DUNWOODY, Ga. — A man battling COVID-19 got a surprise visit in the hospital from an actor from his favorite movie.
Roderick Cochran has been in the ICU for months at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital for complications from a COVID-19 infection.
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The 24-year-old had told his care team that his favorite movie was the 2002 film “Drumline” and that he was a big fan of HBCU marching bands.
On Saturday, Cochran, who is a former high school marching band tuba player, got a surprise visitor to lift his spirits from Geoffrey Thompson, a former Morris Brown marching band player and who made an appearance in the Drumline film as a tuba player, as well as Kelly Fanning, former director of college bands at Morris Brown.
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They brought gifts and lots of encouragement.
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