A much-loved British Airways cabin boss has died from coronavirus in the same hospital where the Prime Minister is being cared for.
Ian Johnson, a cabin service director for the airline, passed away at St Thomas’ in London on Friday. Thought to be in his late 50s, he had been on a ventilator for 10 days and was receiving treatment in the hospital’s intensive care unit, the Sun reports.
He is believed to be the first BA staff member to die from the flu-like virus, and had worked for the company for 35 years. A colleague said the steward, who often played the Dame in the airline’s Christmas pantomime, was “a bright light gone too early”. Follow the latest coronavirus updates here Mr Johnson, who was also fondly known as Shirley, had last
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