20 celebrities you didn’t know contracted HIV (With Pics)

11. Tom Fogerty

Via mtv.com

Tom Fogerty was a beloved musician for the rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival and also made a successful name for himself as a solo artist. His fans were stunned when he passed away in 1990 as the result of AIDS-related complications. He contracted it through a blood transfusion, which was a major problem during the 1980s because, even though blood was being tested when donated, there hadn’t been tests developed yet to test for the HIV virus. That has since changed.