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Guilford County Deputy Dies From COVID-19

Master Corporal Deputy Sheriff Norman Daye died on Saturday from COVID-19. Photo courtesy Guilford County Sheriff's Office.

The Guilford County Sheriff's Office is mourning the loss of one of its own. Master Corporal Deputy Sheriff Norman Daye passed away from complications related to COVID-19.

Daye died on Saturday at his home. He had recently been treated at an area hospital for COVID-19.

According to a news release, Daye was a 16-year veteran of the Guilford County Sheriff's Office and started his career in the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

He was also a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. Daye was described as “a dedicated and loyal lawman who had a passion to serve his community” and someone who “defined public safety and patriotism.”

Tributes and condolences continue to populate the announcement on the Guilford County Sheriff's Office Facebook page.

This is the second death within the sheriff's department related to COVID-19. Deputy LaKiya Rouse, who worked as a bailiff at the Guilford County Courthouse, died in October after contracting the disease.

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Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.

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