AIDS is a terrible disease that prematurely brought many people to the grave. After reading this article, you will learn about the fate of 10 celebrities who died from AIDS.
10. Ofra Haza - 42 years
The Israeli movie star and singer, who was very popular in the 80s and 90s, was ashamed of her illness and hid it for a long time. It is very interesting that during the life of Ofru, death literally followed on the heels: for example, she got into plane crashes two times, but remained alive. However, at the turn of the millennium, a miracle did not happen. Ofra Haza was hospitalized due to an overdose of AIDS drugs. The star died as a result of severe exhaustion and immunodeficiency: because of all this, she developed acute pneumonia.
9. Rick Aviles - 42 years old
The parents of the famous comedian and actor from America are Puerto Rican immigrants who came to the USA in order to arrange their life. First, Rick Aviles became a stand-up, and then began to actively star in films and TV shows. He managed to gain great popularity around the world. However, along with fame came a terrible dependence: the actor began to use drugs. He contracted AIDS after injecting heroin. Rick Aviles passed away due to complications associated with HIV infection. This happened in 1995.
8. Franco Moskino - 44 years old
This artist and fashion designer from Italy created very unusual things that could even be called somewhat provocative. He worked with Gianni Versace. In his youth, Moskino studied painting: in order to pay for his studies, he had to work as an illustrator. However, then he chose not canvas and paints, but to fabrics and patterns. There is no information about exactly how the designer became infected with AIDS. He practically did not say anything about his personal life. Franco Moskino died due to HIV infection in 1994.
7. Freddie Mercury - 45 years old
This rock artist is perhaps the most famous celebrity on the list. Because of AIDS, Freddie Mercury developed bronchopneumonia, from which he died in 1991. The day before, the singer told fans about his illness. This news shocked not only Queen music lovers, but also some close people of Freddie Mercury. He knew about his illness for a long time, since 1986, but until the very end he did not cease to carefully hide it.
6. Bruce Wayne Campbell (Jobriath) - 36 years
An actor and musician who worked in the genres of rock, folk and glam, in the 70s began a romantic relationship with Jerry Brandt, his first manager. Critics and listeners left a lot of positive reviews about Campbell’s first album, but after the release of the second, the musician left his luck and decided to leave this sphere. After that, Campbell sometimes performed in clubs, restaurants, he was engaged in prostitution. The former musician suffered from AIDS for a long time before his death. He passed away in the 83rd year.
5. Rock Hudson - 59 years old
This actor from America was very popular in the middle of the last century. Rock Hudson found out about his illness in the early 80s: then people just started to learn about what AIDS is. The sick actor did not stop attending parties, social events. However, after the news of what happened to Hudson, people in society began to feel very bad about him. He was not even allowed on an airliner to Paris. Rock Hudson died in 1985.
4. Brad Davis - 41 years old
A popular American actor actively starred in the 70s and 80s. He won the Golden Globe Award. His wife was also an actress, the couple raised a daughter. The actor used drugs: perhaps he became infected with AIDS precisely because of this addiction. Brad Davis was given a terrible diagnosis in the mid-80s.
The actor admitted that he was sick only in the last years of his life. Before his death, he left the clinic to spend the rest of his time at home. Brad Davis passed away in 1991. In her memoirs, the celebrity’s wife wrote that it was suicide: to avoid torment, the actor took a lethal dose of heroin.
3. Eric Wright (rapper Eazy-E) - 31 years old
He was one of the first gangsta rap artists. Wright died very early, and many believed that if this happened later, he would have done much more for rap music. The performer was taken to the clinic in the mid-90s. At first, doctors thought he had asthma, but in the end it turned out that he had HIV infection, and the stage was already very serious. Upon learning of his illness, Eric Wright told fans about it and died after 10 days. However, before that, he wrote a letter to his fans, in which he advised to value life and the time allotted more.
2. Gia Carangi - 26 years old
This girl became one of the first supermodels in the world. To become famous, she moved to New York from Philadelphia. When this happened, Gia was only 18 years old. The girl succeeded in the modeling business very quickly, and he turned her head. Carangi began to use drugs: first cocaine, then heroin.
Fatigue, depression, numerous tantrums quickly ruined the well-known young model. In 1983, she left the modeling business and went home. There she began to work in a store, and later engaged in prostitution, so that she could earn a dose. Gia was diagnosed with AIDS in 1986. In the same year she died. Disease and long-term addiction mutilated the former model so much that it was buried in a closed coffin. Before her death, she actually rotted alive.
1. Frank Silva - 45 years old
This actor is known to many for the role of Bob, the evil spirit that haunted Laura Palmer. Frank Silva dealt with her just fine: Bob in Twin Peaks looked very creepy, he inspired genuine horror in the audience. Previously, the actor worked on the films of David Lynch as a props, decorator. The great director realized that Silva would become a good actor by watching his work. Frank Silva died of AIDS in 1995. There is no information about how he contracted this disease.