The team of former Orlando Pirates midfielder Marshall Munetsi was hit by tragedy after one of the club's staff members committed suicide after tested positive for coronavirus.
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Bernard Gonzales, who worked for Ligue 1 side Reims for more than 20 years, took his own life over the weekend, Le Parisien claim.
Gonzales' passing was confirmed by the club, with president Jean-Pierre Caillot saying the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the French team hard.
"Words fail me," he said in a statement on the club's official website.
"This pandemic has hit Reims in the heart and we've lost a great person and a great professional.
"This has shocked us."
Médecin. Artiste. Stadiste.
— Stade de Reims (@StadeDeReims) April 5, 2020
Docteur Gonzalez.
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Having tested positive for the virus, Gonzales was in quarantine with his wife, who has also contracted the illness, at the time of his death.
"I'm thinking of his family," Arnaud Robinet, the mayor of Reims, told Le Parisien.
"He is collateral damage of COVID-19 because he had tested positive and was in quarantine.
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"I know he left a letter explaining his act, but I don't know its content."
We, at Soccer Laduma, send our condolences to Dr Gonzales' family, friends and everyone at Stade Reims.
