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Faces of COVID: Cleveland music legend David Smeltz dies of disease after months-long battle

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Faces of COVID: Cleveland music legend David Smeltz dies of disease after months-long battle

Faces of COVID-19

Faces of COVID: Cleveland music legend David Smeltz dies of disease after months-long battle

Smeltz was the founder and guitarist of pioneering reggae group I-Tal. He passed away on June 24.
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Faces of Covid: Cleveland music pioneer David Smeltz

David Smeltz, founder and guitarist of pioneering reggae group I-tal passed away one month ago after a long battle with coronavirus.
Faces of COVID-19

Faces of COVID: Finally home after 83 days in the hospital

“I’ve learned we really aren’t promised tomorrow and we are going to live like tomorrow may not come.”
Faces of COVID-19

Faces of Covid: One mother's story of survival

She lost so much while sitting in the hospital bed including any memory from her days in the ICU. But more than that – she also lost her mother to the virus.
Faces of COVID-19

Faces of COVID: One Year Later

Laura Caso checks back in with the Warith family, one year after losing their beloved wife and mother Sierra.
Faces of COVID-19

Faces of COVID: 12 hours after losing mom to the coronavirus, Independence woman battles virus in the same ICU

Karen Strejnowski battled COVID-19 at the same time as both of her parents.
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Faces of COVID: Woman loses mom to COVID-19 as she fights the virus in the ICU

Karen Strejnowski lost her mother to COVID-19 while she, herself, was in the ICU fighting the virus. Laura Caso reports.
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Faces of COVID: The Pandemic killed my son

Isolation, addiction and an overdose. How the challenges of the pandemic proved to be too much for 28-year-old Ricky Pratt of North Royalton
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Comedian Mary Santora reflects on the loss of her dad Tony: Faces of COVID

The rising comedy star has been open about the ups and downs of her relationship with her dad Tony - including his battle with Covid-19.
Faces of COVID-19

Comedian Mary Santora reflects on the loss of her dad Tony

Some would say there is healing power in laughter after death. For well-known local comedian Mary Santora, it's proving true after she lost her father to covid-19.
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US surpasses 500,000 lives lost to COVID-19

The U.S. has accounted for 1 in 5 deaths reported worldwide. Laura Caso remembers some of the local names and faces of those we've lost to COVID-19.

Nearly 30 years after her murder, Melissa Herstrum's family fights to keep her killer behind bars

Frank Q. Jackson, grandson of Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson, shot and killed

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Faces of COVID: Cleveland music legend David Smeltz dies of disease after months-long battle

Faces of COVID: Cleveland music legend David Smeltz dies of disease after months-long battle

Faces of Covid: Cleveland music pioneer David Smeltz

Faces of COVID: Finally home after 83 days in the hospital

Faces of Covid: One mother's story of survival

Faces of COVID: One Year Later

Faces of COVID: 12 hours after losing mom to the coronavirus, Independence woman battles virus in the same ICU

Faces of COVID: Woman loses mom to COVID-19 as she fights the virus in the ICU

Faces of COVID: The Pandemic killed my son

Comedian Mary Santora reflects on the loss of her dad Tony: Faces of COVID

Comedian Mary Santora reflects on the loss of her dad Tony

US surpasses 500,000 lives lost to COVID-19

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