76.

·        John Prine, 73, an American folk legend widely considered one of his generation’s most influential songwriters, died on April 8, 2020.

·        Senegal’s Pape Diouf, 68, ex-president of French football club Olympique de Marseille, died March 31, 2020 in Dakar.

·        Jazz great Ellis Marsalis died on April 1, 2020 aged 85 after contracting the virus.

·        Veteran Afro-jazz star Manu Dibango, 86, and revered American playwright Terrence McNally, 81, both died on March 24, 2020, following coronavirus complications.

·        Tim Brooke-Taylor, 79, a British comic actor best known for TV show The Goodies and radio show I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, died on Sunday.

·        Former Republic of Congo president Jacques Joachim Yhombi Opango died in France on March 30, 2020 aged 81.

·        Mahmud Jibril, former head of the Libyan rebel government that overthrew dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, died on April 5, 2020.

          One factor common among these people however is their age. Many of them are aged. No celebrity who is a youth has reported died and we pray none will, neither will there be more deaths globally.

Corona Virus is real. While you pray, take precautions. Use hand sanitizers, wash your hand regularly, self-isolate yourself, wear face mask and hand gloves.