Two princes, a tennis ace and a handful of actors among host of prominent people diagnosed with Covid-19

Prince Albert II arrives at Monaco Cathedral. Picture: Eric Gaillard/Reuters

Prince Albert II arrives at Monaco Cathedral. Picture: Eric Gaillard/Reuters

Published Jul 8, 2020

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One of the patriarchs of jazz, Libya's

rebel prime minister and the Chinese doctor reprimanded for

issuing an early warning about the novel coronavirus - they are

among the more than half a million people who have died from

Covid-19.

Below is a list of some prominent people who have been

diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. (Click here to see a

slideshow: https://reut.rs/38zyAtI)

PROMINENT CASES

Prince Albert of Monaco, 62, tested positive for coronavirus

but his health "is not a cause for concern," his office said on

March 19.

Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli, 61, said he felt like

he was "living a nightmare" during his battle with coronavirus

in March.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, 65, said on July 7 that

he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, after months

of playing down the severity of the pandemic.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, wearing a face mask, stands among supporters as he leaves his official residence of Alvorada Palace in Brasilia. File picture: Eraldo Peres/AP

Britain's Prince Charles, 71, tested positive for the virus,

his residence said on March 25. The heir to the throne had

self-isolated at his residence in Scotland for seven days with

mild symptoms.

Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked men's tennis player, tested

positive for the virus on June 23. Djokovic, 33, apologized to

anyone who contracted the virus after playing in an exhibition

tournament he organized in Serbia and Croatia.

Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo, 79, said on March 22

he had tested positive and went into self-isolation with his

family.

NBA basketball player and Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin

Durant, 31, tested positive for coronavirus in March. NBA Utah

Jazz center Rudy Gobert, 28, also tested positive in March.

Opera star Andrea Bocelli Picture: Mark Seliger/Universal Music Group/Handout via Reuters

British actor Idris Elba, 47, said on March 16 he had tested

positive, after discovering he had been exposed to someone with

the disease.

New York Knicks great Patrick Ewing, 57, on May 22 said he

had tested positive for COVID-19.

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita

Wilson, tested positive in March. Both 63, they were in

Australia because Hanks was working on a film.

Kristofer Hivju, 41, best known for playing the formidable,

bearded Tormund on "Game of Thrones," tested positive for the

coronavirus, he said in an Instagram post on March 14.

Kristofer Hivju arrives at the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 55, was admitted to

hospital on April 5 after suffering symptoms including a fever

and a cough for more than 10 days. He spent a week in hospital,

including three nights in intensive care.

Actor Daniel Dae Kim, 51, best known for the television

series "Hawaii 5-0," said on March 19 he had tested positive for

the coronavirus.

Former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko, 40, who appeared in

"Quantum of Solace" in 2008, said on March 15 that she was

"locked up at home" after testing positive for the coronavirus.

Olga Kurylenko arrives at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) at the Royal Albert Hall in London in February 2019. File picture: Toby Melville/Reuters

American singer Pink, 40, said on April 5 that she had

tested positive for Covid-19 two weeks prior and had since

recovered. She donated $1 million to relief efforts.

Juventus defender Daniele Rugani, 25, was the first Serie A

soccer player to test positive, the Turin side said on March 11.

Actor Tony Shalhoub, 66, who stared in "Monk" and "The

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", revealed in May that he and his wife had

recovered from coronavirus.

Sophie Trudeau, 45, wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin

Trudeau, tested positive for coronavirus on March 12. The entire

family self-isolated for two weeks.

Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller, 31, tested positive in

April.

Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein, 68, who is serving a

prison sentence for sexual assault and rape, tested positive for

the coronavirus in March, according to the head of the state

corrections officers union.

DEATHS

Patricia Bosworth, the US writer and actor who starred

alongside Audrey Hepburn in "The Nun's Story" in 1959, died on

April 2, aged 86.

Tim Brooke-Taylor, a stalwart of British comedy best known

for the 1970s TV show "The Goodies", died on April 12, aged 79.

Nick Cordero, a Canadian Broadway actor who played leading

roles in "Bullets over Broadway" and "Waitress," died on July 5,

aged 41.

Manu Dibango, the Cameroon-born singer and saxophonist who

recorded the hit track "Soul Makossa" in 1972, died in France on

March 24, aged 86.

Pape Diouf, the former president of Ligue 1 soccer club

Olympique de Marseille, died aged 68 on March 31. The Senegalese

national who moved to Marseille as a teenager died in Dakar.

Annie Glenn, philanthropist and the widow of pioneering

astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn, died aged 100 on May 19

at a Minnesota nursing home.

Dave Greenfield, keyboard player for the British rock group

The Stranglers died on May 3, aged 71. He wrote the music for

"Golden Brown," the band's biggest hit.

Roy Horn, the magician who starred alongside Siegfried

Fischbacher in a popular, long-running Las Vegas act built

around rare tigers, died on May 8, aged 75.

Mahmoud Jibril, who abandoned Muammar Gaddafi to become

Libya's rebel prime minister during the 2011 revolution, died in

Cairo on April 5. He was interim leader until the country held

its first free elections in four decades in 2012.

Lee Konitz, the US saxophonist who pioneered "cool" jazz,

died on April 15, aged 92. He cut albums with Miles Davis,

pianist Bill Evans, sax player Gerry Mulligan and bassist

Charles Mingus among many others.

Li Wenliang, the Chinese doctor who was reprimanded for

issuing an early warning about the disease, died on February 7.

Ellis Marsalis, one of the patriarchs of jazz as the father

of Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason and a great pianist in

his own right, died on April 1 aged 85.

Terrence McNally, the Tony award-winning playwright known

for plays including "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and the musical

version of "Kiss of the Spider Woman," died on March 24, aged

81.

John Prine, the Grammy-winning singer who wrote his early

songs in his head while delivering mail and later became one of

the most influential songwriters of his generation, died on

April 7, aged 73.

Sergio Rossi, the Italian luxury shoemaker, died on April 2.

He was in his 80s.

Luis Sepúlveda, the Chilean author best known for his book

"The Old Man Who Read Love Stories," died in Spain on April 16,

aged 70.

Ken Shimura, one of Japan's best-known comedians, died on

March 29, aged 70.

Reuters

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