Gerard Tuzara Wiki – Gerard Tuzara Bio
Gerard Tuzara, 35, worked as an operations manager at Amazon’s Hawthorne facility near LAX airport. Tuzara, an Air Force veteran, is believed to have died on March 31 and is the first known Amazon employee to die of the disease.
Gerard Tuzara Age
He was 36 years old.
Gerard Tuzara Death & Cause
The Amazon boss’s last day of work was March 9, which until March 20 was vacationing in Mexico.
A week after returning, he began experiencing flu-like symptoms and was admitted to hospital, Amazon confirmed to the DailyMail.com on Tuesday.
Statement
‘We are saddened by the passing of a member of our management team in Hawthorne, California. His family and loved ones are in our thoughts, and we are supporting his fellow colleagues,’ a spokesperson said in a statement.
One of Tuzara’s friends wrote a tribute which has been posted in the warehouse where he worked.
‘Gerry was an Air Force officer, a loving husband, son and uncle,’ the letter read. ‘He will be greatly missed.’
Family members also posted their own touching tributes including Tuzara’s sister, Jess.
‘Today, i lost a big piece of me. My big brother Gerard lost his fight to Covid 19. I refuse to believe you’re not here anymore. Everything feels so unreal and i wish to wake up from this. I feel so helpless not being able to see, hold nor talk to you one last time. I would give everything back to tell and make you feel one last time that we love you. Im sorry you left with no one by your side. I’m mad, why didn’t u fight harder we’re willing to wait weeks or months or even years for you to recover, why just 4 days? Everything has gone by so fast it feels unreal.’