Artists who died of HIV-related issues
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United Kingdom1946-1991.
Israel1957-2000.
Nigeria1938-1997.
Puerto Rico1946-1993.
ArgentinaVirus's lead singer was Federico Moura. 1951-1988.
ArgentinaThe lead singer of Los Abuelos was Miguel Abuelo. 1946-1988.
ItalyBaltimora's lead Jimmy McShane. 1957-1995.
United States1947-1988.
United States1950-1994.
United StatesBobby DeBarge. 1956 - 1995.
United States1945 - 1992.
United States1957 - 1997.
United StatesRicky Wilson, the guitarist. 1953 - 1985.
United StatesGene Anthony Ray, 1962 - 2003
United StatesBoth members of Xotica died of AIDS:
Assotto Saint 1957 - 1994
Jan Holmgren 1939 - 1993
United StatesDavid Cole, 1963 - 1995.
United States1949 - 2011. He was HIV positive, but it was not confirmed that AIDS led to his demise.
FranceGilles Bertin, singer, 1961 - 2019.
United StatesRay Stephens 1954 - 1990
Jacques Morali, producer of the band, 1947 - 1991
Germany1951 - 1990
United StatesT.J. Myers died 1990
Michael Callen 1955 - 1993
United States1955 - 1993
United StatesTom Fogerty, guitarist, 1941 - 1990
United StatesWayne Cooper, lead vocalist, 1955 - 1984
United KingdomBilly Lyall, keyboardist, 1953 - 1989
United KingdomAlan Murphy, guitarist, 1953 - 1989
United StatesMiss Lucy, born Luz Selenia Offerrall, died in 1991
SpainIosu Expósito, guitar and vocals, 1960 - 1992
Juanma Suárez, bass guitar and lead vocals, 1962 - 1992
SpainPakito Rodrigo, bass guitar, died 1994
Pedro Landatxe, drums, died 1995
Natxo Etxebarrieta, lead singer, 1964 - 1996
GermanyLouis Hendrik Potgieter, lead singer, 1951-1993
MexicoPedro Fernández, drums. 1956 - 1989
Julio Haro, singer, 1955 - 1992
Lalo Parra, singer, died 1995
United StatesRobbin Crosby, guitarist, 1959 - 2002
United States1951 - 1992
United StatesRay Gillen, singer, 1961 - 1993
United StatesBruce Paskow, bass and vocals, died in 1994
SpainEugenio Haro Ibars, guitarist, 1957 - 1991
SpainManolo Iglesias, drums, 1956 - 1994
Julián Infante, guitarist, 1957 - 2000
SpainCarlos Berlanga 1959 - 2002
CanadaPatrick Esposito Di Napoli, harmonica player and vocalist, 1964 - 1994
SerbiaIvan Vdović, drummer, 1961 - 1992
Dušan Dejanović, drummer, died in 2000
Margita Stefanović, keyboardist, 1959 - 2002
United States1937 - 1993
SerbiaGoran Čavajda ''Čavke'', drums, backing vocals, 1962 - 1997
United States1935 - 1986
SpainÁngel Álvarez López 1961 - 1995
Cuba1943 - 1990
United StatesJerry Nolan 1946 - 1992
Congo (Republica Democratica)1938-1989
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Comments 60
Ofra Haza
Fela Kuti
Rio Reiser is one of the favourite singer from my father
I read up about it but apparently he died from an hemmorhage due to alcohol abuse, not because of AIDS.
So please eliminate him from the list.
Héctor Lavoe
Frankie Ruiz
Liberace
Added, thanks!
Rest in Peace Ofra Haza. She was a great singer with a beautiful voice.
Virus and Los abuelos de la nada
The singer of Virus was Federico Moura and the lead singer of Los Abuelos was Miguel Abuelo.
Both of them were the first known victims of AIDS in Argentina and they both died in 1988
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/patrick-cowley-lyrics.html
https://lyricstranslate.com/pl/baltimora-lyrics.html
Jimmy McShane
1957-1995
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/sylvester-lyrics.html
https://lyricstranslate.com/pl/dan-hartman-lyrics.html
1950-1994
Alma Barroca, you got the link to Baltimora wrong ...
It's been corrected now, thanks for letting me know ;)
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/debarge-lyrics.html
Bobby DeBarge 1956 - 1995
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/sharon-redd-lyrics.html
1945 - 1992
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/jermaine-stewart-lyrics.html
1957 - 1997
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/b-52%E2%80%99s-lyrics.html
Ricky Wilson (guitarrist) 1953 - 1985
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/kids-fame-lyrics.html
Gene Anthony Ray 1962 - 2003
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/mano-solo-lyrics.html
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ant%C3%B3nio-varia%C3%A7%C3%B5es-lyrics.html
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/eazy-e-lyrics.html
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/xotica-lyrics.html
Both members of Xotica died of AIDS:
Assotto Saint 1957 - 1994
Jan Holmgren 1939 - 1993
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David Cole 1963–1995
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/jobriath-lyrics.html
1946–1983
And, I don't know, Gil Scott-Heron was HIV positive and he died 2011 from an illness, but I don't know if HIV was contributing to his death.
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/gil-scott-heron-lyrics.html
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/camera-silens-lyrics.html
Singer Gilles Bertin 1961 - 2019
Hi, maluca! Guten Tag! As you have contributed a lot more to this collection than me, I just gave you collaborator credentials here - honestly, I only added the artist I knew that died from AIDS (and did not do research to find more 🙈 😬 ). Don't hesitate on adding more names as you find them. Regards and thank you for all of your suggestions ;)
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/oleg-yakovlev-lyrics.html
I read up about it, his girlfriend or wife was denying the claim he had AIDS, threatening to sue the news outlets who reported it. Did she do that?
No, she didn't. And she'll never do. She can't deny the undeniable. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wob4wjZzj3c
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/boys-town-gang-lyrics.html
DJ Bill Motley, founder of the band, died 1986
We already reached 100 items. Maybe adding a Part 2?
I would wait until we find 3 or 4 more. I will add the ones I find in the comments here in the meantime.
https://lyricstranslate.com/ru/eduardo-haro-ibars-lyrics.html
Eduardo Haro Ibars 1948 - 1988
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1956 – 1994
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1948 - 1996
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1948 - 1996
Frankie Ruiz didn't die of HIV, he died of a cirrhosis
I'm not sure, there are sources that say his death was due to complications of HIV. Some sources state he had hepatitis, too. Could have been all three causes together.
Well, Wikipedia has no mention of HIV, they only mention he had a liver disease which led him to being hospitalized and dying. I know Wiki is to be taken with a pinch of salt, but they wouldn't (I think) lie in something as serious as the death cause of someone.
Well, they are not lying if they're ommitting something that has not been officially confirmed. If you google "Frankie Ruiz HIV" you come across pages talking about it. He was an intravenous drug user, not gay, so maybe his family did not confirm his HIV status after his death, but it is a long-standing rumour.
https://www.salsacentro.com/a-tribute-to-the-late-frankie-ruiz/
He only did heroin in the early 80's, he was more a consumer of cocaine, alcohol and crack
They weren't all gay or drug addicts.
(#39) Tom Fogerty:
"At some point in the 1980s, Fogerty underwent back surgery, and was given a blood transfusion that was not screened for HIV. This caused him to become infected with the virus and subsequently resulted in his contraction of AIDS alongside his ensuing complications with tuberculosis, all of which eventually led to his death on September 6, 1990"
(Wikipedia)
Of course not. That was the stigma at the time, but now we all know it can be transmitted by heterosexual relations as well. And blood transfusions of course, but today they are screened.
Franco Luambo 1938-1989
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/franco-luambo-lyrics.html
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/planet-hemp-lyrics.html
Skunk, vocalist 1967-1994
Melvin Dixon 1950 - 1992
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/melvin-dixon-lyrics
Thank you for adding Amanda Blake on this list. I'll always remember her as Miss Kitty from the classic western Gunsmoke (I honestly thought she was going to die from something related to her heavy smoking though. I don't know about anybody else but I could definitely hear it on her voice).
I'm not sure if he had a singing career but one person that I can think of that caused quite a stir back in the day about their AIDs/HIV diagnosis is Rock Hudson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Hudson
That's who I think of when I see this page.
Update: I didn't know that he had a page on here or even sang anything I only knew about his acting career. The more you know 😂
Queen,Freddie Mercury died of HIV
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/professors-blues-review-lyrics
"Professor" Eddie Lusk 1948-1992
Is that artist already on another LT page related to committing suicide (if the page even still exists it might even be one of your pages)?
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/las-grecas-lyrics.html
Edelina "Tina" Muñoz Barrull 1957-1995
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/bhundu-boys-lyrics
David Mankaba (d. 1991)
Shepherd Munyama (d. 1992)
Shakespear Kangwena (d. 1993)
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Patrick Mack, singer, died in 1983
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/carlos-augusto-strazzer-lyrics
1946 - 1993
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/anthony-perkins-lyrics.html
1932 - 1992
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/keith-christopher-lyrics
1957 - 1998
I probably need to open a Part 2 for this, shame on me...
Yeah there are sadly quite alot of HIV related deaths regardless of who you are and where you come from 😥
I opened part 2 here:
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/collection/artists-who-died-hiv-related-i...