By Dave McNary Film Reporter After multiple coronavirus-related deaths at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s nursing facility in Los Angeles, the outlook among residents and staff has brightened.
On March 31, the MPTF announced its first resident at the Woodland Hills facility tested positive for the virus. That number quickly grew to seven, before 64-year-old resident John Breier died on April 7 from COVID-19 complications.
Five more residents died over the next two weeks, including cinematographer Allen Daviau, Allen Garfield, Ann Sullivan, Joel Rogosin and Leah Bernstein, Stanley Kramer’s executive secretary.
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