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Chicago Firefighter Michael Pickering Dies Of COVID-19

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Chicago firefighter has died after contracting COVID-19, the fourth such active-duty COVID death in the department.

Michael Pickering, 45, joined the Chicago Fire Department in 2003 and was last assigned to Engine 29 in the Bridgeport neighborhood.

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Michael Pickering (CFD)

He has an adult son and two teenaged daughters, fire department spokesman Larry Langford said.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

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