AIDS: The Ones We've Lost
AIDS =
Acquired = obtained
ImmunoDeficiency = failing of the immune system
Syndrome = affliction
HIV does not discriminate on what type of human to make its host. It’s a viral entity that leaves its victim without an operable defense system. The world has lost many to AIDS: Musicians, actors, fashionistas, uncles, daughters, brothers, and an immeasurable number of others. These lives may have been infected with one of the deadliest viruses of our time by intravenous drug use, unprotected sex, or blood transfusion. Here are a few greatly missed earthlings who succumbed to AIDS.
Arthur Ashe: Tennis Champion
Amanda Blake: Actress (Miss Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke)
Gia Carangi: Model
Eazy-E (Eric Wright): Musician (Founding member of N.W.A.)
Perry Ellis: Designer
Tom Fogerty: Musician (Founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Roy Halston: Designer
Keith Haring: Artist
Fela Kuti: Musician
Freddie Mercury: Musician (Front man of Queen)
Rudolph Nureyev: Ballet Dancer
Anthony Perkins: Actor (Norman Bates in Psycho)
Robert Reed: Actor (Michael Brady on The Brady Bunch)
Steve Rubell: Entrepreneur (Co-Founder of Studio 54)
Paul Shenar: Actor (Alejandro Sosa in Scarface)
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