Jan 21, 2025 · Freddie Mercury, iconic frontman of Queen, with his larger-than-life stage persona and enigmatic songs, is a name impossible to omit when discussing celebrities who battled AIDS. Another renowned artist was Keith Haring, whose sharp-lined, vibrant-coloured graffiti made him a mainstay of 1980s New York street culture.

Nov 11, 2021 · Glaser became a leading AIDS activist after she received an HIV-contaminated blood transfusion while giving birth to her daughter Ariel. Ariel later died after contracting the illness through breast-feeding, and Glaser’s son Jake contracted it in utero.

On February 16, 1990, Haring died of AIDS-related complications at his LaGuardia Place apartment in Greenwich Village. [114] [6] He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in a field near Bowers, Pennsylvania, just south of his hometown of Kutztown. [115]

Aug 30, 2024 · Each figure on this list, from the charismatic Freddie Mercury of Queen to the vibrant graffiti artist Keith Haring and the flamboyant piano maestro Liberace, faced the devastating impact of AIDS at the height of their careers.

Feb 20, 2020 · In a relationship with the artist Andrew Heard from 1983 onwards, both artists were diagnosed as HIV-positive in the late 1980s. Robilliard eventually died of complications from the AIDS virus in 1988, followed by Heard in 1993.

Dec 1, 2015 · Many of those who passed in the devastating early waves of the AIDS epidemic died before the digital era. But for the few whose work is well-known or preserved in various libraries or museums, their work is in danger of being lost forever as time passes.

Nov 19, 2020 · Haring eventually died from AIDS-related complications in 1990 at the age of 31. He seemingly carried out his desire to make art accessible to millions of people right to the very end.

Apr 2, 2014 · Haring died in New York on February 16, 1990, of AIDS-related complications. He was 31 years old. His art is still exhibited worldwide, and many of his works are owned by prestigious museums,...

On February 16, 1990, the pop artist and activist died of AIDS-related complications. “ Keith Haring, Artist, Dies at 31; Career Began in Subway Graffiti” declared The New York Times in 1990.

Feb 17, 1990 · Keith Haring, an artist whose graphic talents made him one of the stars of the youthful 1980's art scene and whose images could be found as often on T-shirts as in museums, died of AIDS...