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Unbelivable, Here Are The Top Celebrity Legends Who Died From Hiv Infections by notjustafricas: 8:47am On Jan 11, 2015

1) ROCK HUDSON
Rock Hudson’s tall, rugged frame made him one of Hollywood’s leading ladies men in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1985, he became one of Hollywood’s first celebrities to die from complications due to AIDS.

His disclosure of the disease in 1985 shocked the nation. It was only after his death—a few months after he announced his diagnosis—that the world learned how tightly Hudson guarded his homosexuality. However, his public disclosure of the diagnosis helped in HIV/AIDS education and funding.

2)
Eazy-E

Eric Lynn Wright (Eazy-E) was a rapper in the L.A. hip hop group N.W.A., which also produced celebrities Dr. Dre and Ice Cube. He was a pioneer of the popular gangsta rap genre.

The group’s debut, Straight Outta Compton, helped launch Wright and others to fame. His and N.W.A.’s 1980s and early ‘90s albums became controversial classics.

Wright was diagnosed with AIDS in February, 1995. He released a statement within weeks announcing his shocking diagnosis. The statement implied that he often had unprotected sex. He died a month later.

3)
Fela Kuti

Fela Kuti was born to activist parents in Nigeria in 1938. He became famous in the 1960s and ‘70s as the inventor of “Afrobeat” music. He was also a vocal critic of oppressive regimes.

Kuti continued to write political lyrics though he was arrested 200 times. He and his family also suffered severe beatings. He produced 50 albums, among them his hit 1977 album Zombie, which heavily criticized the Nigerian military.

Kuti married 27 women. He claimed not to believe in AIDS or condoms. He died of AIDS complications in 1997 in Lagos, Nigeria. More than a million people attended his funeral.

4)

Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe won three Grand Slam tennis titles and was the first African-American selected for Davis Cup play in 1963. He became the top tennis player in the world while also creating the Association of Tennis Professionals and raising awareness against South African apartheid.

Ashe learned that he was HIV positive in 1988, presumably due to an earlier blood transfusion. Ashe came forward as an HIV patient and created the Arthur Ashe Foundation for the Defeat of AIDS. He died in 1993.

5)

Ryan White

Ryan White was a 13-year-old Indiana teenager who was diagnosed with HIV in 1984 following a contaminated blood treatment for his hemophilia, a disease in which blood doesn’t clot properly.

Ryan was thrust into the national spotlight when parents of his classmates rallied together to bar Ryan from attending school, despite doctors saying he posed no risk to others. Ryan became a spokesman for AIDS before his death in 1990, and major HIV/AIDS legislation was passed in his name.

6)

Keith Haring

Keith Haring was a visual artist who gained notoriety as a part of the 1980s New York City graffiti and mural art scene. His instantly recognizable drawings first appeared on unused advertisement panels in New York subway stations.

Haring’s line drawing style was simple, exciting, and urban. It quickly became famous and fashionable worldwide.

Haring, openly gay, was diagnosed with AIDS in 1988. He established the Keith Haring Foundation, which provides funding and imagery to children’s AIDS organizations. He died in 1990

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Re: Unbelivable, Here Are The Top Celebrity Legends Who Died From Hiv Infections by boolet: 8:50am On Jan 11, 2015
I strongly believe Fela was murdered.

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Re: Unbelivable, Here Are The Top Celebrity Legends Who Died From Hiv Infections by dkronicle(m): 9:09am On Jan 11, 2015
I cant just bliv fela's own, am sorry for that idiana kid but about that south side nigga easy 'e' i used to think he was a gangstar dat died like pac.
Re: Unbelivable, Here Are The Top Celebrity Legends Who Died From Hiv Infections by DjAndroid: 2:26pm On Jan 11, 2015
There is nothing unbelievable about it. HIV dey look face?
Re: Unbelivable, Here Are The Top Celebrity Legends Who Died From Hiv Infections by DanielBlanc(m): 3:38pm On Jan 11, 2015
That one take concern them oooooh na dem sabi
Re: Unbelivable, Here Are The Top Celebrity Legends Who Died From Hiv Infections by Nobody: 5:17pm On Jan 11, 2015
aside FELA and easy E, I don't know others.

despite that,AIDS is real.

be faithful, abstinence, and condomized whenever.
Re: Unbelivable, Here Are The Top Celebrity Legends Who Died From Hiv Infections by Crocz(m): 5:22pm On Jan 11, 2015
boolet:
I strongly believe Fela was murdered.
Yeah...murdered by HIV
Re: Unbelivable, Here Are The Top Celebrity Legends Who Died From Hiv Infections by CrazyScientist: 5:39pm On Jan 11, 2015
How all these gays dey catch HIV ? #wondering grin

After drilling another man's hairy arsehole grin
Re: Unbelivable, Here Are The Top Celebrity Legends Who Died From Hiv Infections by Nonybb: 6:14pm On Jan 11, 2015
Tu-Face was lucky
Re: Unbelivable, Here Are The Top Celebrity Legends Who Died From Hiv Infections by hussein1586: 11:46pm On Jan 11, 2015
[size=24pt]Check this out

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