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Michael Callen (April 11, 1955 – December 27, 1993) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, author, and AIDS activist. Callen was diagnosed with AIDS in 1982 and became a pioneer of AIDS activism in New York City, working closely with his doctor, Dr. Joseph Sonnabend, and Richard Berkowitz. Together, they published articles and ...
Italian novelist. One of the first famous people to die of AIDS in Italy. [430] Colin M Turnbull (1924–1994) British American anthropologist [431] Yvonne Vera (1964–2005) Zimbabwean author [432] Matthew Ward (1951–1990) American English/French translator noted for his 1989 rendition of Albert Camus' The Stranger. [433] Edmund White (born ...
Ashkenazi himself died of a drug overdose roughly one year later on 7 April 2001, leaving a daughter from a prior marriage and a 14-year-old adopted son, Shai Ashkenazi. [34] Doctors who treated AIDS patients were reportedly "horrified" after learning of Haza's decision to hide her illness. Dr.
Nomi died at the Sloan Kettering Hospital Center in New York City on August 6, 1983, as a result of complications from AIDS. He was one of the earliest known figures from the arts community to die from the illness. [21] [22] Nomi's close friend Joey Arias was executor of his estate. [23] Nomi's ashes were scattered in New York City. [11]
Since 1981, nearly 39 million people globally have died from AIDS-related illnesses, the result of HIV if left untreated. In the 1980s and '90s, the height of the epidemic, gay and bisexual men ...
The singer's final partner, the architect Rick Cranmer, was a six-foot two blond, and the duo moved into a house together in the hills. Cranmer died of AIDS-related complications in 1987, the year before Sylvester succumbed to the virus. [113]
Singer-songwriter, record producer: Instrument(s) ... and that he was suffering from AIDS. He died in New York City at the age of 32 due to complications of the ...
Bruce Wayne Campbell (December 14, 1946 – August 3, 1983 [a]), known by his stage name Jobriath, was an American rock musician and actor.He was the first openly gay rock musician to be signed to a major record label and one of the first internationally famous musicians to die of AIDS.