5 celebrities who faced AIDS

• April 27, 2024

Thanks to characters of the world of sports, culture and entertainment, AIDS acquired a media projection that served to make health organizations and governments aware of its seriousness

The death of the mythical actor Rock Hudson, in 1985, he put AIDS in the mouth of half the world and ends with an indeterminate number of years of ignorance and silence. After him, the death of other great characters would be related to this syndrome.

In GetQoralHealth we offer you the cases of 5 famous people who have fought against this terrible disease .

1. Earvin "Magic" Johnson . Considered one of the best basketball players of all time, it symbolizes the change of social perception regarding the AIDS . His case, made public in 1991, serves as a reference to this struggle. Since then, he has dedicated his life to fighting virus in all its fields.

2. Héctor Lavoe . He died at a time when there was still no social awareness about the disease , neither retroviral , so acquiring it was synonymous with death in most cases. His story is an enumeration of successes and the excesses that a fame ephemeral Thus, Rubén Blades , his partner in the Fania All Stars, composed the legendary song called "El Cantante", which reflects his frenetic lifestyle.

3. Greg Louganis . The Olympic diver declared in 1995 that he was seropositive , news that caused a stir because during the Olympic Games in Seoul, 1998, he suffered a head injury when falling on a trampoline and lost blood in the pool. However, this alarm was unjustified and resulted from general ignorance of the HIV , because it can not be transmitted in this way.

4. Isaac Asimov . One of the most recognized science fiction writers, he died in 1992 as a victim of HIV and ignorance in the early 80's. It was in this decade when he acquired it due to a transfusion with contaminated blood during an operation. It was not until 2002 that Janet Asimov, a widow, publicly declared that the author suffered AIDS .

5. Reinaldo Arenas . The Cuban writer and poet narrates in his novel "Before Night Falls", the way in which the HIV consumed his life, whose film adaptation, starring the Spanish actor Javier Bardem , was nominated for Best Film of the Year by the American Film Institute.

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