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Kansas Great-Grandma Is Now Listed as First U.S. COVID Death—17 Months After She Died

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Lovell “Cookie” Brown’s death certificate was quietly amended three months ago to say COVID-19 was a contributing cause of death in her January 2020 passing.

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