Kious Jordan Kelly, RN

It wasn't until Kious Kelly was intubated in the ICU that his sister found out he had the COVID-19.

Marya Patrice Sherron, Kelly's only sibling, told BuzzFeed News she received a text from him on March 18 saying that he was "sick in the ICU, but OK."

He told her not to tell their parents because he didn't want them to worry.

Their parents knew that Kelly, a 48-year-old nurse at New York City's Mount Sinai West hospital, tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, days ago. But they weren't aware that his condition had deteriorated; Kelly, who had asthma, told them it was mild and that he was doing fine.

• Buzz Feed News

For almost four years, Camille Fuoco weathered treatments for metastatic breast cancer. Her sons, Joseph and Peter, and sister, Carol, were awed by her resilience and encouraged by her ability to bounce back as the disease progressed.

• Mount Sinai Hospital

"Assistant nursing manager Kious Kelly, age 48, died at Mount Sinai West Hospital in Manhattan on Tuesday night, a week after he was admitted upon testing positive for coronavirus." -Daily Mail

He was born Marion James Smith, IV in Chicago on Sept. 28, 1971. He grew up in Lansing, Mich., and graduated from Everett High School there in 1989. He moved to New York sometime after earning a bachelor’s degree in performing arts and dance at Butler University in Indianapolis in 1993. He graduated from the nursing program at New York University in 2012. -New York Times

Thank you for the flowers and kind words.

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