CBS Journalist Maria Mercader Dies at 54 of Coronavirus

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CBS News producer and talent executive Maria Mercader died of Covid-19 in New York Sunday, CBS said. She was 54.

Mercader worked at CBS for three decades, getting her start in the network's page program, CBS said in a release. She most recently worked as a director of talent strategy.
She had been on medical leave for an unrelated matter since late February, the network said.

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