Hollywood actor with aids: 59 Photos
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Famous Faces of HIV and AIDS
- Billy Porter. 1/24. ...
- Jonathan Van Ness. 2/24. ...
- Freddie Mercury. 3/24. ...
- Rock Hudson. 4/24. ...
- Ryan White. 5/24. ...
- Pedro Zamora. 6/24. ...
- Alexis Arquette. 7/24. ...
- Liberace. 8/24.
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Freddie Mercury. On this day in 1991, Freddie Mercury died of bronchial pneumonia, a complication resulting from AIDS. At the time of his death, Mercury was the most famous person to succumb to the deadly disease. The impact of Mercury and his band Queen have been long discussed.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(lbjFZt3EO7Kw0PEPrd78gAQ__34,
Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990) was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after his school barred him from attending classes following a diagnosis of AIDS.
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