| − | '''Frances Ruth Velotta Varady Doreck''', known as '''Ruth Doreck'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitepages.com/name/Ruth-Doreck|title=Ruth Doreck|publisher=Whitepages.com|accessdate=March 30, 2020}}</ref> (January 15, 1938 – March 27, 2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/ruth-velottadoreck/ruthvelottadoreck?valid=true&|title=Ruth Dorecki|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 30, 2020}}</ref> was a leading figure for more than fifty years in the theater community of [[Shreveport]] and [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]]. She was the fourth person in Caddo Parish to succumb to the [[coronavirus]] (COVID-19); all four of the first infected patients also had "pre-existing serious conditions."<ref name=doreck/> | + | '''Frances Ruth Velotta Varady Doreck''', known as '''Ruth Doreck'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitepages.com/name/Ruth-Doreck|title=Ruth Doreck|publisher=Whitepages.com|accessdate=March 30, 2020}}</ref> (January 15, 1938 – March 27, 2020),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/ruth-velottadoreck/ruthvelottadoreck?valid=true&|title=Ruth Dorecki|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 30, 2020}}</ref> was a leading figure for more than fifty years in the theater community of [[Shreveport]] and [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]]. She was the fourth person in Caddo Parish to succumb to the [[coronavirus]] (COVID-19); all four of the first infected patients also had "pre-existing serious conditions."<ref name=doreck/> |
| | A friend, Susan Kirton, described Doreck as "a true steel magnolia. This petite, gentle, kind person was one of the strongest people I’ve ever known. She was a joy to act with and a precious and hysterical person. When she left your company, she would often say, ‘You know, I just love you.’”<ref name=doreck>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2020/03/29/shreveports-ruth-doreck-loses-battle-covid-19/2935348001/|title=Shreveport's Ruth Doreck loses battle with COVID-19|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 29, 2020|accessdate=March 30, 2020}}</ref> | | A friend, Susan Kirton, described Doreck as "a true steel magnolia. This petite, gentle, kind person was one of the strongest people I’ve ever known. She was a joy to act with and a precious and hysterical person. When she left your company, she would often say, ‘You know, I just love you.’”<ref name=doreck>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2020/03/29/shreveports-ruth-doreck-loses-battle-covid-19/2935348001/|title=Shreveport's Ruth Doreck loses battle with COVID-19|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=March 29, 2020|accessdate=March 30, 2020}}</ref> |