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Parting Thoughts: Remembering lives lost to COVID-19

Through conversations with their family members, colleagues and close friends, MPR News is remembering the lives of the people we’ve lost, too soon, to COVID-19.

Your stories If you’d like to share the story of someone you’ve lost to COVID-19, please email us at tell@mpr.org.

Full coverage COVID-19 in Minnesota | Morning Edition All Parting Thoughts conversations

Corky Lee, who spent decades photographing Asian American life, dies at 73

Corky Lee, who spent decades photographing Asian American life, dies at 73

Corky Lee "considered his camera to be a sword wielded against stereotypes and injustice,” longtime friend Renee Tajima-Pena said. “His photos years and decades later continue to arm us and tell our story as Asian Americans through our own lens.”
by Andrew Limbong and The Associated Press

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Through grief, Hmong families torn between honoring the dead, keeping loved ones safe during COVID

Through grief, Hmong families torn between honoring the dead, keeping loved ones safe during COVID

In normal times, relatives and friends would gather for days or weeks, cooking side by side and consoling one another as part of the funeral proceedings. But with COVID-19 ravaging through the community, they’re left wrestling with how to plan a funeral that won’t be as big and lavish as they imagined.
by Riham Feshir

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Minn. Sen. Jerry Relph dies of COVID-19 complications

Minn. Sen. Jerry Relph dies of COVID-19 complications

State Sen. Jerry Relph died Friday following a month-long hospitalization. He tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a post-election party with other Republican senators in November. 
by Brian Bakst and Kirsti Marohn

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COVID-19 claims life of Hmong American leader and Secret War veteran

COVID-19 claims life of Hmong American leader and Secret War veteran

Tou-Fu Vang, a Hmong community leader and former lieutenant colonel in the Secret War, died on Thanksgiving Day after several weeks in the hospital fighting COVID-19.
by Riham Feshir

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'He saw patients every day of the week': Remembering Albany's Dr. Richard Salk

For nearly fifty years, if you lived near Albany, Minnesota and needed a doctor, there’s a chance you went to see Dr. Richard Salk. He died of COVID-19 earlier this month, at the age of 95. Many of the people who cared for him in his final days were people he once served, as a small-town doctor.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Bob McDonald, iconic Chisholm basketball coach, dies at 87

Bob McDonald, iconic Chisholm basketball coach, dies at 87

Bob McDonald, a local icon and hall of fame basketball coach from Chisholm, died Wednesday morning, according to John Millea, a spokesperson for the Minnesota State High School League.

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'He helped hundreds of refugee families start a new life': Minnesota Karen community leader dies from COVID-19 complications

Marner Saw, a leader in Minnesota's Karen community, died Friday from complications of COVID-19. "He helped hundreds of refugee families start a new life in Minnesota and become citizens," the Karen Organization of Minnesota said.
by Emily Bright

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