Friends, family devastated after 40-year-old man died from COVID-19 Friends and family of 40-year-old Jason Kolin are grieving after the Lackawanna man passed away from COVID-19 on Wednesday. and last updated 2020-12-10 23:19:27-05 BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â Friends and family of 40-year-old Jason Kolin are grieving after the fun-loving Lackawanna man passed away from COVID-19 on Wednesday. "He passed quietly but they couldn't save him, they couldn't cure him," Kolin's mother Nancy shared with 7 Eyewitness News. Kolin first started displaying flu-like symptoms in mid-November. Within days, as his family and friends recall, he was having difficulty breathing and needed medical attention.