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Funeral services underway for Philadelphia firefighter who died of COVID-19
Eric Gore will be laid to rest Friday.
PHILADELPHIA - Eric Gore, a veteran Philadelphia firefighter who passed away from coronavirus, was laid to rest Friday morning in North Philadelphia.
Gore, 48, died on June 2 after battling the disease at Temple University Hospital. He was 23-year veteran firefighter and was most recently a member of Chestnut Hill Engine 37.
Gore was a husband and a father. His brother, Lamont Gore, is a Philadelphia firefighter with Ladder 15 in Frankford.
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Gore's casket will be carried atop a Philadelphia fire engine lead by a police escort to Deliverance Evangelistic Church.
He will be posthumously promoted to Lieutenant.
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