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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians Who Died of AIDS</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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McKinney</b> — of Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn.; Westport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-born.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/01-30.html">January 30, 1931</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1967-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 4th District, 1971-87; died in office 1987; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/CT.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lgbt.html">Bisexual</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died, from <b>acquired immune deficiency syndrome</b>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/05-07.html">May 7, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 97 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms05539">Oak Lawn Cemetery</a>, Fairfield, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Polk McKinney and Clare Louise (Brett) McKinney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/10-02.html">October 2, 1954</a>, to Lucy Cunningham; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckinney.html#233.70.39">John P. McKinney</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The Stewart B. McKinney <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Transportation Center</a> (built 1987), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-names.html">Stamford, Connecticut</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The Stewart B. McKinney <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">National Wildlife Refuge</a> (etablished 1972 as the Salt Meadow Wildlife Refuge; renamed 1987), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-names.html">Fairfield</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-names.html">New Haven</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-names.html">Middlesex</a> counties, Connecticut, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000527">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407519">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart McKinney (politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/104382968">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Sheldon Andelson (1931-1987)</b> — of Bel Air, Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-born.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/03-05.html">March 5, 1931</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate investor</a>; member, University of California Board of Regents, 1980-86; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984 /committees.html">Arrangements Committee</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1984. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lgbt.html">Gay</a>. Died, from <b>AIDS</b> complications, in Bel Air, Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/12-29.html">December 29, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 299 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon Andelson">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Brian J. Coyle (1944-1991)</b> — of Moorhead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, Minn.; Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in Great Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/CA-born.html">Cascade County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/06-25.html">June 25, 1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College instructor</a>; in 1968, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">indicted</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> for his refusal to comply with the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/protest.html">military draft</a>, but was acquitted as a conscientious objector; Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Minnesota</a>, 1978; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/minneapolis.html">mayor of Minneapolis, Minn.</a>, 1979; president, Minneapolis city council. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lgbt.html">Gay</a>. One of Minnesota's first openly-gay politicians. Died, from <b>AIDS-related complications</b>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/08-23.html">August 23, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 59 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Richard C. Failla (1940-1993)</b> — of New York. Born in Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-born.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/index.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 1st District, 1988-93; died in office 1993. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lgbt.html">Gay</a>. Died, from complications of <b>AIDS</b>, in St. Luke's-Roosevelt <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital Center</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/04-11.html">April 11, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/199447108">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Richard A. Heyman (c.1935-1994)</b> — of Key West, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, Fla. Born about 1935. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/keywest.html">Mayor of Key West, Fla.</a>, 1983-85, 1987-89. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lgbt.html">Gay</a>. One of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> openly gay public officials. Died of <b>AIDS</b>-related <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/09-16.html">September 16, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">about 59 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard A. Heyman">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jon Clifton Hinson (1942-1995)</b> — also known as <b>Jon Hinson</b> — of Mississippi. Born in Tylertown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/WL-born.html">Walthall County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/03-16.html">March 16, 1942</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> 4th District, 1979-81; resigned 1981. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lgbt.html">Gay</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Resigned</a> from Congress in 1981 after being <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> in a men's restroom and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/sex-crimes-scandals.html">oral sodomy</a>. After leaving politics, became a gay rights activist. Died, from <b>acquired immune deficiency syndrome</b>, Silver Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/07-21.html">July 21, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 127 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000641">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405496">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Cal Anderson (1948-1995)</b> — of Washington. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/05-02.html">May 2, 1948</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/WA.html">1984</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/sthse.html">Washington state house of representatives</a>, 1987-95; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/stsen.html">Washington state senate</a>, 1995; died in office 1995. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lgbt.html">Gay</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">First</a> openly gay member of the Washington state legislature. Died from complications of <b>AIDS</b>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/08-04.html">August 4, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 94 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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