Man who spent 99 days in the hospital with COVID-19 dies shortly after release Terry Roberson leaves Willis-Knighton Medical Center. (Source: Willis-Knighton Health System) By Alex Onken | January 19, 2021 at 8:59 AM CST - Updated January 19 at 8:07 PM According to a Facebook post made by Terry Roberson’s daughter, he died on the morning of Monday, Jan. 18. We have prayed endlessly for my dad to be healed and he finally is! Early this morning he was called to his heavenly...Posted by Alli Roberson on Monday, January 18, 2021 Health officials say Roberson was diagnosed Oct. 1, 2020 and spent a total of 99 days in the hospital, 73 of which were on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine.