William M. Hershon, a gay man and longtime San Francisco AIDS advocate and attorney, died January 29. He was 67. Mr. Hershon died at his home in Alameda, his longtime friend Jonathan Joiner, Esq.
told the Bay Area Reporter Friday evening. He was surrounded by friends, family, and his beloved 15-year-old orange tabby, Cheddar.
Mr. Hershon, known widely as Bill, had planned to take advantage of the state's end of life option, he told the B.A.R. in several phone calls and emails last fall.
Ultimately, however, Joiner said that he did not use that method and passed away naturally. Mr. Hershon contacted the B.A.R.