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In memory of those who "died suddenly" in Canada, South America and the Caribbean, April 12-18
Two mysterious accidents in Canada, two children die suddenly in Brazil, an Argentinian journalist dies suddenly seven months post-injection, and all too many more
CANADA
2-time Canadian Olympic sprinter Desai Williams dead at 62
April 12, 2022
Former Canadian sprinter Desai Williams died suddenly over the weekend at the age of 62
No official cause of death was given.
Williams ran on Canada's 4x100-metre relay that won bronze at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, although he was better known for his sixth-place finish in the 100 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics that saw teammate Ben Johnson stripped of his gold medal after a positive doping test.
The track and field community was shaken by the news of Williams' death.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/trackandfield/desai-williams-obit-1.6417244
Pioneering Newfoundland film producer Paul Pope dies
April 14, 2022
St. Johns, N.L. — There has been a devastating loss to the film and arts community specifically, and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador broadly, as award-winning film producer Paul Pope — a man largely responsible for growing the film industry in the province — died suddenly Thursday morning, April 14.
A post on his Facebook page said he died peacefully surrounded by his family, who asked for privacy.
He produced or worked on hundreds of films (most recently producing the popular television series, “Hudson and Rex”), was a founding member of the Newfoundland Filmmakers Co-operative (NIFCO) where he served as president for more than 20 years, and he spearheaded the creation of the Film and Media Production Centre at College of the North Atlantic (CNA) which was announced just this week.
For those who knew him, he’s remembered as generous above all else, but also hard-working, creative, intelligent and humorous.
No cause of death or age reported
This week the media revisited the sudden death, last Christmas, of film director Jean-Marc Vallée, purporting to “reveal” the “cause”:
Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallée's cause of death revealed
April 13, 2022
Canadian filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée's sudden death last Christmas at age 58 was due to natural causes, his family disclosed Wednesday.
A final coroner's report determined that the cause of Vallée's death was "a fatal cardiac arrhythmia secondary to severe coronary atherosclerosis," the family said in a statement.
Vallée, the director of acclaimed films like Dallas Buyers Club and Wild and prestige television series such as Big Little Lies and Sharp Objects, died unexpectedly on Dec. 25 at his lakeside cabin outside Quebec City, shocking his collaborators and fans around the world.
Preliminary reports issued late last year weren't able to establish an exact cause of death, but did rule out "the intervention of another party, a voluntary act, or a known disease."
https://ew.com/celebrity/jean-marc-vallee-cause-of-death-revealed/
Two mysterious accidents:
Former Steelhead, fan favorite, Lance Galbraith dies at 42
April 15, 2022
Lance Galbraith, a two-time Kelly Cup champion with the Idaho Steelheads who was widely known for his crowd-pleasing antics during his playing days, died early Friday morning in a single-vehicle car crash in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
According to the Ottawa Sun, the crash occurred when his pickup truck hit a culvert close to where he lived. Galbraith died on the scene. He was 42.
“Lance was the heart and soul of our championship teams and a larger-than-life personality and character that touched so many lives within our Steelheads family,” Steelheads president Eric Trapp said in a statement released on the team’s Twitter account. “He was a fan favorite for many years, even after his playing time ended with the Steelheads.”
The details provided in this next article suggest the teacher may have passed out at the wheel, and plowed into the school bus, which had stopped to let some students disembark. There is no suggestion that the victim had been speeding, or drinking, or made some driver’s error, to account for such a fatal crash in the middle of the afternoon.
The school’s “vaccine” mandate, which has only recently been lifted, tells us that that teacher had been jabbed.
A Teacher Has Died After A Horrible Collision Between An SUV & A School Bus In Ontario; None of the children on the bus were seriously injured.
April 14, 2022
Toronto - The community of Alma is in mourning following a deadly school bus collision that took the life of a teacher.
According to OPP West Region, emergency services responded to calls of a collision between a school bus and an SUV at Sideroad 21 and 14th Line, Mapleton, just outside of Alma, around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Police confirmed that none of the children were seriously injured during the incident. However, the passenger vehicle driver, a teacher at the school, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Peter Sovran, director of the Upper Grand District School Board, tweeted out on April 14, reporting that the victim was an Alma Public School teacher. However, at the time of this article, the identity has yet to be revealed.
OPP Constable Joshua Cunningham told Narcity that the 12 students were being dropped off at their homes at the time of the crash.
In March, Alma Public School suspended its Covid vaccination policy:
Effective March 14, 2022:
School boards are no longer required to have a COVID-19 vaccination disclosure policy in place or collect proof of COVID-19 vaccinations or medical exemptions.
Visitors will no longer be required to show proof of vaccination.
Unvaccinated individuals, including staff and student athletes, will no longer have to participate in rapid antigen testing three times per week.
https://www.ugdsb.ca/almaps/2022/03/10/changes-to-covid-19-protocols-effective-march-14-and-21-2022/
University of Manitoba Arctic researcher David Barber has died
April 18, 2022
The University of Manitoba says one of Canada’s most influential and accomplished Arctic researchers has died.
The school says in a statement that David Barber was best known for his groundbreaking work on snow over sea ice and the application of satellite technologies for their characterization.
It says Barber died Friday following complications from cardiac arrest.
No age reported.
https://globalnews.ca/news/8766852/university-of-manitoba-arctic-researcher-david-barber-dead/
Bernard Hémond, 69
April 16, 2022
Mr. Bernard Hémond, husband of Mrs. Diane Hamel, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at the age of 69.
Besides his wife Mrs. Hamel, he is survived by his children: Daniel (Vicky Genest) and Isabelle (André Couture).
No cause of death reported.
https://necrocanada.com/deces-2022/bernard-hemond-12-avril-2022/
Mathieu Bordeleau, 39
April 13, 2022
Mathieu Bordeleau, 39, passed away suddenly on April 7, 2022 in Saint-Hyacinthe. He is survived by his wife Julie Viens and their son Victor.
No cause of death reported.
https://necrocanada.com/deces-2022/mathieu-bordeleau-1982-2022/
Pierre Bourget, 63
April 13, 2022
At the Portneuf Regional Hospital, on April 8, 2022, at the age of 63, passed away suddenly, Mr. Pierre Bourget son of the late Mr. Elzéar Bourget and the late Mrs. Jeannette Ducas. He lived in Pont-Rouge. Thanks to the paramedics and the police for their invaluable help.
No cause of death reported.
https://necrocanada.com/deces-2022/pierre-bourget-19582022/
MEXICO
GoFundMe created after NHL alumnus with Mississauga, Oshawa ties dies suddenly in Mexico
April 14, 2022
Mississauga-raised Tom McCarthy, a one-time National Hockey League all-star forward who found a second life in sports by coaching young players, died suddenly in Mexico today.
The 61-year-old, who developed into a future pro with the Oshawa Generals in the late 1970s after famously being the No. 1 overall choice in an Ontario league draft where Wayne Gretzky was available, had been living in Mexico. McCarthy suffered an aortic aneurysm earlier this week, which required emergency open-heart surgery. He died several hours after the attempted life-saving procedure.
ST. LUCIA
UWP Mourns Death Of Former MP Desmond Brathwaite
April 12, 2022
The United Workers Party is deeply saddened, and mourns the sudden death of former parliamentarian Desmond Brathwaite. He served as the UWP parliamentary representative for Castries South and held the portfolio as Minister of Community Development and Sports from 1992 to 1997 serving under former Prime Minister Sir John Compton.
He was an avid bodybuilder and continued working out at his home gym up to his passing.
No age or cause of death reported.
https://stluciatimes.com/uwp-mourns-death-of-former-mp-desmond-brathwaite/
BRAZIL
Izabella—11 Year Old Girl Coerced By School To Get Vaccinated, Dies 4 Days After Being Vaccinated
April 13, 2022
Izabella da Silva, an 11-year-old girl, died four days after being inoculated with the vaccine against COVID19.
According to reports, the girl was being threatened by the [directors] of the school where she studied.
Izabella was a healthy girl, without any comorbidities, in perfect health, and her parents did not want to vaccinate her. But the school's management pressured her, threatening to make a complaint to the guardianship council, as directed by the Parana Public Ministry, that she could be removed from her parents’ care", said the deputy during a speech to the Legislative Assembly of Parana.
Izabella came home terrified and asked her father to allow her to get vaccinated, says the deputy, who keeps in touch with Izabella's parents.
Izabella received the vaccine on April 4, a few days later she began to experience severe headaches, and she died unexpectedly on April 8, just four days after the vaccination.
Danylo—15 Year Old Died After Pfizer Induced Brainstem Encephalitis
April 15, 2022
Danylo Zinneck Nobre was 15 years old.
He took 2 doses of Pfizer, the first on 08/24/2021 and the second on 10/19/2021.
Eighteen days later he had some slight fatigue. Then weakness in the legs. And then he began to experience blurred vision and heaviness in the head.
Then on 01/06/2022, he had a seizure and was intubated with difficulty swallowing and slurred speech. . . . .
My son was totally healthy, he had never been sick, he didn't even know what a fever was.
I stayed with him for 2 months in an ICU room until he died on 03/03/2022.
ARGENTINA
Matias Attem - 43 Year Old Journalist Died Less than 7 Months Following The Covid Vaccine
April 13, 2022
Matias was only 43 years old. There were a few differing reports online about what illness he was fighting, one report says prostrate cancer, that was only diagnosed two months prior, and was in a very advanced stage.
A few other articles online said it was a lung illness he had been battling for the last month and a half of his life.
"After his disease was detected in a very advanced state, his family remained low and in recent days they tried to contact a healing priest because in medical terms there was not much to do anymore."
He was vaccinated less than 7 months prior. On March 11, 2021 he posted a picture of his vaccine card saying: "One year after the world completely changed today I can say I got vaccinated. Let's continue to take care of ourselves!"
He passed away October 6, 2021, less than 7 months after is COVID Vaccine. It's unclear if he had more than the dose he posted on his Verified Facebook post.
In memory of those who "died suddenly" in Canada, South America and the Caribbean, April 12-18
I always find these notices upsetting, but the one about the young girl in Brazil...I am speechless.
Thank you for continuing to track this.