Popular Celebrities Died Due to AIDS, Check out The Shocking List
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Celebrities live an open public life, their personal life, as well as professional lives, are open for everyone. You may have heard about celebrities, who died due to some serious diseases like Cancer or even getting shot dead. You may have also heard about some popular figures died in a tragic accident or in terror attacks. But you would have no idea about Popular Celebrities died due to AIDS.
Death is a certain thing in anyone’s life, but sometimes how it comes makes the news. AIDS is one of the most dangerous diseases in the world, which is still considered as incurable. You may not have heard about these famous personalities, who died due to this highly dangerous disease AIDS. You will be surprised to see the name on our list. Our list consists of famous personalities in all around the world, which includes actors, actresses, and musicians among others.
Without further delay, let’s check out the list of Popular Celebrities died due to AIDS.
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe was a very popular and successful Tennis players in America. He was also the first player of the color to get selected for the United States Davis Cup team. He was also an only black player to win a singles title at prestigious Wimbledon, The Australian Open and The US Open.
It is reported that he got HIV from a blood transfusion when he underwent a heart bypass surgery. Arthur died on 6th February 1993 at the age of 49.
Nisha Noor
Nisha Noor was one of the most popular actresses working in South film industry in the 80s. She has given several memorable performances in her film career. But due to some reasons, her professional life took an ugly turn, as her career started to sink. It has been reported that a film producer has forced her to get into prostitution business. It is believed that the actress got the disease from there.
Due to this, Nisha Noor had to leave her film career. You will be shocked to see her pictures in her last days. The actress looked unrecognizable. According to the reports, Nisha died in the year 2007. She died in some local hospital in Nagpur.
Gia Carangi
Gia Carangi was one of the most recognized supermodels of her time. She had worked with almost every leading brand at her peak. But her addiction to drugs played a very important part in spoiling her career.
She got affected by AIDS at the age of 26, which also brought the worst phase in her career. She succumbed to death on 18th November 1986.
Pedro Zamora
Pedro Zamora was a Cuban-American TV star, who worked very hard in creating awareness among the public regarding the highly dangerous AIDS. While appearing on the reality TV series The Real World: San Francisco on MTV, he revealed about being HIV positive. He also opened about his sexuality.
The above picture shows how Pedro looked in his last days. He received this deadly virus from his gay partner. He died on 11th November 1994.
Ricky Wilson
Ricky Wilson was part of famous American music band named The B-52 in the 80s. The guitarist of The B-52 was diagnosed with AIDS in 1983.
Ricky died in 1985 due to AIDS.
This completes our list of Popular Celebrities Died Due to AIDS.