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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPastor who criticized coronavirus 'mass hysteria' dies from illness
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A Virginia pastor who criticized the mass hysteria surrounding the coronavirus pandemic has died of the illness, according to new reports.
Landon Spradlin, of Gretna a small town halfway between Lynchburg and Danville started to feel sick while in New Orleans, where he went to preach to the crowds gathered for Mardi Gras celebrations, according to the BBC.
A month later, Spradlin who was also a seasoned musician inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2016 died.
His mission was to go into pubs, clubs and bars, play the blues and connect with musicians and just tell them that Jesus loved them, Spradlins daughter Jesse Spradlin, 28, told the BBC.
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Pastor who criticized coronavirus 'mass hysteria' dies from illness (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Apr 2020
OP
Is there like a DU timer that's auto-posted this story every 2 hours or so for the past week? nt
mr_lebowski
Apr 2020
#2
S.E. TN Liberal
(508 posts)1. Don't be messing with Mother Nature.
I am guessing the average IQ in Virginia jumped a bit higher.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)2. Is there like a DU timer that's auto-posted this story every 2 hours or so for the past week? nt
marybourg
(12,540 posts)6. We're getting a lot of that lately.
SunSeeker
(51,378 posts)3. Mardi Gras was a Covid-19 petri dish, and he took a swan dive right into it.
lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)4. hopefully his congregation learns from this
so at least some good results from this tragic bit of stupidity.
Virus Don't Care (VDC) who you pray to or what your political beliefs are.
dem4decades
(11,244 posts)5. I wonder if he covered "Isn't it Ironic? " by Alanis?