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AIDS Red Ribbon creator Patrick O’Connell has died aged 67

It was confirmed yesterday that AIDS activist Patrick O’Connell has sadly passed away aged 67. The New Yorker died on March 23 in a Manhattan hospital as a result of AIDS-related complications, following living with the disease for almost 40 years. He leaves behind an incredible legacy as a devotee to the movement against the […]
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05.05 / 13:32
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Prominent HIV/AIDS activist and red ribbon designer, Patrick O’Connell, has died at 67, with his brother confirming to The New York Times that his death was a result of AIDS-related causes. In 1991, O’Connell formed Visual AIDS, a collection of artists dedicated to producing work to raise awareness of the illness, telling the BBC in 2003: “We had no choice…The East Village art scene felt like it was disappearing overnight because of AIDS.
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