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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.
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.
On March 26, Eazy-E died from HIV/AIDS, one month after his diagnosis. [49] [42] He was 30 years old (most reports at the time said he was 31 due to the falsification of his date of birth by one year). [10] [50] He was buried on April 7, at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California. Over 3,000 people attended his funeral, including Jerry ...
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 ...
Pedro Zamora, 'Real World' star who died of AIDS, 'humanized the disease for a generation,' say activists. ... In fact, AIDS was the leading cause of death in men ages 25 to 44 in 1992.
Alan Murphy (18 November 1953 – 19 October 1989) was an English rock session guitarist, best remembered for his collaborations with Kate Bush and Go West.In 1988, he joined the jazz-funk band Level 42 as a full-time band member, and played with them until his death from pneumonia, resulting from AIDS, in 1989.
Joseph "Amp" Fiddler, who played keyboard in Parliament-Funkadelic and mentored a young J Dilla, died Sunday of cancer at 65. Fiddler's family announced his death in an Instagram post Monday ...
Jim Bozyk [1] (1954–1990), known professionally as Jim St. James, was a Canadian actor and HIV/AIDS activist. [2] He was best known as the star of a series of public service announcements on AIDS awareness which aired on Canadian television in the 1980s, [3] and as the subject of June Callwood's 1988 book Jim: A Life with AIDS.