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Charlie Sheen & Other Celebrities With HIV

Charlie Sheen & 10 More Celebrities Who Publicly Battled HIV [Photos]

Published on November 17, 2015

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Charlie Sheen just reminded the world that the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV is still very real and incredulous to race, gender or even sexual orientation.

The famed TV actor admitted that the rumors of him having the fearful virus that causes AIDS were true on TODAY and how he plans to live his life going forward.

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His revelation takes us back to several other instances where the virus dominated the global stage. Flip through the gallery to see ten more celebrities with HIV and how they fared in life.

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Magic Johnson

Hall Of Fame NBA Star
Status: Alive

The Los Angeles Lakers star was forced to retire with plenty of career left in 1991 after he discovered he had contracted the virus. Today, his presence in the sports and entertainment world has done wonders to eradicate the stigma associated with HIV.

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Arthur Ashe

Tennis Great; First African-American to win singles competition in Wimbledon and the U.S. Open
Status: Deceased

While undergoing a blood transfusion during a heart bypass surgery in 1983, Ashe contracted the virus but remained a positive advocate for the cause until his death ten years later on February 6, 1993.

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Eric “Eazy-E” Wright

Godfather of Gangsta Rap; Founding member of N.W.A
Status: Deceased

Known to be a ladies man, Eazy-E was discovered to have HIV after being hospitalized in February 1995. He was dead a month later. His life story is highlighted in the box office smash, Straight Outta Compton.

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Rock Hudson

Actor; First celebrity to go public with an AIDS-related illness
Status: Deceased

The Golden Globe Award-winning star achieved A-list status during the 1950s and 1960s and was also reportedly a closeted homosexual and became an advocate for the disease until his death on October 2, 1985 at the age of 59.

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Greg Louganis

Gold Medal-Winning Olympic Diver
Status: Alive

Louganis confirmed he was both gay and HIV-positive in his 1996 biography Breaking the Waves, and works as an activist for both causes in the present day.

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Tommy Morrison

Boxer; Former WBO Heavyweight Champion
Status: Deceased

The prize-fighter died on September 1, 2013 at the age of 44 and his public battle with the virus revealed the many complications that testing could involve.

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Freddie Mercury

Rock ‘N Roll Legend; Queen
Status: Deceased

Renown for having one of the greatest voices music has ever witnessed, Mercury grew increasingly ill in the late 1980s and after he admitted to having full-blown AIDS on November 22, 1991 in a public statement, he died the next day at the age of 45.

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Michael Jeter

Actor; The Green Mile
Status: Deceased

The openly gay character actor appeared in a handful of movies before he died of an epileptic seizure on March 30, 2003.

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Andy Bell

Singer; Erasure
Status: Alive

The lead singer of the English synthpop duo has been living with HIV for more than 10 years and still performs to this very day. His partner, Paul Hickey, died on April 11, 2012 at the age of 62 after suffering from a longtime illness.

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Robert Reed

Actor; The Brady Brunch
Status: Deceased

“Mike Brady’s” public battle with HIV came after his death in May of 1992, after it was discovered he was both gay and HIV-positive. Today, his legacy is used as a positive expression for people to be who they are without fear of public scrutiny.

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