NBC News Confirms Staffer Diagnosed With COVID-19 Has Died

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NBC News has confirmed that a staff member who had been diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus has passed away.

An NBC News employee has died after being infected with the novel coronavirus, the network announced on Friday morning. The employee, Larry Edgeworth, worked in the equipment room at the network's 30 Rockefeller Plaza office in midtown Manhattan.

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NEW YORK -- A technician who worked at NBC News' New York headquarters has died after testing positive for coronavirus, the network said on Friday.