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<tr> <td><a href="/people/236/000173714/">Néstor Almendros</a></td> <td><center>Cinematographer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1992</tt></td> <td>Mauvaise Conduite</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/784/000174262/">Emile Ardolino</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1993</tt></td> <td>Dirty Dancing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/228/000023159/">Arthur Ashe</a></td> <td><center>Tennis</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1993</tt></td> <td>First black man to win Wimbledon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/360/000350307/">Howard Ashman</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1991</tt></td> <td>Beauty and the Beast</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/702/000023633/">Isaac Asimov</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1992</tt></td> <td>Foundation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/666/000132270/">Rick Aviles</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1995</tt></td> <td>Ghost</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/209/000205591/">Michael Bennett</a></td> <td><center>Dancer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1987</tt></td> <td>A Chorus Line</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/050/000091774/">Amanda Blake</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-1989</tt></td> <td>Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/293/000350240/">Gary Bond</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1995</tt></td> <td>English theatre actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/658/000115313/">Harold Brodkey</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jan-1996</tt></td> <td>Stories in an Almost Classical Mode</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/776/000160296/">Merritt Butrick</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Sep-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1989</tt></td> <td>Johnny Slash on Square Pegs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/005/000107681/">Gia Carangi</a></td> <td><center>Model</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1986</tt></td> <td>Troubled supermodel, died from AIDS</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000161362/">Ian Charleson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Aug-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1990</tt></td> <td>Chariots of Fire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/825/000104513/">Bruce Chatwin</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-May-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1989</tt></td> <td>In Patagonia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/903/000048759/">Roy Cohn</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1986</tt></td> <td>Joseph McCarthy's henchman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/305/000135897/">John Curry</a></td> <td><center>Figure Skating</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1994</tt></td> <td>Figure Skater, 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/726/000108402/">Brad Davis</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Nov-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1991</tt></td> <td>Midnight Express</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/660/000214018/">Terry Dolan</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Dec-1986</tt></td> <td>Conservative activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/206/000350153/">Robert Drivas</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Nov-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jun-1986</tt></td> <td>Bad Habits</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000244551/">Simon Dwyer</a></td> <td><center>Editor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1997</tt></td> <td>Rapid Eye Movement</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/126/000023057/">Eazy-E</a></td> <td><center>Rapper</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1995</tt></td> <td>N.W.A. member died of AIDS</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/693/000103384/">Denholm Elliott</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Oct-1992</tt></td> <td>A Room with a View</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/200/000127816/">Perry Ellis</a></td> <td><center>Fashion Designer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1986</tt></td> <td>Founder, Perry Ellis International</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/139/000135731/">Wayland Flowers</a></td> <td><center>Performance Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-1988</tt></td> <td>Madame's puppeteer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/511/000026433/">Tom Fogerty</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1990</tt></td> <td>Creedence Clearwater Revival</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/323/000095038/">Michel Foucault</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Oct-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1984</tt></td> <td>History of Sexuality</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/686/000160206/">Leonard Frey</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Aug-1988</tt></td> <td>Stage actor, The Boys in the Band</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/833/000110503/">Kevin Peter Hall</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1991</tt></td> <td>Predator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/858/000084606/">Keith Haring</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-May-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1990</tt></td> <td>Abstract graffiti and mural artist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/028/000354960/">Dan Hartman</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Mar-1994</tt></td> <td>I Can Dream About You</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/965/000024893/">John Holmes</a></td> <td><center>Pornstar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1988</tt></td> <td>Life-support system for a 10-inch penis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/655/000026577/">Rock Hudson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1985</tt></td> <td>Ice Station Zebra</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/242/000055077/">Jack Idema</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-2012</tt></td> <td>Green Beret wannabe</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/881/000036773/">Derek Jarman</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1994</tt></td> <td>The Last of England</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/924/000108600/">Michael Jeter</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-2003</tt></td> <td>Evening Shade</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/097/000047953/">James Kirkwood</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Aug-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1989</tt></td> <td>A Chorus Line</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/067/000078830/">Fela Kuti</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Oct-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1997</tt></td> <td>God of Afrobeat</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/360/000160877/">Hector Lavoe</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jun-1993</tt></td> <td>Puerto Rican salsa singer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/776/000027695/">Liberace</a></td> <td><center>Pianist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-May-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1987</tt></td> <td>Rhinestoned pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/980/000024908/">Robert Mapplethorpe</a></td> <td><center>Photographer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1989</tt></td> <td>Erotic photographer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/164/000349114/">John Megna</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Sep-1995</tt></td> <td>To Kill a Mockingbird</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/521/000044389/">Freddie Mercury</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Sep-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-1991</tt></td> <td>Lead singer, Queen</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/059/000163567/">Timothy Patrick Murphy</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Nov-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1988</tt></td> <td>Dallas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/221/000091945/">Klaus Nomi</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Aug-1983</tt></td> <td>New Wave counter-tenor from Mars</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/619/000043490/">Rudolf Nureyev</a></td> <td><center>Dancer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1993</tt></td> <td>Defected to France from Kirov Ballet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000024773/">Anthony Perkins</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-1992</tt></td> <td>Psycho</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/620/000054458/">Dack Rambo</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Mar-1994</tt></td> <td>Jack Ewing on Dallas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/321/000163829/">Robert C. Randall</a></td> <td><center>Victim</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-2001</tt></td> <td>First recipient of federal marijuana</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/249/000043120/">Tony Richardson</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1991</tt></td> <td>The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/533/000049386/">Max Robinson</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-1988</tt></td> <td>Co-Anchor of World News Tonight</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/210/000115862/">Severo Sarduy</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-1993</tt></td> <td>De donde son los Cantantes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/434/000024362/">Gregory Scarpa, Sr.</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-1994</tt></td> <td>Top Mafia FBI informant for 30 years</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/570/000119213/">Gil Scott-Heron</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-2011</tt></td> <td>The Revolution Will Not Be Televised</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/286/000044154/">Ray Sharkey</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1993</tt></td> <td>Sonny Steelgrave on Wiseguy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/153/000131757/">Paul Shenar</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-1989</tt></td> <td>The Secret of NIMH</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/295/000177761/">Randy Shilts</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1994</tt></td> <td>Chronicler of AIDS, biographer of Harvey Milk</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000163737/">Jermaine Stewart</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1997</tt></td> <td>We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/979/000132583/">Tom Villard</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1994</tt></td> <td>Popcorn</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/772/000110442/">Ryan White</a></td> <td><center>Victim</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1990</tt></td> <td>Suburban kid, AIDS activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/510/000026432/">Ricky Wilson</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1985</tt></td> <td>Guitarist for the B-52's</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/535/000262746/">David Wojnarowicz</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Sep-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-1992</tt></td> <td>One Day This Kid</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=69083" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/127/000001124/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/127/1124/s1124.jpg" width=128> The Beatles</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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