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Parney wasn't vaccinated against COVID-19 but had pledged during his illness to get a shot "because the battle, at that point, was worse than any training he endured in the military," his family said.
He kept the restaurant open in December 2020 in violation of orders from the Michigan health department to help pay his wife's medical bills.
John Parney was first hospitalized with the virus in September.
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From the Associated Press — A man who defied state orders and kept his restaurant open last year during the pandemic, partly to pay medical bills, has died of