His attorney, Joel Strote, said he chose to die there because “he wanted to rest in the place he loves.” Fans gathered outside his home to hold vigil before his death.ĭuring his storied career, Liberace appeared in numerous films and TV shows and released several albums. Liberace died at his home in Palm Springs. Prior to his death, staff said he was at Eisenhower Medical Center for “the effects of a watermelon diet.” I’d like to think that by going public myself with this, I can give other people courage to face it.”ĭespite a lifetime of living out loud as an iconic, flamboyant pianist, Liberace chose to keep his AIDS diagnosis and subsequent illness private until his death in 1987. “The Black community is at the bottom of the line when it comes to getting information, even when we’ve been so hard hit by this disease. “It bothers me that AIDS is still thought of as a gay, white male disease,” Sylvester told the Los Angeles Times. The year of his death, Sylvester was working on his third studio album, knowing that he may very well never be able to release it.Īt the time of his death, Sylvester fought to make more people realize that AIDS was very much an urgent concern for Black people in the U.S. Sylvester left royalties from his music to the AIDS Emergency Fund and to Rita Rockett’s food program at San Francisco General Hospital’s Ward 86 for people diagnosed with AIDS. Sylvester died in 1988 from AIDS-related complications. Rich Polk via GettyImagesĭisco legend Sylvester James, known simply as Sylvester, was a legendary singer and songwriter from San Francisco known for his signature song, “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real),” and for his flamboyant appearance and falsetto singing voice.
Searches stayed relatively high for about 72 hours after the announcement, as well. Of those searches, 1.25 million included words like “condoms,” “HIV testing,” and “HIV symptoms.”.Prompted the highest number of HIV-related searches ever seen on Google to that point: 2.75 million more than any other day.In the 24 hours following his disclosure, Sheen’s announcement: One study estimated that Charlie Sheen’s disclosure was a more effective HIV awareness campaign than any that a city health department could cook up. When he did come out, Sheen shared that he was on antiretroviral medication and that he was undetectable. Sheen was forced to come out while the National Enquirer was preparing a story that would’ve outed his HIV status, proving that HIV stigma still negatively affects people living with HIV today. He was known as something of a Hollywood “bad boy” and talked openly about drug use, a lot of sex, and sex with sex workers. Sheen is also known as the youngest member of the Sheen acting family, which includes Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez.
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