The Rise and Fall of AIDS

The pediatrics AIDS foundation was founded by a woman by the name of Elizabeth Glaser who contracted the disease in the 1980s through a blood infusion and unknowingly passed it on to both of her children. The first high-profile fashion-related death was in 1985 with the loss of fashion designer Chester Weinberg, who at this time was a household name. This was followed by Perry Ellis in 1986, Willie Smith in 1987, Men's Wear Designer Lee Wright, and then an up-and-coming Women's Wear Designer by thename of Isaiah Rankin in 1980. And then in 1990, we've talked about this on the show, we have the death of first Patrick Kelly and then