Coronavirus April 23, 2020

Elizabeth Warren’s Brother Dies From Coronavirus

KEENE, NH - SEPTEMBER 25: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during a Town Hall at Keene State College on September 25, 2019 in Keene, New Hampshire. Warren's candidacy has been surging recently, with some polls showing her leading or virtually tied with Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic field. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Senator Elizabeth Warren is now among the Americans who have lost a relative to coronavirus. Her oldest brother, Don Reed Herring, passed away on Tuesday. That was reportedly three weeks after he tested positive for coronavirus. Warren said:

My oldest brother, Don Reed, died from coronavirus on Tuesday evening. He joined the Air Force at 19 and spent his career in the military, including five and a half years off and on in combat in Vietnam. He was charming and funny, a natural leader.

I’m grateful to the nurses and frontline staff who took care of him, but it’s hard to know that there was no family to hold his hand or to say “I love you” one more time—and no funeral for those of us who loved him to hold each other close. I'll miss you dearly my brother. pic.twitter.com/oOG6HArEL6
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) April 23, 2020

Reed was 86-years-old. The Boston Globe writes:

Herring was moved to intensive care at Norman Regional Hospital on April 15 and died six days later. He was not on a ventilator.
The coronavirus has separated people around the country from loved ones fighting the illness, and that was no different for Warren’s family. Herring’s wife was unable to visit him in recent weeks. Warren spoke with him daily before he was transferred to the hospital, but that became more difficult to do as he grew sicker. She last spoke with him on Sunday, when he seemed to be doing better.