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'I remember him with that smile': Beloved Phoenix doctor dies of COVID-19 at 99

By NPR  
   August 11, 2020

In June, Marcel Lopez and his cousins set up a Zoom video call to say goodbye to their grandfather. Retired physician, José Gabriel López-Plascencia — Dr. López for short — was near death at his home in Phoenix. He was unable to speak, but he let his grandchildren know he was listening.

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