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Robinson checked himself into Howard University Hospital where he died of complications due to AIDS on December 20, 1988. [5] [16] He had asked his family to reveal that he had AIDS so that, according to the new reports, "Others in the black community would be alerted to the dangers and the need for treatment and education."
Community members and family members are mourning the loss of a veteran journalist from Washington, D.C. who died Tuesday. Derrick Ward Sr., a reporter at NBC4 Washington (WRC-TV) and formerly of ...
African-American Missouri teenager who was the victim of the first confirmed case of HIV/AIDS in North America. His death baffled doctors because AIDS was not discovered and officially recognized until June 5, 1981, when five San Francisco doctors discovered the disease, long after Rayford's death. [270]
Pages in category "AIDS-related deaths in Washington, D.C." The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Hydeia Broadbent, a prominent HIV/AIDS activist who gained media attention for being a part of America’s “first generation of children born HIV positive” in the late 1980s, died Tuesday.
Longtime LGBTQ+ activist David Mixner, who was a leader in the fight for social change and equality, has died, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund President and CEO Annise Parker announced. HIV/AIDS activist ...
Rupert "Bob" Strickland (October 23, 1932 – September 26, 2008), was an American reporter, journalist, and news anchor. His nearly three-decade career includes his work with Washington D.C.'s CBS affiliate WUSA-TV in D.C. while serving in the United States Air Force.
Hydeia Broadbent, a prominent HIV/AIDS activist who entered the limelight as a child with the virus in the late 1980s, died Tuesday. She was 39. Hydeia Broadbent, a prominent HIV/AIDS activist who ...