Celebrities who died of AIDS.
Queen’s Freddie Mercury — one of the greatest musicians of all time — was diagnosed with HIV in 1987 and kept it secret for over 4 years, on account of the social stigma against the disease at the time.
Anthony Perkins, who gave a career-defining performance as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," died on Sept. 12, 1992, from complications of AIDS. He was 60 years old.
British actor and director Tony Richardson, ex-husband of Vanessa Redgrave and father of Joely Richardson and the late Natasha Richardson, died of AIDS in 1991. He won Best Picture and Best Director Oscars for his 1963 movie "Tom Jones."
Former tennis star Arthur Ashe, who contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion, addressed a 1992 World Health Organization (WHO) meeting on the World AIDS Day before dying a year later at age 49. Sports stars who fought AIDS helped destigmatize the disease.
Artist and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe was 42 when he died of AIDS complications. Since his death, his Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation has raised millions of dollars for medical research in the fight against AIDS and
Rock Hudson was a leading man in the romantic comedies of the 1950s and 1960s and among the first celebrities to die of AIDS-related diseases. His passing led his friend and "Giant" co-star Elizabeth Taylor to spend the rest of her life raising funds for AIDS research.
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