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Joseph-Armand Bombardier (French pronunciation: [ʒozɛf aʁmɑ̃ bɔ̃baʁdje]; April 16, 1907 – February 18, 1964) was a Canadian inventor and businessman who was the founder of Bombardier. His most famous invention was a snowmobile .
Alleged first known AIDS death in the United States Robert Lee Rayford [ 1 ] (February 3, 1953 – May 15, 1969), [ 2 ] sometimes identified as Robert R. due to his age, was an American teenager from Missouri who has been suggested to represent the earliest confirmed case of HIV/AIDS in North America.
In January 1934, a blizzard prevented Joseph-Armand Bombardier from reaching the nearest hospital in time to save his two-year-old son, Yvon, who died from appendicitis complicated by peritonitis. [51] [52] Bombardier was a mechanic who dreamed of building a vehicle that could "float on snow". [52]
At the time of Ricky's death, they had broken up but remained close friends. [7] [8] Robert died of AIDS-related causes in 2000 at the age of 22. [9] Shortly thereafter, their father, Clifford Ray, attempted suicide but survived. [10] Randy Ray married in 2001 and lived in Orlando, Florida. He managed his HIV through medication. [11] He died ...
American writer and AIDS activist who chronicled his personal experience with HIV infection and AIDS. [435] George Whitmore (1946–1989) American writer and AIDS activist who chronicled his personal experience with HIV infection and AIDS. [436] Alex Wilson (1953–1993) American-born Canadian writer, teacher, landscape designer and community ...
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 official cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS. Léon Minkus: Famous Czech composer of ballet music for the Russian Imperial Ballet: 1917-12-07 Died at age 91 in Vienna, Austria. Kenji Miyazawa: Japanese novelist and poet of children's literature 1933-09-21 Died at age 37 in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture [citation needed]
He died of a heart attack on Cavett's couch while New York Post columnist Pete Hamill was being interviewed. As he was talking to Hamill, he heard a loud snoring sound. Cavett explains, "That was ...