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

10. Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe broke down the color barrier in tennis, becoming the first African American to win a Grand Slam event. He was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame and conducted many wonderful works outside his tennis life, including numerous humanitarian efforts. He was diagnosed with HIV in 1988, though he didn’t make that public knowledge until 1992. He passed away one year later from pneumonia that was complicated by his compromised immune system, one of the most common causes of death for those with HIV.