11. Tom Fogerty
Tom Fogerty was a beloved musician for the rock band Creedance 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.
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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.
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