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25.05.2021 / 18:53

First man in world to get Covid jab - William Shakespeare - dies aged 81

vaccinated against coronavirus has died aged 81.William Shakespeare's name and face became plastered across global press on December 8 last year after receiving his jab at the University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.Tributes have started flooding in for the pensioner from Coventry who died last Thursday at the same hospital, after suffering for a period of illness. Local councillor Jayne Innes has described him as a "much-loved figure" with the Coventry Labour party, The Mirror reports.

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23.02.2024 / 09:49

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Grange Hill actor Stuart Organ dies aged 72

Grange Hill actor Stuart Organ has died aged 72, his representative has confirmed.

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Johnson 'asked scientists if special hairdryer could kill Covid' - Cummings

Boris Johnson asked top UK scientists Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance if Covid-19 could be destroyed by blowing a "special hairdryer" up noses, Dominic Cummings has claimed.

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Dame Judi Dench shares heartbreaking health update with fans: ‘acting has become impossible’

She’s a prolific actress of both stage and screen, with a career rivalled by very few – we could only be talking about a legend like Dame Judi Dench. From James Bond to William Shakespeare, the British icon has appeared in some of the biggest franchises in history, earning an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, six British Academy Film Awards and seven Olivier Awards along the way. But we might be seeing less of her in the near future, as she revealed acting has become “impossible” due to health complications.

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Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday with these free movies and plays

Center: Ian McKellen in "King Lear." Left, from top: Hailee Steinfeld in "Romeo & Juliet," Tim Roth and Gary Oldman in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead." Right, from top: "Kiss Me, Kate," Michael Fassbender in "Macbeth." CHICAGO - Let’s face it, high schools everywhere have been doing William Shakespeare a disservice. The famed Bard wrote plays that were meant to be seen onstage, not read in a classroom.

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Newsreader in huge blunder as she announces William Shakespeare has died after Covid jab

A NEWSREADER has been mocked after gravely announcing the death of William Shakespeare - 405 years late. Argentinian presenter Noelia Novillo reported that the Bard had passed away, after getting him confused with an 81-year-old from Coventry.

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British health officials administer first COVID-19 vaccines

NEW YORK - British health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as more serums win approval.The first shot was given to Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, at University Hospital Coventry, one of several hospitals around the country that are handling the initial phase of the program on what has been dubbed “V-Day.” As luck would have it, the second injection went to a man named William Shakespeare, an 81-year-old who hails from Warwickshire, the county where the bard was born.“I feel so privileged to be the first person vaccinated against COVID-19,” said Keenan, a former jewelry shop

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Matt Hancock wipes away tears as he gets emotional talking about coronavirus vaccine

Matt Hancock couldn't help but get emotional as he talked about the progress Britain has made in the coronavirus vaccine arena.

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As UK starts Covid-19 vaccination, a William Shakespeare receives shot

Covid-19 vaccine to its people outside clinical trial, William Shakespeare from Warwickshire in England was one of the first people to receive the vaccineThe 81-year-old had the injection at University Hospital Coventry on Tuesday, 20 miles from Stratford-Upon-Avon, the birthplace of his namesake, England's greatest dramatist and poet.Shakespeare's shot inspired Twitter users, who joked "The Taming of the Flu", "The Two Gentlemen of Corona".

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08.12.2020 / 12:49

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Matt Hancock cries on GMB as he hears from first man to receive the coronavirus vaccine - called William Shakespeare

direct to your inbox Matt Hancock was reduced to tears during an appearance on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday. The Health Secretary was on the ITV news programme the morning the first coronavirus vaccinations were delivered in the UK.

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Maggie O'Farrell's Shakespearean 'Hamnet' wins Women's Prize

LONDON – Maggie O’Farrell won the Women’s Prize for Fiction on Wednesday for “Hamnet,” a novel that explores the lives of William Shakespeare’s often-maligned wife and lost son.O’Farrell’s novel beat finalists including Hilary Mantel’s Tudor saga “The Mirror and the Light” and Bernardine Evaristo’s Booker Prize winner “Girl, Woman, Other” to the 30,000-pound ($39,000) award.The Northern Ireland-born O'Farrell said she had long been fascinated by Hamnet Shakespeare, who died aged 11 in 1596 — likely from the plague. His name is echoed in the playwright's great tragedy “Hamlet,” first performed several years later.

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Ruby Rose, Will Roland And More To Read Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’

William Shakespeare is coming back in a big way with help from Ruby Rose, Will Roland and more.

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Shakespeare’s Globe theater may permanently close due to coronavirus

Shakespeare’s Globe theater in London could be shuttered permanently because of coronavirus restrictions.

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Why investors should take TCS’ aspirations, intents and internal targets with loads of salt

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," argued William Shakespeare's Juliet. But statements by a company about its future performance apparently do not amount to guidance, unless it is specifically called one.

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Brian Dennehy, Tony-winning stage, screen actor, dies at 81

Brian Dennehy, the burly actor who started in films as a macho heavy and later in his career won plaudits for his stage work in plays by William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Eugene O’Neill and Arthur Miller, has died. He was 81.

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Brian Dennehy, Tony-winning stage, screen actor, dies at 81

NEW YORK – Brian Dennehy, the burly actor who started in films as a macho heavy and later in his career won plaudits for his stage work in plays by William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Eugene O’Neill and Arthur Miller, has died. He was 81.

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Patrick Stewart reads daily sonnet amid coronavirus lockdown

Patrick Stewart has posted a video on social media of him reading out a sonnet amid the coronavirus lockdown after saying he would do so every day.

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