Random Famous Person Who Has Tested Positive For COVID-19 (98 items)

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  (#35) Ellis Marsalis, Jr.

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  New Orleans jazz legend Ellis Marsalis Jr. died on April 1, 2020, due to complications from the virus. He was 85. His son Branford Marsalis confirmed the news to The New York Times. 

  "Ellis Marsalis was a legend. He was the prototype of what we mean when we talk about New Orleans jazz. He was a teacher, a father, and an icon - and words aren't sufficient to describe the art, the joy and the wonder he showed the world," New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said in a statement.
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  (#4) Antonio Banderas

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  On August 10th, 2020 Antonio Bandaras released a statement on Twitter revealing that he had tested positive for coronavirus on his 60th birthday. He states that he is in good spirits and will be taking time while isolating to read, write, and focus on his recovery. 
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  (#6) P!nk

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  P!nk took to Instagram on April 3, 2020, to share that two weeks earlier, she had tested positive for the virus. "My family was already sheltering at home and we continued to do so for the last two weeks following the instruction of our doctor," the singer wrote. "Just a few days ago we were retested and are now thankfully negative. It is an absolute travesty and failure of our government to not make testing more widely accessible."
  She also said she would be donating $500,000 to the Temple University Hospital Emergency Fund in Philadelphia in honor of her mother, who worked there for 18 years. She planned to donate another $500,000 to the City of Los Angeles Mayor’s Emergency COVID-19 Crisis Fund.
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  (#31) Von Miller

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  Broncos star Von Miller appeared on the Today show on April 16, 2020, to discuss his positive diagnosis. 

  "It all started with just a simple cough and it got worse. I also have asthma. My girlfriend, she was telling me that I wasn’t sounding normal and I should try my nebulizer so I did. [I use it] before football games and before practice regularly, but this time was different. It really didn’t work like it should. I had waited another day and the cough still didn’t go away … I got tested and two days later, my doctor called me and said I had a positive result."

  Miller was shocked, he said: "We've been taking this serious since day one."
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  (#18) Rudy Gobert

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  The day after the NBA announced game play would be suspended, it was revealed that a player on the Utah Jazz was diagnosed as positive. ESPN later revealed that player to be center Rudy Gobert.

  Reporters have been banned from media access to locker rooms due to the virus, so players have been going up to a podium to fulfill media obligations. On March 9, 2020, Gobert touched every microphone on stage, perhaps as a joke suggesting he was not worried about catching anything. However, he has since become the first NBA player to test positive. It is not known how many people interacted with those microphones after he touched them. 

  Update: Gobert and the rest of his teammates have isolated for the 14-day period and reportedly no longer pose a threat to infect other people. Gobert also donated $500,000 to support stadium staff and health care workers in Utah, Oklahoma City and France. 
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  (#10) Tom Hanks

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  Tom Hanks announced via Instagram on March 11, 2020, that he and his wife, Rita Wilson, tested positive. 

  He also wrote, "Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks’ will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires. Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no? We’ll keep the world posted and updated. Take care of yourselves!"

  He and Wilson are in Australia, where Hanks is filming Baz Luhrmann's upcoming untitled Elvis Presley biopic, playing Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker.  

  Update: Hanks and Wilson are back in their home of Los Angeles and practicing social distancing as they continue their lives post-recovery.

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