Saturday, December 1, 2012

World AIDS Day Tribute: Remembering The Many Lost

World AIDS Day is held on December 1st each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and the first one was held in 1988.

On World AIDS Day, We Love Soaps would like to recognize some of the creative talents from the soap world who lost their lives due to complications from the AIDS virus.

Christopher Bernau (Philip Todd, DARK SHADOWS; Alan Spaulding, GUIDING LIGHT)
June 2, 1940 to June 14, 1989 (age 49)

David Oliver (Perry Hutchins, ANOTHER WORLD; Sam Gardner, A YEAR IN THE LIFE)
January 31, 1962 to November 12, 1992 (age 30)

Dack Rambo (Grant Harrison, ANOTHER WORLD; Jack Ewing, DALLAS; Steve Jacobi, ALL MY CHILDREN; Wesley Harper, PAPER DOLLS; Tim, NEVER TOO YOUNG)
November 13, 1941 to March 21, 1994 (age 52)



Joel Crothers (Miles Cavanaugh, EDGE OF NIGHT; Jerry Cooper/Jack Lee, SANTA BARBARA; Julian Cannell, SOMERSET; Ken Stevens, THE SECRET STORM; Nathan Forbes, DARK SHADOWS; THE DOCTORS)
January 28, 1941 to November 6, 1985 (age 44)

Howard E. Rollins Jr. (Ed Harding, ANOTHER WORLD, FBI Agent, ALL MY CHILDREN)
October 17, 1950 to December 8, 1996 (age 46)

Bill Beyers (Wally McCandless, CAPITOL)
March 17, 1955 to May 29, 1992 (age 37)



Larry Riley (Calvin Barnes, THE DOCTORS; Frank Williams, KNOTS LANDING)
June 20, 1953 to June 6, 1992 (age 38)

Keith Prentice (Morgan Collins, DARK SHADOWS)
February 21, 1940 to September 27, 1992 (age 52)

Dennis Parker (Derek Mallory, THE EDGE OF NIGHT)
October 28, 1946 to January 28, 1985 (age 38)



Timothy Patrick Murphy (Mickey Trotter, DALLAS; Spencer Langley, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW)
November 3, 1959 to December 6, 1988 (age 29)

Paul Keenan (Todd Chandler, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; Tony Driscoll, DYNASTY)
December 10, 1955 to December 11, 1986 (age 31)

Biff Warren (Mark Lewis, AS THE WORLD TURNS)
December 9, 1955 to September 26, 1993 (age 37)



Samuel D. Ratcliffe (Writer, ANOTHER WORLD, TEXAS, SANTA BARBARA, CAPITOL, LOVING, GUIDING LIGHT, DAYS OF OUR LIVES)
March 30, 1945 to December 14, 1995 (age 50)

Robert Christian (Bob Morgan, ANOTHER WORLD; Dr. Colby, ALL MY CHILDREN; Lieutenant Frank, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW)
December 27, 1939 to January 27, 1983 (age 43)

Irving Allen Lee (Calvin Stoner, THE EDGE OF NIGHT; Evan Cooper, RYAN'S HOPE)
November 21, 1948 to September 5, 1992 (age 43)

Leslie Graves (Brenda Clegg, CAPITOL)
September 29, 1959 to August 23, 1995 (age 35)

Robert Reed (Lloyd Kendall, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW; Mike Brady, THE BRADYS)
October 19, 1932 to May 12, 1992 (age 59)

Ben Archibek (Neil Curtis, DAYS OF OUR LIVES)
January 6, 1943 to October 21, 1993 (age 50)

Tom Rolfing (Cliff Tanner, ANOTHER WORLD)
February 1, 1950 to April 24, 1990 (age 40)

Brad Davis (Alexander Kronos, HOW TO SURVIVE A MARRIAGE)
November 6, 1949 to September 8, 1991 (age 41)

Alan L. Hale (Publicity Agent)
1949 to January 22, 1991 (age 41)

Teddy Wilson (Clem, DALLAS)
December 10, 1943 to July 21, 1991 (age 47)

Robert Drivas (Brad Robinson,OUR PRIVATE WORLD; Ernest Cooper in YOUNG DOCTOR MALONE)
November 21, 1938 to June 29, 1986 (age 47)

Rock Hudson (Daniel Reece, DYNASTY)
November 17, 1925 to October 2, 1985 (age 59)

Tom Fuccello (Paul Kendall, ONE LIFE TO LIVE; Mark Elliott, LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING; Dave Culver, DALLAS)
December 11, 1936 to August 16, 1993 (age 56)

Raymond St. Jacques (Arthur Hooks, FALCON CREST)
March 1, 1930 to August 27, 1990 (age 60)

Raul Julia (Miguel Garcia, LOVE OF LIFE)
March 9, 1940 to October 24, 1994 (age 54)

Lee Mathis (Jon Hanley, GENERAL HOSPITAL)
March 10, 1952 to May 1, 1996 (age 44)

Douglas Lambert (Eddie Weeks, GENERAL HOSPITAL)
July 7, 1936 to December 16, 1986 (age 50)

Paul Shenar (Anthony Westfield, PAPER DOLLS; Jason Dehner, DYNASTY)
February 12, 1936 to October 11, 1989 (age 53)

Anthony Holland (Jacques Pierre, RYAN'S HOPE)
March 3, 1928 to July 9, 1988 (age 60)

Greg York (THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS Costume Designer)
1961 to July 26, 1995 (age 34)

Amanda Blake (Julianna Stanhower, THE EDGE OF NIGHT)
February 20, 1929 to August 16, 1989 (age 60)

Ricky Wilson (The B-52s, GUIDING LIGHT)

Liberace (Guest Star, ANOTHER WORLD)
May 16, 1919 to February 4, 1987 (age 67)

RELATED:
- FLASHBACK: Deidre Hall's Red Ribbon Controversy 1993
- World AIDS Day 2011: And A Look Back At 2010
FLASHBACK: An AIDS Nursing Home Finds It Is No Longer the Last Stop (Joseph Breen 1997)

6 comments:

  1. God Bless These Long-Missed But Never Forgotten Stars!

    Brian

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  2. Something must have been going on the set of EON, 3 from the same era (80-84) gone.

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  3. This year Durex is working towards helping AIDS and HIV prevention charities by donating 1 condom for every share which happens with hashtag #1share1condom. Please Join the initiative at the website www.1share1condom.com

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  4. My God!

    Because of the stigma that existed (& still exists today unfortunately in Black & Hispanic communities & families), Raul Julia's family kept his HIV+ diagnosis under the radar.

    We Still Miss You Today, Raul!

    Brian

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  5. Thank you for posting the names of these entertainers that we lost. It doesn't seem possible that so much time has gone by. Even though we can treat the disease we shouldn't forget those that we've lost. I remember so many of their deaths.

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