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Wesley Lawrence Willis (May 31, 1963 – August 21, 2003) was an American musician and visual artist. Diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1989, Willis began a career as an underground singer-songwriter in the outsider music tradition.
(born 1964 or 1965) American AIDS activist, worked with ACT UP in the 1980s and 1990s, now codirector of the Global Health Justice Partnership at Yale. [73] Jahnabi Goswami (born 1976) Indian AIDS activist and first woman in the Northeast to declare her HIV status. [74] Eve van Grafhorst (1982–1993) Australian-born New Zealand AIDS campaigner.
David Murray Brockie (August 30, 1963 – March 23, 2014) was a Canadian-American musician, who was the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Gwar, in which he performed as Oderus Urungus. He performed as a bassist and lead singer in the bands Death Piggy , X-Cops , and the Dave Brockie Experience (DBX), and starred in the comedy horror TV ...
In the 1980s and '90s, the height of the epidemic, gay and bisexual men were disproportionately affected by the disease. In fact, AIDS was the leading cause of death in men ages 25 to 44 in 1992.
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in January 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
On this day in 1985, actor Rock Hudson died from AIDS. One of the most famous actors of his day, Rock Hudson was the quintessential leading man. With his dark brown hair, 6'4'' built, overall good ...
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.
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.