Celebrities Who are Living With or Died From AIDS

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These are the lists of celebrities living and deceased from AIDS.

Remember to ALWAYS wear a condom.  You're WORTH it. 

AIDS FOUNDATIONS: 

The Elton John AIDS foundation 

amfAR

Elizabeth Taylor AIDS foundation 

AIDS United 

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS foundation 

Died from AIDS:  (not to mention the millions of others that we have lost.) 

A:

Alvin Ailey: age 58: choreographer: 1931-1989: contracted from unprotected sex.

Peter Allen: age 48: songwriter: won an Oscar for best song from "Arthur": 1944-1992: contracted from unprotected sex.

Emile Ardolino: age 50: director of "Dirty Dancing" and "Sister Act": 1943-1993: contracted from unprotected sex.

Reinaldo Arenas: age 47: Cuban writer: 1943-1990: contracted it in 1987 from unprotected sex.  Was dying when he overdosed on drugs.

Alexis Arquette: age 47: actress from "The Wedding Singer": 1969-2016: contracted 29 years earlier from unprotected sex.

Arthur Ashe: age 49: tennis player: 1943-1993: contracted from a contaminated blood transfusion.

Howard Ashman: age 40: Disney movie musician: 1950-1991: contracted from unprotected sex.

Isaac Asimov: age 72: author: 1920-1992: contracted from a contaminated blood transfusion.

Amadeus August: age 50: actor: 1942-1992: contracted from unprotected sex.

Rick Aviles: age 42: actor from "Ghost": 1952-1995: contracted from intravenous drug use.

B:

Robin Bach: age 43: actor from "Murder, She Wrote": 1947-1991: contracted from unprotected sex

Lenny Baker: age 37: actor from "The Paper Chase": 1945-1982: contracted from unprotected sex

Michael Bennett: age 44: theater director and choreographer. 1943-1987: contracted from unprotected sex

Christopher Bernau: age 49: actor from "Guiding Light": 1940-1989: contracted from unprotected sex

Richard Bernstein: age 62: artist: 1939-2002: contracted from unprotected sex

John Bindon: age 50: actor from "Barry Lyndon" : 1943-1993: contracted from unprotected sex

Amanda Blake: age 60: actress from "Gunsmoke": 1929-1989: contracted from unprotected sex with her third husband.

David Bombyk: age 36: Hollywood film producer: 1952-1989: contracted from unprotected sex

Gary Bond: age 55: actor from "Anne of a Thousand Days": 1940-1995: contracted from unprotected sex

Stephen W. Burns: age 35: actor from "The Thorn Birds": 1954-1990: contracted from a blood transfusion.

Merritt Butrick: age 29: actor from "Star Trek": 1959-1989: contracted from unprotected sex

C:

Gia Carangi: age 26: model: 1960-1986: contracted from intravenous drug use.

Michael Carmine: age 30: actor from "*batteries not included": 1959-1989: contracted from unprotected sex.

Ian Charleson: age 40: actor from "Chariots of Fire" : 1949-1990: contracted from unprotected sex.

Bruce Chatwin: age 48: author: 1940-1989: contracted from unprotected sex.

Tina Chow: age 41: model: 1950-1992: contracted from unprotected sex.

Nat Cole Jr. : age 42: actor: 1959-1995: contracted from unprotected sex.

Nicholas Cortland: age 47: 1940-1988: contracted from unprotected sex.

Anthony Costello: age 45: actor: 1938-1983: contracted from unprotected sex.

James Crabe: age 57: cinematographer: 1931-1989: contracted from unprotected sex.

Joel Crothers: age 44: actor from "Dark Shadows": 1941-1985: contracted from unprotected sex.

D:

Brad Davis: age 41: actor from "Midnight Express" : 1949-1991: contracted HIV in 1979 from intravenous drug use.  By 1985 he had AIDS and kept it a secret due to the stigma in the 1980s.  He died by assisted suicide in 1991.

Jose De Vega: age 56: actor from "Dynasty" : 1934-1990: contracted from unprotected sex.

Robert Drivas: age 50: actor from "Cool Hand Luke": 1935-1986: contracted from unprotected sex.

E:

Easy-E: age 30: rapper: 1963-1995:  contracted from unprotected sex.

Denholm Elliott: age 70: actor from "Indiana Jones Series": 1922-1992: contracted from unprotected sex.

Perry Ellis: age 46: fashion designer: 1940-1986:  contracted from unprotected sex.

Peter Evans: age 38: actor from "Arthur" (1981): 1950-1989: contracted from unprotected sex.

F:

Tony Fields: age 36: actor from "Summer School" : 1958-1995: contracted from unprotected sex.

Wayland Flowers: age 48: from "Laugh-In": 1939-1988:  contracted from unprotected sex.

Tom Forgerty: age 48: musician: 1941-1990: contracted from a contaminated blood transfusion.

Michel Foucault: age 57: writer: 1926-1984: contracted from unprotected sex.

Robert Fraser: age 48: famous art dealer: 1937-1986: undisclosed

Leonard Frey: age 49: actor from "Fiddler on the Roof": 1938-1988: contracted from unprotected sex.

Michael Friedman: age 41: composer of "A Broadway Lullaby": 1975-2017: contracted from unprotected sex.

G:

John Gaines: age 54: film agent: 1938-1992: contracted from unprotected sex.

Alison Gertz: age 26: AIDS activist: 1966-1992: contracted from unprotected sex.

Elizabeth Glaser: age 47: activist: 1947-1994: contracted from a contaminated blood transfusion.

Leslie Graves: age 35: actress: 1959-1995: contracted from intravenous drug use.

Howard Greenfield: age 49: songwriter: 1936-1986: contracted from unprotected sex.

H:

Kevin Peter Hall: age 35: actor from "Predator": 1955-1991:  contracted from a contaminated blood
transfusion.

Roy Halston: age 57: fashion designer: 1932-1990: contracted from unprotected sex.

Antony Hamilton: age 42: actor from "Mission: Impossible" series. 1952-1995: contracted from unprotected sex.

Keith Haring: age 31: artist: 1958-1990: contracted from unprotected sex.

Bruce Herbert (author Frank Herbert's son): age 42: activist: 1951-1993: contracted from unprotected sex.

Colin Higgins: age 47: director of "Foul Play": 1941-1988: contracted from unprotected sex.

Anthony Holland: age 60: actor from "All That Jazz": 1928-1988: contracted from unprotected sex.  While dying from AIDS Holland killed himself in his NYC apartment. 

John Holmes: age 43: porn star: 1944-1988: contracted from unprotected sex.

Rock Hudson: age 59: actor from "Dynasty": 1925-1985: contracted from unprotected sex.

Richard Hunt: age 40: Muppet puppeteer: 1951-1992: contracted from unprotected sex.

J:

Paul Jabara: age 44: songwriter, "Last Dance" and "It's Raining Men": 1948-1992: contracted from unprotected sex.

Michael Jeter: age 50: actor from "Green Mile" : 1952-2003: contracted from unprotected sex but died from a seizure.

Kurt Johnson: age 33: actor from "Ghost Story" : 1952-1986: contracted from unprotected sex.

K:

Paul Keenan: age 31: actor from "Dynasty" : 1955-1986: contracted from unprotected sex.

David Kirby: age 32: AIDS activist. known from the famous "Deathbed" photo by Therese Frare. 1957-1990. contracted from unprotected sex.

James Kirkwood Jr. : age 64: wrote "A Chorus Line": 1924-1989: contracted from unprotected sex.

Stephen F. Kolzak: age 37: casting director of "Cheers": 1953-1990: contracted from unprotected sex.

Larry Kramer: age 84: playwright:1935-2020: announced in 1988 that he had contracted it from unprotected sex.

L:

Liberace: age 67: musician: 1919-1987: contracted from unprotected sex.

Arnold Lobel: age 54: writer of the "Frog and Toad" series: 1933-1987: announced to his wife he was gay in 1974: contracted from unprotected sex.

Charles Ludlam: age 44: actor from "The Big Easy": 1943-1987: contracted from unprotected sex.

M:

Makgatho Mandela: age 54: son of Nelson Mandela: 1950-2005: contracted from unprotected sex.  His wife died from the disease two years before him.

Robert Mapplethorpe: age 42: photographer: 1946-1989: contracted from unprotected sex.

Donald March: age 53: producer: 1941-1995: undisclosed

James Marshall: age 50: children's books writer and illustrator: 1942-1992: undisclosed

Joe Mays: age 45: actor from "Happy Days" : 1948-1995: contracted from unprotected sex.

Michael McDowell: age 49: screenwriter of "Beetlejuice"" 1950-1999: contracted from unprotected sex.

John Megna: age 42: actor from "To Kill a Mockingbird": 1952-1995: undisclosed

Freddie Mercury: age 45: musician from "Queen": 1946-1991: contracted from unprotected sex.

Alexander McQueen: age 40: designer: 1969-2010: McQueen committed suicide in 2010. After his death it was brought to light that he had contracted HIV.

Tommy Morrison: age 44: boxer (Rocky V): 1969-2003: contracted from unprotected sex.

Timothy Patrick Murphy: age 29: actor: 1959-1988. contracted from unprotected sex.

N:

Rudolf Nureyev: age 54: ballet dancer: 1938-1993: contracted from unprotected sex.

O:

David Oliver:age 30:  actor: 1962-1992: contracted from unprotected sex.

P:

Anthony Perkins: age 60: actor from "Psycho": 1932-1992: contracted from unprotected sex.

Ben Piazza: age 58: actor from "The Blues Brothers": 1933-1991: contracted from unprotected sex

R:

Dack Rambo: age 52: actor from "Dallas": 1941-1994: contracted from unprotected sex.

Robert Reed: age 59: actor from the "Brady Bunch": 1932-1992: contracted from unprotected sex.

Norman Rene: age 45: director of "Prelude to a Kiss": 1951-1996: contracted from unprotected sex.

Tony Richardson: age 63: director of "Tom Jones": 1928-1991: contracted from unprotected sex.

Tim Richmond: age 39: NASCAR driver: 1955-1989: contracted from unprotected sex.

Larry Robert: age 65: voice of Disney's "The Tramp" : 1926-1992: contracted from unprotected sex.

Max Robinson: age 49: news anchor: 1939-1988: contracted from unprotected sex.

Marshall Rohner: age 41: guitarist: 1963-2005: contracted from intravenous drug use.

Howards E. Rollins Jr. : age 46: actor in "Ragtime": 1950-1996: contracted from intravenous drug use.

Steve Rubell: age 45: owner of NYC club "Studio 54": 1943-1989: contracted from unprotected sex.

S:

Richard Schmiechen: age 45: movie producer: 1947-1993: contracted from unprotected sex.

Ray Sharkey: age 40: actor from "Wise Guys": 1952-1993: contracted from intravenous drug use.

Michael Shawn: age 45: choreographer: 1944-1990: contracted from unprotected sex.

Paul Shenar: age 53: actor from "Scarface": 1936-1989: contracted from unprotected sex.

Matthew Shepard: age 21: bias murder victim: 1976-1998: contracted from unprotected sex but died from being beaten to death.

Frank Silva: age 44: actor/set design: 1950-1995: contracted from unprotected sex.

Justin Smith: age 64: actor from "The Jazz Singer": 1921-1986: contracted from unprotected sex.

Willi Smith: age 39: fashion designer: 1948-1987:  contracted from unprotected sex.

Stephen Stucker: age 38: actor: 1947-1986: contracted from unprotected sex.

Michael Sundin: age 28: actor: 1961-1989: contracted from unprotected sex.

T:

Steve Tracy: age 34: actor: 1952-1986: contracted from unprotected sex.

Peter Tramm: age 33: (stunt) dancer: 1957-1991: contracted from unprotected sex.

U:

Ray Underwood: age 39: actor: 1953-1993: contracted from unprotected sex.

V:

Ron Vawter: age 45: actor from "Philadelphia": 1948-1994: contracted from unprotected sex.

Tom Villard: age 40: actor from "My Girl": 1953-1994: contracted from unprotected sex.

W:

Charles Ward: age 33: actor from "Staying Alive": 1952-1986: contracted from unprotected sex.

Kent Warner: age 41: costume designer: 1943-1984: contracted from unprotected sex.

Richard Warwick: age 52: actor from "Romeo and Juliet": 1945-1997: contracted from unprotected sex.

Bruce Weintraub: age 33: set director of "Scarface": 1952-1985: contracted from unprotected sex.

Ryan White: age 18: activist: 1971-1990: contracted from a contaminated blood transfusion.

Ricky Wilson: age 32:  musician from "The B-52's": 1953-1985: contracted from unprotected sex.

Ron Woodroof: age 42: activist: 1950-1992: contracted from unprotected sex.

Z:

Pedro Zamora: age 22: activist/MTV "Real World": 1972-1994: contracted from unprotected sex.


Celebrities Living with HIV/AIDS:

Jim J. Bullock: actor from "Spaceballs": born 1955: announced in 1985 that he had contracted it from unprotected sex.

Rudy Galindo: figure skater: born 1969: announced in 2000 that he had contracted it from unprotected sex.

Aileen Getty: Getty Oil Heir and AIDS activist: born 1957: announced in 1991 that she had contracted it in 1985 from intravenous drug use and unprotected sex.

Mondo Guerra: fashion designer: born 1978: announced in 2010 (after knowing for 10 years) that he had contracted it from unprotected sex.

Jerry Herman: broadway composer: born 1931: announced in 1985 he had contracted it from unprotected sex.

Earvin "Magic" Johnson: basketball player: born 1959: announced in 1991 that he had contracted it from unprotected sex.

Paul Lekakis: DJ/musician: born 1966: announced in 1990 that he had contracted it from unprotected sex.

Greg Louganis: Olympic diver: born 1960:  announced in 1988 that he had contracted it from unprotected sex.

Viktor Luma: fashion designer: born 1980 : announced in 2013 (after knowing for seven years) that he had contracted it from unprotected sex.

Jack Mackenroth: fashion designer/model: born 1969: announced in 1990 that he had contracted it from unprotected sex.

Chuck Panozzo: musician from the band "Styx": born 1948: announced in 2001 that he had contracted it from unprotected sex.

Mark Patton: actor from "Nightmare on Elm Street 2" : born 1959: diagnosed in 1999 on his 40th birthday.   Contracted the virus from unprotected sex. 

Danny Pintauro: actor from "Who's the Boss?" and "Cujo": born 1976: announced in 2015 that he contracted HIV in 2003 from unprotected sex and intravenous drug use.

Billy Porter: actor from "Pose": born 1969: announced in 2021 that he had contracted HIV in 2007 from unprotected sex. 

Charlie Sheen: actor from "Hot Shots" and "Wall Street" : born 1965: announced in 2015 that he had contracted HIV in 2011 from unprotected sex.

Andrew Sullivan: journalist: born 1963: announced in 2001 that he had contracted it from unprotected sex.

Jonathan Van Ness: hairdresser on "Queer Eye": born 1987: diagnosed in 2012: contracted from unprotected sex and drug use.