CBS News: “Congressman Vern Buchanan announced that longtime staffer, Gary Tibbetts, died of COVID-19 on Friday. Buchanan is a Republican congressman from Florida, which has seen a recent surge in coronavirus cases.”
“‘Devastated by the death of my longtime staffer Gary Tibbetts, who passed away today at Manatee Memorial Hospital from COVID-19,’ Buchanan said in a statement posted to Twitter. ‘Gary was the consummate professional and a true public servant in every sense of the word.'”