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BLACK CELEBRI WE'VE LOST TO {MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:12PX TO 0;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{MAX-WIDTH:50%;}}AS THE PHOTOS ATTT | NO AMOUNT OF MONEY OR FAME N PROTECT AGAST THE KILLER KNOWN AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;OVERFLOW-X:HIDN;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;FLEX-DIRECTN:LUMN;BOX-SHADOW:0 4PX 8PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.08);MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:NTA;}{WIDTH:282PX;HEIGHT:400PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:18PX 24PX;DISPLAY:GRID;GRID-GAP:18PX;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{LOR:#0A0A0A;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.25 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;}1 / {LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.4REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:#0A0A0A;} A{FONT:HER;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} STRONG, B{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLR;}ALLEN WIGGS (1958 - 1991) - A ONCE-PROMISG MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER, WIGGS WAS SAID TO HAVE SABOTAGED HIS REER WH DGS BEFORE DYG AT AGE 32 LOS ANGEL OF PLITNS OM AIDS. AN OUTFIELR AND SEND BASEMAN, HE PLAYED THE MAJOR LEAGU OM 1981 THROUGH 1987, WH THE SAN DIEGO PADR AND BALTIMORE ORL. HE UNRWENT DG REHABILATN THREE TIM AND WAS SPEND FELY ON AUG. 31, {WIDTH:536PX;HEIGHT:400PX;}2 / 16ALV AILEY (1931 - 1989) - A MORN DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER, AILEY FOUND THE AMERIN DANCE THEATER, WHICH WAS GIVEN HIS NAME AFTER HIS ATH. HIS PANY POPULARIZED MORN DANCE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WH HIS TERNATNAL TOURS SPONSORED BY THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT. THE ROGER, TEXAS, NATIVE DIED OF AIDS, AT AGE 58 DECEMBER 1989.3 / 16ARTHUR ASHE (1943-1993) - TENNIS LEGEND ARTHUR ROBERT ASHE, JR., WON THREE GRAND SLAM TL DURG HIS REER. THE RICHMOND, VA., NATIVE DISVERED HE HAD NTRACTED HIV OM BLOOD TRANSFNS HE RECEIVED DURG ONE OF HIS TWO HEART SURGERI. ASHE DIED OM PLITNS OM AIDS ON FEB. 6, 1993. HE WAS {WIDTH:295PX;HEIGHT:400PX;}4 / 16EAZY E (1963 - 1995) - ERIC LYNN WRIGHT, BETTER KNOWN BY HIS STAGE NAME EAZY-E, IS WILY REGARD AS ONE OF THE FOUNRS OF THE GANGSTA RAP GROUP N.W.A. IN MARCH 1995, EAZY-E ADMTED HIMSELF TO CEDARS SAI MEDIL CENTER LOS ANGEL WH WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS CHRONIC ASTHMA. FOLLOWG PREHENSIVE TTS, WAS DISVERED HE WAS SUFFERG OM AIDS. TEN DAYS AFTER BEG ADMTED TO THE HOSPAL, EAZY-E DIED AT THE AGE OF 31.5 / 16FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI (1938 - 1997) - FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI, BORN OLUFELA OLEGUN OLUDOTUN RANSOME-KUTI, WAS A NIGERIAN MULTI-STMENTALIST MICIAN, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, AND POLIL MAVERICK. THE AIN NTENT'S MOST CREATIVE AOBEAT SUPERSTAR, ANTI-ARY DICTATORSHIP ACTIVIST AND PAN-AINIST DIED AUG. 2, 1997 OF HEART FAILURE ED BY AIDS. HE WAS {MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-BOTTOM:54PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;BACKGROUND-LOR:#0A0A0A;LOR:#FAFAFA;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;-WEBK-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MOZ-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;-MS-LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;LETTER-SPACG:NORMAL;PADDG:2PX 5PX;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;PADDG:3PX 5PX 4PX 5PX;LOR:#C4FF2C;BACKGROUND-LOR:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;DISPLAY:BLOCK;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}{WIDTH:330PX;HEIGHT:400PX;}6 / 16FRANKLYN SEAL (1952 - 1990) - SEAL IS BT KNOWN FOR HIS TV APPEARANC ON HIS ROL AS LORENZO HOLLGSWORTH ON THE NBC S "AMEN" AND AS DEXTER STUFFS ON THE NBC S "SILVER SPOONS." HE DIED BROOKLYN, N.Y., OF AIDS. HE WAS {WIDTH:386PX;HEIGHT:400PX;}7 / 16GENE ANTHONY RAY (1962 - 2003) - RAY IS BT KNOWN FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF THE STREET-SMART DANCER LEROY THE 1980 FILM “FAME,” ADDN TO THE TV SP-OFF – WHICH AIRED OM 1982 UNTIL 1987. THE ACTOR/DANCER SUFFERED A STROKE JUNE 2003 AND ULTIMATELY DIED OM PLITNS OF THE STROKE ON NOV. 14, MANHATTAN. THE HARLEM NATIVE WAS 41-YEARS-OLD AND HIV POSIVE AT THE TIME OF HIS ATH. HE WAS {WIDTH:400PX;HEIGHT:400PX;}8 / 16HOWARD ROLLS (1950 - 1996) - ROLLS, STARRED THE BOX-OFFICE H, "A SOLDIER'S STORY," WHICH LED TO HIS ROLE AS VIRGIL TIBBS ON THE TV DRAMA "IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT," DIED ON DEC. 8, 1996 AFTER PLITNS OM AIDS-RELATED LYMPHOMA. THE BALTIMORE NATIVE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WH THE NDN APPROXIMATELY SIX WEEKS EARLIER. HE WAS {WIDTH:376PX;HEIGHT:399PX;}9 / 16JERMAE STEWART (1957 - 1997) - STEWART IS BT KNOWN FOR HIS BILLBOARD HS "THE WORD IS OUT" OM HIS 1984 BUT ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME, AND "WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTH OFF" 1986, OM THE ALBUM "FRANTIC ROMANTIC." THE COLUMB, OH, NATIVE DIED ON MARCH 17, 1997 DUE TO LIVER NCER ED BY AIDS. HE WAS {WIDTH:500PX;HEIGHT:400PX;}10 / 16KENNY GREEN (1969-2001) - SGER-SONGWRER KENNY GREEN WAS THE BACKBONE OF THE EARLY 1990S GROUP “INTRO,” WRG AND PRODUCG MOST OF THE GROUP’S SONGS. HE ALSO WROTE FOR OTHER ARTISTS. HE LAST RERD 2001 AS A BACKUP SGER ON TYRE’S "FOR ALWAYS." THAT SAME YEAR, THE YEAR OF HIS ATH, GREEN REVEALED TO SISTER 2 SISTER MAGAZE THAT HE WAS BISEXUAL, AND SUFFERG OM AIDS. HE WAS 32.ADVERTISEMENT11 / 16KEV PETER HALL (1955 - 1991) - HALL WAS FAMO FOR HIS ROL “PREDATOR” (1987), AND “PREDATOR 2” (1990). THE 7-FOOT, 2-CH ACTOR MARRIED ACTRS ALAA REED, WHO PLAYED ROSE ON THE NBC S "227." IN 1990, HALL WAS VOLVED A R ACCINT L.A. AND RECEIVED A BLOOD TRANSFN THAT WAS NTAMATED WH HIV. SOON AFTER THE TRANSFN, HE NTRACTED AIDS AND DIED OM PLITNS RELATED TO THE DISEASE ON APRIL 10, 1991. HE WAS {WIDTH:368PX;HEIGHT:400PX;}12 / 16LARRY RILEY (1952 - 1992) - RILEY WAS BT KNOWN TO SCREEN VIEWERS FOR HIS ROLE AS C.J. MEMPHIS THE MOVIE "A SOLDIER'S STORY," AND AS FRANK WILLIAMS THE PRIME-TIME SOAP OPERA KNOTS LANDG. HE WAS FORCED TO GIVE UP HIS ROLE "KNOTS LANDG," BEE OF HIS CLG HEALTH DUE TO THE ILLNS. THE MEMPHIS NATIVE DIED OF AIDS ON JUNE 6, 1992. HE WAS {WIDTH:300PX;HEIGHT:400PX;}13 / 16MAX ROBSON (1939 - 1988) - ROBSON, THE FIRST AIN-AMERIN BROADST WORK NEWS ANCHOR THE U.S., FOUND OUT HE HAD AIDS WHILE HOSPALIZED FOR PNMONIA AN ILLOIS HOSPAL. IN THE FALL OF 1988, THE FORMER ABC NEWS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" ANCHOR WAS WASHGTON, D.C. TO LIVER A SPEECH AT HOWARD UNIVERSY'S SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM WHEN HE BEME CREASGLY ILL. HE CHECKED HIMSELF TO THE HOSPAL, WHERE HE DIED OF AIDS ON DEC. 20, 1988. HE WAS {WIDTH:487PX;HEIGHT:400PX;}14 / 16RAYMOND ST. JACQU (1930 - 1990) - ST. JACQU WAS BT KNOWN FOR HIS TWO-YEAR STT AS JUDGE CLAYTON C. THOMAS ON THE WELL-FOTTEN, SYNDITED NBC TV SHOW, "SUPERR COURT" OM 1988 TO 1990. HE DIED OM AIDS RELATED LYMPHOMA LOS ANGEL AT AGE {WIDTH:301PX;HEIGHT:400PX;}15 / 16SYLVTER (1947 - 1988) - SYLVTER, KNOWN AS THE "QUEEN OF DIS," WAS ALSO A GAY DRAG PERFORMER. HE UNLEASHED TWO DIS CLASSICS: "YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL)" AND "DANCE (DIS HEAT) ." THE TWO SONGS CHARTED TOGETHER ON THE AMERIN DANCE CHART AND SPENT SIX WEEKS AT #1 ON THIS CHART 1978. IN 1985, HE WAS SUMMONED TO SG BACKUP FOR ARETHA FRANKL ON HER "WHO'S ZOOM' WHO?" EBACK ALBUM. SYLVTER DIED OF PLITNS OM AIDS ON DEC. 16, {WIDTH:258PX;HEIGHT:400PX;}16 / 16WILLI DONNELL SMH (1948 - 1987) - SMH IS NSIRED ONE OF THE MOST SUCCSFUL YOUNG, BLACK FASHN SIGNERS FASHN HISTORY. SMH, WHO WAS OPENLY GAY, DIED UNEXPECTEDLY AT AGE OF 39 AFTER NTRACTG SHIGELLA AND PNMONIA WHILE ON A TRIP TO INDIA, APPARENTLY BEE OF AIDS. AT THE TIME OF THE PHILLY NATIVE’S ATH, APRIL 17, 1987, HIS PANY, WILLIWEAR LTD., HAD SOLD $25 LN WORTH OF CLOTHG A YEAR.
” Guys, if you have to ask …Officially, Prce wasn’t gay.
On “Controversy, ” he rhetorilly pos the qutn: “Am I straight or gay? Mic: Non-Prce > Gay sgers who were obvly gay, but never actually said they were gay at first.
meltwhu said: Thkg back to the 80' Gee was a big ole drag queen sleepg wh the dmmer, and yet somehow the general public was shocked when he said he was gay later thkg of people who you kda thought was gay and then actually did turn out to be gay/bi. vaandy said: I knew Gee Michael was gay om the first moment I ever laid ey on him the "Wake Me Up (Before You Go Go) vio. My mom worked a hospal and knew some gay guys and she told me one day that Gee Michael was gay bee the gay guys "know their own"...