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WHO Statement on Mr Glenn Thomas, WHO Media Officer who died in the MH17 plane
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18 July 2014
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It is with deep sadness that we have to inform you that WHO lost one of our colleagues on the Malaysian Airlines crash yesterday. Glenn Thomas from the Department of Communications was travelling to the International AIDS Conference in Australia. His twin sister says he died doing what he loved.
Glenn had been with WHO for more than a decade. He came here from the BBC and spent many years providing communications support to the TB Department. Since 2012 he had been working on the media team in DCO, regularly hosting press conferences and working with you at the Palais and with other journalists to promote the work of WHO. Glenn will be remembered for his ready laugh and his passion for public health.
He will be greatly missed by those who had the opportunity to know him and work with him. He leaves behind his partner Claudio and his twin sister, Tracey.
Our deepest condolences go to his family, friends and colleagues at this time.
Media contact:
Gregory H?rtl
Coordinator, News, Social Media and Monitoring
Mobile: +41 79 203 6715
Telephone: +41 22 791 4458
Email: hartlg@who.int
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2014/glenn-thomas/en/
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18 July 2014
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It is with deep sadness that we have to inform you that WHO lost one of our colleagues on the Malaysian Airlines crash yesterday. Glenn Thomas from the Department of Communications was travelling to the International AIDS Conference in Australia. His twin sister says he died doing what he loved.
Glenn had been with WHO for more than a decade. He came here from the BBC and spent many years providing communications support to the TB Department. Since 2012 he had been working on the media team in DCO, regularly hosting press conferences and working with you at the Palais and with other journalists to promote the work of WHO. Glenn will be remembered for his ready laugh and his passion for public health.
He will be greatly missed by those who had the opportunity to know him and work with him. He leaves behind his partner Claudio and his twin sister, Tracey.
Our deepest condolences go to his family, friends and colleagues at this time.
Media contact:
Gregory H?rtl
Coordinator, News, Social Media and Monitoring
Mobile: +41 79 203 6715
Telephone: +41 22 791 4458
Email: hartlg@who.int
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2014/glenn-thomas/en/