identity, and living with HIV/AIDS. He was a member of the East Village art collective known as the "Post-Punk / Downtown" scene, which included artists such as Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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Substance abuse and crack addiction haunted the life of DMX, landing him a spot on our list of artists who were drug addicts. According to one interview, DMX started abusing drugs, particularly crack cocaine, at the young age of 14. Sadly, he continued to struggle with addiction with that...
When Gia took her life by hanging, it was her boyfriend, NBA player Ryan Anderson that found her and took her to the hospital. She is one of the few cases of suicides that was still alive when she made it to the hospital. However, Allemand died the next day. The couple had an argu...
While you may not know what Keith Haring looked like—or even who he was—there’s a great chance that you’ve encountered his art. The HIV-positive artist, who died in 1990 after being diagnosed with AIDS in 1988, is behind some of the most recognizable symbols in commercial art. His...
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In 1992, his partner, Jim Brown, died of AIDS. [read an interview of Jim Morris: “79-Year-Old Bodybuilding Legend Shares Secret to Good Posture”] 20 Sylvia Beach (bookstore owner, publisher) Adrienne Monnier (writer, publisher) 20 Charlotte Cushman (actor, arts patron) Emma Stebbins ...
Married and bisexual, he was one of the first prominent men in Britain known to have contracted HIV and died of AIDS, although he hid the facts of his illness. Bruce Chatwin and his notebooks: Interview to the wife Elizabeth. BRUCE LEE - (1940-1973). Chinese American, martial artist, ...