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Official: North Carolina Mayor Dies After Battling COVID-19

An official in a North Carolina town says the mayor has died from COVID-19. WITN reports Oak City Town Clerk Vonetta Porter says Mayor William Stalls died on Sunday. There were no additional details on his death. Stalls, who worked for 43 years with Oak City Fire & EMS, served as an EMT and treasurer. Mayor Pro Tem Sue Harrell says Stalls had been hospitalized for three weeks. Harrell says Town Commissioner Joey Brown died from the virus in July 2020.