The mayor of Long Beach, California, mourns the loss of his mother and stepfather, whose lives have been cut short by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic a few weeks apart.
Two weeks after wasting his mother, Gabriella O’Donnell, with COVID-19, Robert Garcia said his stepfather, Greg O’Donnell, also died Sunday from the virus’s headaches.
In July, Garcia revealed in a series of tweets that his mother and stepfather, or tested for the new coronavirus, had been hospitalized and connected to a fan.
Gabriella, a longtime fitness worker, 61 when she died on July 26, while her husband was 58. The couple had been married for 27 years and Greg died a day after Gabriella’s memorial service.
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Garcia expressed his pain in wasting his stepfather with his supporters on Monday, writing in a tweet: “We are incredibly saddened by the percentage that my stepfather, Greg O’Donnell, died as a result of COVID-19 headaches. It’s a heartbreaking loss. for our whole family, especially my brother Jake.”
“Greg was a kind and generous man, father and grandfather, and the most productive husband our mother could have,” he wrote, adding, “Jake and I should thank the heroic nurses and doctors who took care of him. in his last days.”
Garcia also wrote: “My brother published the following and I agree: “As my circle of relatives has just been damaged by the loss of my parents, I find comfort in knowing that they are in combination with their back, without pain or suffering.”
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Earlier this month, Garcia also paid tribute to her mother overdue in a series of tweets, writing that she “was the kindest and most compassionate user we’ve ever met.”
“I enjoyed helping other people and led a happy and satisfied life,” she writes. “She will be our gentle guide and the center of our lives. My brother and I want to thank the amazing Long Beach Memorial team for taking care of our mother during her last days.
“They’re heroes and we’re grateful to them,” he added.
Garcia recounted that his mother had emigrated to the United States from Peru in search of the American dream and then discovered it after installing a fitness worker, “caring for thousands of patients in her career and assisting the nurses and doctors she enjoyed a lot.”
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It is not known whether Gabriella or Greg had pre-existing medical situations before contracting the virus. People over the age of 65 have a higher threat of severe coronavirus disease, as do others with underlying fitness problems, adding central disease, obesity, diabetes, liver disease and chronic kidney disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So far, 6% of patients who had to be hospitalized had a pre-existing condition, and the majority (88%) he had two or more, according to a giant study of thousands of patients in New York that was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris paid tribute to Garcia’s two parents, writing for the first time, “My dear friend, I have a messy center for you and your family. Your beloved mother led a normal life and her compassion touched countless Californians,” after Gabriella’s Death.
“Mothers are irreplaceable, but I know yours will continue to advise your life,” he added.
When his stepfather passed away, Harris comforted his colleague and wrote, “My friend, my center is broken for you and your total circle of relatives after another devastating loss. Have your father-in-law and your mother consult you over the years. Come here.
On Tuesday afternoon, Los Angeles County, home to Long Beach, recorded at least 574,469 cases and 10,464 deaths attributed to the coronavirus, according to the New York Times.
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