Top 10 Celebrities whose HIV/AIDS Diagnosis Shocked Fans

Top 10 Celebrities whose HIV/AIDS Diagnosis Shocked Fans
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The world was shocked by Charlie Sheen’s HIV/AIDS announcement in 2016, but it was unfortunately not the first time that fans had heard such a tragic diagnosis of the deadly disease. Of course, this disease isn’t exclusive to any one group of people, so we will be looking at the most notable and famous cases of HIV and AIDS within the public conscience: music artists, actors, activists, politicians, athletes and many more who both survived and fell victim to this tragic disease.
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00:45 #10. Gia Carangi
01:47 #9. Rock Hudson
03:05 #8. Pedro Zamora
04:14 #7. Greg Louganis
05:30 #6. Isaac Asimov
06:35 #5. Eazy-E
07:28 #4. Charlie Sheen
09:06 #3, #2 & #1. ????
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[@Malky24]

"Some diseases just don't care who you are." What are the diseases that care?

[@kenmoll2896]

Sickle cell anemia

[@shondace]

the flu. rich people don't get the flu.

[@csch9463]

Malky24 diabetes

[@WillemScheij]

only type 2*

[@mraims2plez]

Well now there is af-FLU-enza!

[@jacobgaskins8756]

"I don't wanna die but sometime I wish I was never born at all"

[@mxmaxter8759]

I've seen a little silluetto of a man

[@Kaneko2518]

Scaramouch, scaramouch, will you do the fandango?! Thunderbolt and lightning, very very frightening me!

[@brendabrown8645]

anytime i hear that line,I feel like freddy knew he was gonna die sooner than expected😢

[@wolfpak8228]

Thy Ogrelord --maybe you should get some help

[@melaniekaufman6565]

I'm so sorry you feel that way,no none should please talk to someone.A parent a friend a clergy person,anyone you needed help and that's OK believe me.

[@solangesuchitradevidasi2113]

Charlie Sheen's Aids diagnosis never shocked me. What shocks me is the fact he's still alive given his crazy lifestyle! 😳

[@ItsJustSoSweet]

Charlie Sheen doesn’t have AIDS, he has HIV and he’s alive cause there is great new medicine rendering HIV to not even show in the body like Magic Johnson. People in 2021 actively live with HIV for decades now and sometimes never contracting AIDS complications . There are also medicine for high risk people like Truvada for Prep which protects you from HIV

[@jayjanilleheslop8074]

He was passing it on to others

[@elainemorrow8281]

I am a huge fan of Charlie Sheen. Always will be!!!

[@nikicarrie4071]

He said on dr oz he was cured from Mexico 🇲🇽

[@scoobydoingyourmum7899]

@@elainemorrow8281 really even the corey feldman situation

[@danielewenkhare3600]

R.I.P. to those that passed away, what you left in this world, shall NEVER be forgotten 💙🙏🏾

[@RK-su4hs]

Great sentiment…however untrue. We are forgotten very quickly. Just momentary blimps on the radar screen That’s life 😉

[@vanessashaw6912]

He's survived so long that I tend to forget that Magic Johnson is HIV positive. And that is a good rhing.

[@JulesD92]

Well nowadays AIDS is not a Death sentence anymore.

[@cjm2371]

@@JulesD92 Yeah, too bad for Eazy E and Freddie for me.

[@shannonjohnson1881]

I low key forgot he has it. He's mainly known for basketball and having like 72 bright white teeth

[@johnathanjames6127]

That happens with me too. I thought he'd be dead certainly before 2000. That was 29 years ago!

[@karinaoskarsson7134]

AIDS and HIV are not the same thing

[@geraldbean1]

I feel really sorry for people who got it without fault of their own. That's fucking shit. Imagine going for surgery and coming out with HIV. That's so sad

[@Mersoh]

chihuahua that only happens in countries where they perform surgery with branches and rocks

[@brandonjohnson9876]

These days, yes. But back in the 80's? If anything, the AID/HIV epidemic forced hospitals to better screen their blood and increase sanitation requirements.

[@geraldbean1]

Brandon Johnson ***** I suppose that's one good thing to come out of it. If only more people realised. Cos we'd be fucked otherwise

[@coreydallas292]

I would be mad as hell if that happen to me

[@cherrycola3604]

chihuahua Ikr 💔😭

[@MACsToyBox]

I'm so happy Gia made this list. She's often forgotten by most.... But, NEVER by me. Love you, Gia!

[@ritawarde5518]

I work in a Molecular Lab where along with Covid we test for HIV. Growing up during the 80’s I knew people diagnosed with HIV and recently Covid. I worked in a nursing home before my present job during the height of the pandemic. Education and compassion go along way in life. Be kind to one another.. Peace ☮️

[@kateythecaterpillar2896]

“The show must go on, darling* ❤️Freddie❤️ RIP

[@piperlawson56]

Brians face in ur profile picture is 👌🏻

[@rzxkp7none275]

Great musician.

[@pmis_relgnepsnoge]

👌🏻

[@TyeArtisik]

👍🏾

[@mippyreid8587]

At least Charlie Sheen put his hands up and admitted to drug abuse and promiscuous behaviour. This scared him into turning his life around. My good friend contracted HIV from a blood transfusion as a child, and she's older than me (I'm 41) and looks healthier than I do, with rosy cheeks and she is currently asymptomatic despite having the virus for 35 years. She's never gone on to full-blown AIDS. She beat Hepatitis C and her T Cell count is amazing :) Kirsty is my hero x

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

He admitted it a little late. Like many partners too late. If he infected anyone, he should be sued for that.....

[@nonameface4886]

He also put a lot of people at risk with his selfish behavior

[@mrBjarneLP]

@@jonclarkson5911 Lol what?

[@jonclarkson5911]

@@mrBjarneLP What I written is true. Be careful out there.

[@amethystdawn9476]

Jon Clarkson Charlie Sheen isn’t gay.

[@deemariedubois4916]

My uncle died of AIDS. Our entire family including his two daughters were devastated with his death but even worse was watching his physical deterioration leading to his death. There was no treatment when he acquired HIV. He was a young healthy athletic man and when his AIDS began until his death was a long painful journey. Nobody deserves what he went through. It broke his mom’s, my grand mom, heart.

[@meriembensalah2190]

I'm so sorry for your loss , may he rest in peace and be in a better place

[@deemariedubois4916]

@@meriembensalah2190 Thank you for your kind response.

[@CamaroAmx]

How’d he get it? Blood transfusion, sketchy women?

[@ericscott3040]

My mother was diagnosed with HIV in 1993 and passed away in 1999 at the San Antonio S.A.F.E. House. She took many experimental "AIDS CONCOCTIONS" which now allow people to live with it...I Love you!!!!!

[@tiffsaver]

The great Arthur Ashe will always be the single greatest athlete celebrity in the fight against AIDS, because he was the very first to tell the world of his affliction, caused by a blood transfusion during surgery. It took a world of courage to do that.

[@lavanderwilliams111]

I have a movie for you to watch on this subject. It's called "3 needles", and it's about hiv/aids. There's a documentary about the epidemic in China. Bill Clinton and Magic Johnson are in it. It's an older movie (over 12 years), so it might be hard to find. ( I have the DVD)

[@heatherlofts153]

No. I'm interested to see the ones I didn't know about.

[@jmongmon1100]

No, but he is an important person.

[@AdamInBoise]

Charlie Sheen's diagnosis shocked people? I'd've been more shocked if he DIDN'T have STDs.

[@toyshanger8945]

AdamInBoise is the same with Freddie. It doesn’t shock me

[@basshuntet1455]

@vitoduval at the end rock changed his name to pebble

[@nocphomokoena3112]

vitoduval 😅😅

[@yvettejones4991]

AdamInBoise Me to 🤒

[@dennisalfonso7699]

I was not surprised at all.

[@fionam7768]

For me, the shock with Charlie was that something hadn't killed him years before. Having grown up watching him burn thru that amazing talent so carelessly, so aimlessly, it was only a matter of time before something caught up with him - one had to feel for the family and friends he do cavalierly dragged along on his rollercoaster before the diagnosis

[@user-ob4cc1jl5h]

I really think Charlie is mentally ill !

[@itsjustrenee1320]

Doctors wanted Azimov's infection kept quiet because they didn't want the public to become aware of a tainted blood supply..

[@mightyjoe5181]

Yurp 😧

[@jaywunder13242]

@@wordwan Hudson was gay and promiscuous. I think people just assumed he got it that way.

[@TheOperalover76]

They said it was probably from tainted blood during a bypass in 1981.

[@majicraven]

One of those science fiction writeres lived in Thailand and maybe was a pedophile. Think it was Azimov? He is one of my favorites though.

[@browesr1]

Freddie should've been number one. He is missed by millions.

[@JVMIESON]

Idk, imo it was no secret that Freddy was promiscuous and though he didn't really come out, we just knew he was gay and the media/newspapers were printing and selling "Is Freddie dying?"as well as that sterotypical "if you're gay you have aids" bullshite. There was a lead up suspicion that he was sick even before that weight loss showed from the last award Queen recieved. What was weird with Magic Johnson was he literally just got married. The NBA Babyface with a child like smile was promiscuous and messed around? It was more a surprise for me than freddie mercury imo

[@WolfieXCosplay]

@@JVMIESON true also I believe Freddie Mercury was actually bisexual he did love a woman Mary for his whole life even though he slept around.

[@JVMIESON]

@@TheJpep2424 I agree, I feel some of the earlier ranking candidates had more "shock" value but no one knew them. As far as freddie and Eazy goes, ehh. lol

[@darrenhood4033]

If this video was titled "Top 10 celebs who died of AIDS" then yeah, Freddie would make the list, but this is about the diagnoses that shocked the world, and with that Magic Johnson is no. 1. There is no doubt that the superstar Laker player who had this charm and charisma and great natural talent that helped propel the NBA to a class of its own and greater popularity, who was straight, his catching the virus was a bigger shock, than a obviously gay man, who was wasting away since the year 1987, and by the time of his death was showing the signs of advanced AIDS with olcers throughout his body. It is only now 25+ years later that people recognize how tragic this was, back then it was expected, and the man was demonized for his sickness and the fact he was gay.

[@alishal.9566]

He still had it. No one is excluded because people lived them!!!

[@WatchMojo]

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[@snuffilufagusgaming1922]

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[@zawadikagira]

Not Applicable lol, I love chatting with early guys

[@chibiprussia5574]

Freddie Mercury is one of the greatest singers ever. He's a legend. And you know what they say about legends. They never die.

[@Catrinabrown2013]

If you listen to Queen’s “Show must go on” that was the final song Freddie Mercury recorded, and it was done in one take, I watched a documentary on Queen and the band members said that Freddie Mercury was very frail and they wanted to cut the album a bit short. Freddie Mercury pretty much said “No I’m going to do this, watch!” Took a swig of liquor and in one shot just gave it his all.... that’s pretty freaking amazing to me and he should have been number one.

[@dequadiewalton7619]

Liberace wouldn't like that

[@lloydlyall8120]

Mother love was the last song freddie sang on😎

[@janieriddle6068]

@ Catrina Brown--Queen- Days of our lives... was the last Vid Freddie was ever in and wrote.

[@lloydlyall8120]

@@janieriddle6068 roger taylor wrote days of our lives😎

[@erickorfhage235]

Catrina Brown mother love was Freddie’s last song

[@faerieworks7170]

Isaac Asimov was the shocker for me - I had no idea until I watched this.

[@KDL861]

Jennifer Thibodeau Me, either!

[@barbarapease9399]

I'm with you two. How many times have I watched 'I, robot"? It's really sad. I am truly sorry for those that have it.

[@tsukie11]

Shocker for me as well. RIP all of them.

[@colleenross8752]

What are the 3 rules?

[@laurab5750]

@@colleenross8752 1 A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm 2 A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First law. 2 obot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws

[@morkie9574]

*its so sad to see people suffer from different kinds of sicknesses*

[@dodzik07]

morkie You have one too. It’s called your sick with obsession of kpop

[@big-black-jamal69]

morkie sometimes it does

[@Uloveeverglow]

yes

[@screenactorsguilable]

@@Uloveeverglow 5:20 hot old-young

[@taroupriapus5202]

Made me think even more if god really cares or there's god in the first place

[@ebarteldes]

It is incredible how Magic Johnson is STILL healthy almost 30 years after his diagnosis. God bless him

[@omaamigbo1259]

Ernest Barteldes it is a conspiracy!! Why is everyone else dying/deceased?? Why are this man and his wife still healthy and prosperous/alive....

[@michellelogreco3351]

Ernest Barteldes h

[@bridgettechampagne1416]

shit that's cause he's the money to afford the good meds😂😂

[@eugenemotes9921]

Magic Johnson Never Had HIV, to begin with.

[@LRod1959]

Magic Johnson tested positive for HIV and it has not progressed to AIDS - that's the difference.

[@sarahcellblockh1562]

I cannot believe how quickly Eazy E died after being diagnosed, must've been such a shock.

[@erswnn]

How long had he been infected? What other medical issues ... co-morbidity....may have existed? What was his general health , diet, drugs, booze, proper sleep, stress, etc? Many, many factors in play. And then there is will. Some of us may possess a stronger resolve than others.

[@danhard8440]

not to mention when they say " diagnosed " just means they tested for it more publicly he could have had it for years and had private test to determine it

[@sarahcellblockh1562]

@@danhard8440 he looked so healthy for years, I guess that means nothing then, it must've hit him so hard when he received the results for the full battery blood test.

[@pecoliawilliams145]

I believe there are questions about easy e death

[@twyz0ne]

That's because he was murdered. You found it to be suspect rather quickly too huh 🤔 Eazy was sacrificed.

[@spaceballs44]

I bet Magic Johnson will live into his late 80’s.

[@ladiiblue2u634]

Yep

[@GH90-_]

surprisingly though, his AIDS got downgraded back to HIV when he kept taking prescripted retroviral drugs.

[@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736]

@@GH90-_ really? I had no idea

[@GH90-_]

@@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736 yeah I heard it in a documentary, I can't remember the name though.

[@ItsJustSoSweet]

Magic Johnson bloodwork doesn’t even show he has HIV anymore. He has money so he can pay for the cure treatment

[@randrrr2193]

I followed Isaac Asimov very closely. When he died at 72 years old in "92 of a heart failure, I accepted that, even though there were some tragic frightening moments. In his book GOLD in 2002, his wife and daughter let the world know the truth. I was a little upset that Asimov, the great explainer that he was, never let on about being HIV positive. His writing about the condition might have helped some other HIV positive people to get through the problem. I remember Magic Johnson speaking out about his own condition in 1992. I'm sure Johnson's activism helped many. RIP Isaac.

[@craigcorson3036]

I never knew Asimov had HIV until this video

[@cecilgamble9666]

I believe magic Johnson straight took one for his people

[@CuirPhotodotNet]

@@cecilgamble9666 ....you have no idea....his nonchalance .... dignity....and CHARISMA... was a revelation to the planet...a co worker of mine interviewed him for the Advocate Magazine the biggest LGBTQ publication in the world...and the ICONIC director...celebrity and fashion photographer HERB RITTS shot the images of MAGIC....and they both were just in AWE of MJ...for his bravery and serenity about it all....HERB himself was hiding his own HIV positive status and broke down crying after MJ finished the shoot....HERB was constantly hugging MJ...and the images are of course amazing .....he truly changed the game...black people tried to stigmatize and mock him...however he just was above the pettiness shame and stigma...he just was beyond limits...and STILL is....he is forever....truly MAGIC....

[@ThirtyThree-sq2ie]

Asimov was ordered to not speak about his diagnosis.

[@veevintage2619]

Freddie Mercury should have been no 1 in this list. There was no official statement of his illness until a day before his death, that is WAY more shocking than Magic calling the press. Bless you Freddie.

[@Ace-vn3kc]

Van E. Brand ok woah what is wrong with you no one should be number one just because you like them

[@steliosarvanitis5606]

Or klaus Nomi.

[@mikshin9825]

Teenagers don't know his music you see. In 10 more years Michael Jackson will be forgotten too, it's horrible.

[@ceylaanblue96]

Van E. Brand. It was because no one should have been shocked because he was gay, but Magic is a straight basketball player. It's just how we think.

[@TS-qq7vr]

A notoriously gay guy fronting an arena headlining rock band in the '70s & '80s at the inception of AIDS got it. Yeah, shocker.

[@deemareedubois3137]

Magic Johnson’s was the most surprising HIV diagnosis for me. He was the most likable, talented NBA player and I just remember listening to that press conference and being stunned. I’m glad he and that wonderful grin of his are still with us.

[@italianstallion9170]

didn't even know he was gay..

[@laphatty1]

@@italianstallion9170 he's not he caught it from having sex with groupies

[@moejoe5090]

@@italianstallion9170 he isn't and contracted allegedly through promiscuity with women

[@Chris-ts6bs]

I think he went bareback on a prostitute. That's kind of risky. Oops 🙊

[@kaseymigliaccio2519]

@@italianstallion9170 You don't have to be GAY to contract HIV/AIDS... lol

[@vickiestanley2307]

Didn't Arthur Ash contract the virus through a blood transfusion before the intense blood screening we have now. At least that's what I remember.

[@haydeetorres3602]

True, he was my patient. Lovely person.

[@dawnchristensen7492]

Your right, blood transfusion from hiv blood donor. Same with Michael Glassers wife, infant. She had a C-section. I remember them all stepping up to raise awareness. Rip😐

[@JellyBabie1984]

That is true, our blood supply actually wasn't completely clean till the early 90's. Personally I was tested multiple times starting at 15 months old after having nearly half a dozen donors during my open heart surgery for a CHD in 1985. It was protocol to test for 5 years at the hospital I had my surgery at in California.

[@rzxkp7none275]

Great tennis player

[@purselmer5931]

@@rzxkp7none275 Really a great man too. Never heard a bad word about the man from literally anyone. Gentleman through and through (and that's tough in tennis sometimes, lol).

[@huntergaming7774]

Top 3 should be 3.Magic johnson 2.Eazy e 1.Freddie mercury

[@jinakaye]

4.) Eazy-E 3.) Freddie Mercury 2.) Magic Johnson 1.) Isaac Asimov...only because of how he contracted it and his doctors telling him not to speak on it. His admission could have save Ryan White's life...

[@oliviahunter2821]

Agreed!

[@gracekennedy2364]

Yaasssss

[@lindadick9467]

Yes especially eazy and freddie we love you bless you both

[@jessebryant9233]

All very promiscuous individuals, with Freddie being bisexual? It might have shocked us, but given their lifestyles, it should not have been shocking.

[@61dodgelancer]

Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 - September 12, 1992) For those too young to remember him, he was an American actor and singer. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his second film, Friendly Persuasion, but is best known for playing Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and its three sequels. His other films include Fear Strikes Out (1957), The Matchmaker (1958), On the Beach (1959), Tall Story (1960), The Trial (1962), Phaedra (1962), Five Miles to Midnight (1962), Pretty Poison (1968), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Mahogany (1975), North Sea Hijack (1979), The Black Hole (1979), and Crimes of Passion (1984). Perkins died at his Los Angeles home on September 12, 1992, from AIDS-related pneumonia at age sixty.

[@ellawhiteside6483]

61dodgelancer oh of course! Thank you so much for mentioning him I had actually forgotten all about him. He was an amazing actor 🙏

[@colleenross8752]

And his widow was killed in 9/11

[@61dodgelancer]

@@colleenross8752 Yes, you're right. Berry Berenson, who was married to actor Anthony Perkins from 1973 until his death in 1992, died in the September 11 attacks as a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11. Her elder sister, Marisa Berenson, became a well-known model and actress.

[@susancullimore5643]

The list you give honors a great actor who we lost too soon.

[@dimply1000]

I loved Anthony Perkins he was the best ever.

[@michelleonuorah7142]

Arthur Ashe was shocking to me, especially learning how hospitals didn't test blood prior to transfusions. 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@marvinflatt6947]

They did, Red Cross refused to destroy the blood supply that was stocked up...cost Watch the movie "And the band played on". Tells the story of the beginning of this disease.

[@random_fictional_debates]

R.I.P Eazy-E R.I.P Freddie Mercury

[@Last_Chancers_Karaoke]

Two legends of the music industry

[@xana5649]

Soooooo sad

[@GoreOB]

Who is easy e?

[@xana5649]

@@GoreOB a rapper. Died with Aids.

[@GoreOB]

@@xana5649 oh he was a rapper. I'm not into rap and shit so I didn't know

[@judilynn9569]

The one that really pissed me off was Arthur Ashe. He was my favorite tennis pro. He survived a heart attack, due to his excellent physical condition from playing...only to contract AIDS through tainted blood during surgery! Not fair!

[@richardcramer1604]

Batphink Reynolds, more likely sold their blood than donated, but to be fair I'm sure most didn't know they had AIDS, they just needed to come up with the cash for their fix.

[@MsXizan]

No one ever said life was fair, Judi. That said, you're right it wasn't fair to Arthur.

[@jpmackey1607]

Wow.

[@shaunclark425]

ABSOLUTELY Batphink Reynolds.... YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO...

[@LuisRomero-ou6zl]

No sr no puedo

[@fizgig2016]

Isaac Asimov was the shocker. I mourned his passing as one of my favorite authors, and they kept the truth hidden for a long time. When it finally came out he had died of AIDS, it was like a second death - I mourned him all over again.

[@kmuturi238]

I feel for those who were diagnosed with HIV in the '90s, then, it was a death sentence

[@kmuturi238]

@Lebo leigh Leigh sad, I hope one day a cure for the disease shall be found

[@CamaroAmx]

@@kmuturi238 not likely. AIDS is a virus. Viruses constantly change. The day they come out with a true cure for AIDS will be the day after they cure the common cold.

[@bubbadog8721]

not so much the 90's, but rather the 80's. I tested positive in 1997, and am healthier than I've ever been. 24+ years HIV+

[@dabneyscholler8495]

My uncle's brother had to go to Los Angeles to die. They had to cremate him because they couldn't embalm someone with AIDS. I don't know if they can now, that was 30 years ago.

[@zairnermuller4960]

@@bubbadog8721 Yes. In the 80's there was nothing you could do, except expect dying soon.

[@brittneytaylor2996]

Ryan White's death really broke my heart. We were the same age and I followed his story until the end. Pedro Zamora broke my heart too.

[@ednasmith4412]

It was heartbreaking but it brought out more donations for further research.Elton John Princess Dian..

[@littlesongbird1]

@@ednasmith4412 Elton John also supported the family directly. He helped Ryan's family move so he could go to a different high school and leave Kokomo where he was bullied. He gave Ryan's mom the money for the down payment for the house and told her not to worry about paying him back as long as she lived there but she was a proud woman and paid him back every penny he gave her. Elton John turned around took that money she had paid him back and put in a college savings account for Ryan's sister and gave it to the family when she graduated high school.

[@raymondramos4056]

GIA WAS SO SAD ..THAT BROKE MY HEART

[@dandhakljhdlsakfhd4972]

she was 26!!!!!!

[@dulce5616]

her story is so so heart wrenching. my heart really does hope she found peace in the afterlife.

[@brittneytaylor2996]

The movie was so sad

[@tavinhoramon5601]

Love her so much

[@coffdrop77]

"Oh boy, I can't believe Charlie Sheen has HIV" - Said no one ever

[@Confident-Village148]

😂

[@Bernie3000]

SlimVeggie I love that gag!

[@TennysonsMariana]

I thought he would take precautions like anyone else. Hopefully he can afford the best treatments. i don't care about him, but i don't want all his kids to lose their dad. Denise Richards broke off with him due to his$ gambling. She made a wise choice for the sake of her daughters.

[@scottbreon9448]

The only people who don't know Sheen has AIDS is the Amish....LOL

[@janiegiroux5006]

What is sad and kinda sick is that if you had said that about Frddie Mercury, people would be calling you names because God knows you can't responsibilize a gay man for being sexually deviant in his choices of F**ing everything that moves, sand boxing, feltching etc... No no!! He was a "victim" of AIDS... it jumped into him while he wasnt looking!! Gimme a break !!!

[@AfroHairScience]

Gil Scott-Heron shocked me. I literally started crying. Not because he passed from the disease, but his addiction sealed his fate. I knew he struggled to overcome. He is by far in my choice of the top 10 people to have influenced the world. RIP GSH ❤❤🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@thatonegirl4676]

Freddie Mercury's hit me the hardest.

[@sniff_3512]

Rugged Warrior dude Freddie was one of the best singers/songwriters in history and saying just because he was a “high risk homosexual” is basically saying only gay people can get it I love eazy loads but Freddie’s diagnosis was more shocking

[@Dmc1184]

@@sniff_3512 i bet your one of the woke pc types that if you had been around during the original aids crisis..the moment the medical community narrowed down hiv to pockets of the gay community and said that gay bath houses needed to be shut down immediately..you would be screaming in the streets that its Homophobic to do so

[@yourfullofsheite]

@Rugged Warrior Troll trying way to hard.

[@toadcurtis1]

Rugged Warrior Queen delivered a near-impeccable run of hits on the Official Chart: 53 Top 40 singles, six of which went to Number 1.

[@toadcurtis1]

Rugged Warrior bohemian rhapsody, fat bottomed girls, we will rock you, the show must go on, somebody to love, don’t stop me know, we are the champions, killer queen, I wanna break free, radio ga ga, another one bites the dust, under pressure and we will rock you. To name a few. FYI there are more, would you like me to keep going.

[@camthemam235]

What shocked me was Mercury wasn’t #1 on the shock factor.

[@einezcrespo]

Mercury's sexual orientation was always suspect but he was very private. Magic Johnson a straight sports hero was the least expected.

[@packman5906]

Were you around back then???? We all saw Freddie shriveling up and when he annumced he had AIDS, everyone already kind of knew it! Now , Magic Johnson was a complete Shock because he didnt look like he had aids. Understand now dummy?????

[@btinsley1]

@@packman5906 ...Finally, an intelligent response to the post TITLE. Freddie Merk? It isn't who is MISSED more. It is who SCHOCKED fans with HIV diagnosis.

[@sammyscotch9945]

Its AIDS why is important who is #1?

[@gasmaskshawn4656]

cameron baiers I’m gonna snap so this channel that uploaded this to another one bite the dust

[@WowserPalooza]

Good on WatchMojo for making this list. A lot of people will say it's an offbeat list and it's depressing etc. but this is reality. They have a massive fanbase and if videos like this can help spread awareness even just a little bit then they're doing good in my book.

[@nosuchthing8]

Wowser Palooza good post.

[@Thewritingelf]

Wowser Palooza I applaude you for this post.

[@PrincessofPower84]

Thank you for saying this, good sir.

[@patriciahazeltine9986]

Issac Asimov was the shocker for me... I lost so many friends in the 80s to this disease, RIP friends.

[@maia8006]

Love you Freddie !!!! ~Rest in Peace, darling~❤️❤️❤️💔

[@jennyandre5729]

Ive haf hiv for 30 years..i will fight and carry on for those that didnt get to go on bless us all!! God bless us all

[@tastyburger9260]

Jenny Andre that’s disgusting

[@sheliapea1387]

Bless you. I wish you well. I don't know your story. Continue to carry on. Stay encouraged and take care of yourself. Always be true to yourself and others. Peace and love.

[@frankhamed3928]

@@tastyburger9260 sorry for u ' mind your comment or you might die young ' idiot

[@frankhamed3928]

@@sheliapea1387 respect to you 'May God give you long life and happiness. ✌👍

[@myahb1065]

God bless you, I'll keep you in my prayers❤❤

[@Angel-bl7yk]

Charlie Sheen's was not surprising at all

[@nodozz2]

I'm surprised he didn't create a super aid...

[@bartacomuskidd775]

Tiger Aids

[@kerricksanker3051]

When that headline came out, I was surprised it hadn't been confirmed before. I felt like I grew up knowing Charlie Sheen and Magic Johnson had HIV, ya know?

[@aliciaennis4676]

Reporters everywhere: Charlie Sheen has announced that he has been diagnosed with HIV Everyone watching the news/TMZ: Wow... didn't see that coming... *cough* sarcasm

[@CJG1419]

Alpha that’s what I was thinking

[@karenward267]

RIP, Freddie. You and your incredible voice are missed by so many of us.

[@shanelambert8451]

Freddie would have still been here if he hadn't been fucking that other guy in the ass

[@karenward267]

@@shanelambert8451 unnecessary and uncalled for.

[@shanelambert8451]

I'm telling you and anybody else who is looking at this just the way it is,if you don't like it then TOUGH SHIT

[@danevertt3210]

@@shanelambert8451I can’t wait to hear your bullshit

[@charlayned]

Isaac Asimov was a surprise, I don't know how I missed that one. We have a nephew who is HIV+ but has been able to stay stable and healthy through medications and a good lifestyle, including a wonderful supportive husband. It's a long way from the 1980s and early-mid-90s when the diagnosis was an automatic death sentence. I'm hoping someday that there will be an outright cure for it, it's taken so many good people.

[@Macaroni_19]

“Goodbye, everybody, I’ve got to go! Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth!”

[@abrilllanos8920]

Gordon Ramsay awww😥

[@heewatamsuen7252]

My friend do you nbelive in miracles? If truely you accept the lord Jesus Christ and ask the lord to cure you from this sickness God will 100% do it for you get your self a bible read it ask the lord Jesus christ to deliver you from this sickness ask for forgiveness of your sins repent , he will cure you, at our church a lady with hiv was delivered in the mighty name of Jesus Christ doctors are shocked a miracle from God. you have to give your life to the lord and trust in him turn away from all sins and do the will of God and you will recieve your miracle in the mighty name of Jesus christ . I pray for you in Jesus name Amen. God bless

[@Velvetsq]

WOW...Bohemian Rhapsody! S.I.P. TO ALL ON THIS LIST who have gone on home to be with God!

[@slipprygypsyx9354]

Mama OOO

[@slushied]

Hee Wa Tam Suen god isn’t gonna take away a deadly disease.

[@soonerproud]

It was pretty shocking finding out Robert Reed (AKA Mike Brady) died of complications associated with HIV. I'm surprised he didn't get an honorable mention.

[@chayden153]

Todd Heath I never knew Robert Reed was gay until afew years ago, but yeah he should be a HM

[@drfreud65]

Agreed!

[@tori2dles]

Indeed.

[@hayliedlr]

Agreed

[@bridgettechampagne1416]

surprised???? yeah he played a straight man in the Brady Bunch, but he was a closet homosexual and never told anyone, scary but not surprising

[@aceventuraify]

I was shocked and saddened when Brad Davis died of AIDS. The star of Midnight Express which was one of my all time favourite movies. He could have gone on to have a great career.

[@bethanyhanna9464]

I don't remember ever not knowing Liberace was gay. When the news "broke", I remember so many people being shocked. I was always like "Have you ever seen him? Listened to him?"

[@bethanyhanna9464]

@veronica carlson 🤣🤣🤣 That's another one. Not sure how you miss it with some people.

[@laurab5750]

He was a little blatant.

[@natevajo22]

The same happened when Elton John came out, people were legitimately surprised, like how?!

[@kimbarbeaureads]

Same with George Michael. Like, have you never seen the Wake Me Up Before You Go Go video?

[@bluegenes2273]

Me breaking the news to my grandma and aunties about sal mineo...

[@zawadikagira]

wasn't Charlie Sheen's obvious.

[@SexyButCurious]

zawadi kagira Well yeah it was expected because of his lifestyle but I was a little surprise when he revealed it.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Did u stratch your heads when Sheen ranked so high???

[@graveyardheathen]

nagato naye lol Charlie had aids/hiv for a long time. It just took him a while to come out about it.

[@fromthehaven94]

kenterminatedbygoogle Neither shocking nor surprising, however, having been blackmailed has got to count for something.

[@rosenrot234]

Kinda obvious but I don't mean to say that in a "They deserved it" way.

[@joysilook1096]

As soon as I saw this I knew Freddy mercury would be on this

[@itzblueplayz3416]

Same

[@MrsPerez-jf2gr]

ItzBluePlayz j

[@sarahmcdonald7280]

For some reason I get angry whenever somebody uses Freddy instead of Freddie.

[@freddiemercury1445]

Freddie*

[@gasmaskshawn4656]

Joy Silook me to

[@sandrakenney567]

Rest in peace to all who died from HIV.they may be gone but there not forgotten amen. Godbless them.💖💝🙏

[@puppydog12000]

If you were alive back then and saw him diving that day you'd have to fall in love with him if you weren't all ready because of the choice he made to come out and tell everyone he was HIV positive.

[@fractode]

RIP Isaac. Your brief appearance on this sorry globe has moved us all forward more than that of so many billions of others.

[@wheatgerm1208]

For those too young to know, the understanding of HIV/AIDS unfolded over years. Since it produced various symptoms, it was quite a while before they were even linked together as one illness. It wasn't known whether it was viral or bacterial, and no one knew how it was spread. It had an incubation period of years, and there was no test to detect it. Medicine has made great strides now, but that took a long time and many, many people died while waiting, most of them young. It was horrific.

[@donnamascio8610]

Spread by Fauci!

[@wheatgerm1208]

@@donnamascio8610 Please refrain from reproducing. We have enough fools already.

[@erswnn]

It was indeed horrific.

[@jeffreyb8770]

Casual sex flourished in the 70s, and STDs were dismissed as instantly treatable, then people started dying, and no one makes a connection between 'too much of a good thing', and divine retribution.

[@wheatgerm1208]

@@jeffreyb8770 If you think illness is divine retribution, you are beyond rational discourse. Please leave the internet.

[@alligatorgameryt9835]

Who else just clicked this for Freddie Mercury

[@mikkebasketball9914]

Alligator GamerYT me

[@eshamtheunholy2030]

I clicked for eazy e

[@jasminetuvlin1627]

Easy E

[@nizam8674]

We will rock you.

[@thewheekly8]

Me 😭😔🥺❤️

[@helenbradley4638]

I didn't know Gil Scott Heron passed away from HIV/AIDS. Rest in Power to all.

[@Gracegalxc]

Who else came here because of FREDDIE MERCURY?! ❤️❤️

[@PTDoug011]

GALxc ! Me

[@mrs.malfoy4805]

GALxc ! Me!

[@davidmichalcik1664]

Me too.

[@mollyroseaitchisontirman68]

Me

[@thedarkness5921]

Me!

[@anursewhocares]

So Charlie Sheen has HIV and didn't tell nobody FOR 4 YEARS and he was giving it out.... I would say yeah that's a hell of a lot of lawsuits..... thats sorry as hell!!!

[@notanotherfuckingnikki]

He had them sign waivers before having sex (As crazy as it sounds lol)

[@ginsuma1402]

The sick part is Doctors tell them they can continue having sex just use protection.....totally wrong. Theres a cure now though. Probably going to be unaffordable for normal people.

[@janiegiroux5006]

people who do that should be charged with one attempted murder for every person they sleep with unprotected, and murder one for every person who contracts HIV from them.

[@bunnyolesen9992]

@@ginsuma1402 No the sick part is, he didn't use protection and specifically paid for sex with women and said 'no rubbers'.

[@bunnyolesen9992]

@@ginsuma1402 OH right, you said there's a cure, but there's not a cure. They might be coming up with a vaccine or something, but that seems impossible and as long as the 'industry' receives billions of dollars in funding, they'll NEVER find a cure.

[@raylewis2121]

The celeb whose diagnosis surprised me most, was Amanda Blake. She starred on “Gunsmoke”, as girlfriend of Marshal Matt Dillon, and saloon owner, Miss Kitty. Apparently infected by bisexual boyfriend, or husband, she spoke angrily about her victimization before she succumbed to the horrendous disease. As a gay 69-year-old, I lost basically my whole circle of friends. As a RN, I watched helplessly as my patients wasted away. There is not an “out” surviving American gay man, in my age bracket, who hasn’t been affected by HIV-related PTSD.

[@Jenny-uv4dl]

As a nursing student in the early '90's in NYC we had to gown/glove before we could care for HIV patients dying in nursing homes in Washington heights I just remember how thin/ alone they were how they rarely had visitors the smell/sounds the rx's made my patients so nauseous but when someone did feel good the stories followed by great 😔 sadness later in my own life I would get a cancer T-cell lymphoma tht if it hadn't been for HIV they won't have understood has much about my cancer had zero treatment and was a death sentence a treatment was developed and like HIV it waxes and wanes so here I stand 20yrs later scanned regularly every 3 months when your dying faster then the average human you value time you value simple things

[@cazia9]

I think the thing that was considered shocking about Charlie Sheen was the fact that his lifestyle caught up to him in a way that he couldn’t escape - somehow he always seemed to turn it around whenever he went deep into drug use and alcohol use, he was able to stay working and make numerous comebacks despite his horrible rep

[@beccawilson1368]

we still miss you freddie.

[@mikshin9825]

Love of my life - you've hurt me, You've broken my heart and now you leave me. Love of my life can't you see, Bring it back, bring it back, Don't take it away from me, because you don't know what it means to me. What a beautiful live performance it was. I wish I was born earlier.

[@captainprice1143]

mikshin w

[@demetriuspowell29]

I'm glad the batty bwoy is dead

[@ellawhiteside6483]

the spook who sat by the door. Powell get to bed your about 12, shouldn’t even be commenting on this.

[@donnamascio8610]

@@mikshin9825 yes! Saw Queen in 1978.

[@thelvadam2375]

Eazy and Freddie made me cry

[@jasonfoley6502]

brian took Freddie's death hard

[@sezzwat5449]

Pepe Ben I was driving when I heard of both of their deaths on the raidio. I felt like my heart died & life is too fast and too unfair.

[@janebook294]

odd,I laughed my ass off ,two dirtbags down

[@angelaschrade5679]

Jane Book. Who is the other one besides you?

[@Thecyberknight1]

Rock hudson broke my heart, My god that man was beautiful

[@maxalberts2003]

Yes. Oh, yes.

[@lynnenewell2016]

I get so sick of reading and hearing comments about gay men are a waste because they are so good looking and no woman could have them. "He's so handsome! What a waste!" This was said of most of the actors and singers who died of AIDS. People, please stop saying that gay men are a waste. Make friends with them, just don't fall in love.

[@thevenomoth3455]

@@lynnenewell2016 i don’t think that’s what he meant by “that man was beautiful”

[@lynnenewell2016]

@@thevenomoth3455 I was making a statement about gay men. It wasn’t commentary on anything else.

[@SRBOMBONICA86]

@@lynnenewell2016 i am not attracted to gay men at all

[@rachelmathes93]

Don’t let Janis Dickinson hear that Gia was the “worlds first supermodel” 😱😂😂😂

[@CupcakeCartel1]

Rachel Mathes lol yes, she will through a legendary fit!

[@rayedel1975]

Rachel Mathes 🤣🤣🤣

[@SunBunz]

I was just thinking that. 😂

[@rosakami65]

Gia is the first and my favourite supermodel.

[@scottakanumba1heathen379]

Don't let Twiggy hear that! 😂. She's been around since Diana Ross was a Supreme.

[@blackmore4]

They're all tragic but the story which shocked me the most was what happened to ('Starsky') Paul Michael Glaser's family. In 1980, his wife Elizabeth contracted HIV from a tainted blood transfusion during child birth, which meant that their children Ariel (born 1980) & Jake (born 1984) were also born with the virus. Ariel died from AIDS when she was eight years old and then her mother also died from it in 1994. Glaser himself possesses a rare gene which saved him from contracting the virus and it was something that his son inherited. However, when Jake was 25, that resistance to the virus ebbed and he became seriously ill. To the point where his doctors told him that he either start taking the potentially toxic HIV combination medication or meet his maker. Thankfully, he responded well to the drugs, fully recovered and is now healthy.

[@marymichaels5434]

Ij

[@blackmore4]

Duly corrected. Thanks.

[@NickanM]

@@blackmore4 Deletet my post its unnecessary now...😘

[@camthemam235]

blackmore4 Elisabeth Glaser AIDS Foundation.

[@bluedov69]

blackmore4 yes I was shocked

[@Exedus20]

lost my friend Mad Dog to AIDS this month. He was one hell of a dude.

[@maxalberts2003]

I am terribly sorry for your loss. But how does someone die of AIDS in 2019?

[@Showtunediva]

So sorry for your loss.

[@norayoungers9632]

Sorry for your loss

[@zigggystardustt]

@@maxalberts2003 people die from AIDS everyday.. The medicine often times take toll on vital organs etc.

[@tiffprendergast]

Sorry

[@getreal4real169]

I loved to watch Greg Louganis dive. Sheer poetry in motion.

[@juniorgutierrez6175]

I love how we now live in 2020 and everyone’s comments are positive energy towards one another! We can all beat down this virus! God Bless those who have passed away and every soul out there who love each other!

[@CamaroAmx]

Positive energy doesn’t cure diseases, nor does it change the collective population. Hippies tried that in the 60s, didn’t work, even among themselves.

[@sallychaney7317]

Now the people mentioned in this video surprised me. I think Magic Johnson being selected number one was a good one. I think he has been terrific about his diagnosis and the good work he has done for HIV and AIDS.

[@josephbautista3730]

magic johnson is announced that he is hiv but not aids..so that is big different from hiv to aids..

[@eternalypissed]

I think Charlie Sheen raised the stigma.

[@olivapope9617]

eternalypissed same! I thought "what, Charlie, what about your life is not stigma for this disease? You are a walking how to book on getting hiv!"

[@patriciadelver1180]

I agree 😂

[@NickanM]

Yup. I never thought that anything could give HIV a "even more bad name". Charlie Sheen succeeded to do that.

[@hisnherseternity7662]

@@scottbreon9448 NO MATTER WHAT MEN/WOMEN negativite things a person does...NO ONE DESERVES HIV/AIDES.....NO ONE! SHAME ON U N YOUR IGNORANCE!!!!!!

[@smc9673]

@vitoduval anal sex causes micro-tears and this is why gay men are highest at risk for blood-born diseases like HIV/AIDS...etc

[@marilynbennett9649]

In 1991 i cried for 2 hours upon hearing about Magic Johnson. Thank God he is still with us. Bless the memories of those who have died.

[@daisyvandermeulen2541]

Magic Johnson, the fact U make people well aware of the danger catching the HIV virus and taking the necessary precautions....I can only say keep up the good work, because HIV is still something , a lot of people don't dare talking about,....

[@l.clevelandmajor9931]

Isaac Asimov is my all time favorite author. It is a travesty that he contracted HIV from a blood transfusion! To me he was one of the best science fiction writers of all time. He not only wrote fiction, but he also pushed science itself forward with his ideas on many aspects of it. He was a very smart man indeed. For me, he is missed.

[@GrayWoIf]

It was nice to see the Olympic guy didn't die and that he's still doing what he loves even as an old man goes to show you the human persistence to fight and live.

[@TheVeek192]

"Old man?" Are you serious? He's barely over 60. That is not old.

[@Melissa-wx4lu]

It is when you caught AIDS in the 80's

[@30stmcalli]

@@Melissa-wx4lu He didnt catch AIDS. He is HIV positive. Never got AIDS.

[@briannichols4856]

Good list

[@midget4581]

I was 12 and ready to go to schol , mine parents keepede home and told me about Freddie….years later i worked with hiv/aids patient and learned so much in the years and never been afraid working with patients❤

[@Paulitica]

The issue with Freddie Mercury is that The Sun tabloid outed his HIV status after Paul Prenter (his former manager and lover) sold the story, but Freddie denied it until it was too obvious to hide and he released the statement a few hours before he died.

[@jennylee9278]

Azimov shocked me. I knew he died but until now I'd never known the cause. A great man. I wasn't shocked but I still miss Freddy Mercury.

[@londonbure7460]

Jenny Lee me too. Both are irreplaceable.

[@michrisoft]

I wrote a 7 page paper and did a 10 minute presentation on Asimov and his works and I didn't even know he had aids. lol

[@roberthardenglens9429]

magic johnson got it when he played detriot he blew a piston.

[@sezzwat5449]

Chris Jantzen What is so funny about that?

[@tonibrewster3582]

Jenny Lee ii

[@charlesholland6744]

I was diagnosed in 2012. Been on and off my medicine for years. Struggling with drug and alcohol use. Pretty much have given up on marriage and kids. It's a hard thing to live with mentally, emotionally and physically.

[@lifeandbeautyandeverything1326]

Be strong Bro nawa days people are living longer

[@p.g.prathul5146]

Don't loose hope man. Everything is fine

[@fi_gabor7851]

Thank you for sharing that I’ll keep you in my prayers. God is bigger than HIV/AIDS.

[@serenity2655]

Mentally...i wonder if you did any groups for support on-line or in person.

[@nissateague1996]

Ur still here for a reason. Look to The Lord and keep the faith ❤🧡❤🧡

[@Gorgeouscorliss]

Honorable work Magic, Honorable work.

[@haroldgomez6097]

"Freddie Shouldn't die The Show Must Go On"

[@anthonymccall5904]

""""""""''"'Amen"""""""""" All my Love Freddy

[@gasmaskshawn4656]

harold gomez I wanted to hear we will rock you i was born 2010

[@cjisawesome3686]

Absolutely incredible that he performed that song while dying of the virus at the same time.

[@TheBlackQueen]

I'm not denying anyone's life value, but Freddie Mercury should have been #1.

[@putanaragazza9215]

The Black Queen true :( love that man

[@thog4914]

So you are denying people their life value?

[@TheBlackQueen]

I freaked it I literally said I wasn't. Freddie made a larger impact when people found out because it was such a surprise to many of them, despite those that followed rumours.

[@TheBlackQueen]

Sharon Jensen I don't think anyone mentioned his sexuality here, although it lead to his diagnosis. But I don't know why you're really bringing it up.

[@TheBlackQueen]

Zack Smith If you knew Freddie, you would know how much he desired to become a legend, so I'm sure he would care.

[@sherry-kayestephenson3908]

When I first found out I was infected was when I was pregnant if it never was my pregnancy I wouldn't know I taught I die but God kept me

[@luis16feliciano]

R.I.P Gia Carangi (1960 - 1986) 🙏👼🕊️ #GiaCarangi #RIPGiaCarangi #RIP #Legend #LegendsNeverDie #GoneButNeverForgotten

[@biocapsule7311]

Isaac Asimov should be much higher... it's a very very unusual case & demographic.

[@buttforabrain]

BioCapsule In what sense?

[@biocapsule7311]

buttforabrain In the sense that demographic wise... generally risk factor are much higher for intravenous drug users, people with highly diverse & frequent sexual activities, certain professions. Even blood transfusion are not that common, let alone due to heart operation. Half the list are entertainers that no one is really surprise. Sci-fi author just isn't a profession associated, nor was Asimov and his spouse known to sleep around. When you think Asimov, do you think sex or drugs? lol The fact that they manage to keep his true cause of death a secret for years points to that. In fact... I click on the clip precisely because of the thumbnail... that was really a surprise.

[@fiachraoneil4492]

BioCapsule he showed that anyone could get it ,at any age ,from any walk of life

[@biocapsule7311]

fiachra Foley I know that... but the operative word for the video is 'shocked', thus not being the usual suspect is kind of the main point. Don't you think? That for he should be higher.

[@Borat69able]

+BioCapsule I think the shock factor correlates with the fame of that particular person. Asimov is certainly well revered as a pioneer in science fiction but I'm sure most people would be able to identify who Eazy-E, Freddie Mercury and Magic Johnson are considering they are more modern and had a more direct impact on pop culture at the time.

[@deadmanthehekatonkheire994]

Okay, I like Charlie Sheen. Really, I do, he's a phenomenal actor. But, are we going to pretend that anyone was shocked after hearing that he had contracted HIV? Really?

[@jenniferacrey2940]

Mediocre actor, at best

[@SOULSEER12]

I think that's why He REALLy went off the rails.

[@prometheusvenom7189]

For men like Pedro Zamora going to reality tv to inform the youth of being informed. I’m sure others have done this too but what he did was different he was just young. He was just so young and spent his time to help people.

[@gretacarter3498]

RIP to all these legends you will be greatly missed and loved forever !

[@nick-rp8yg]

R.I.P. Freddie Mercury - The Greatest Singer of all time

[@Denis-89]

LOL, Super yeah

[@Flip_The_Lens]

he's great but not a goat

[@denisemilanifan704]

Maybe greatest performer

[@arethayoung-winters5587]

Jade Diamond I

[@theamericaneaglepatriot9673]

Our good ole friend, oh we will miss you.

[@teamcougars]

Charlie Sheen doesn’t surprise me at all, he was reckless and almost taunting the disease.

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

Matt Lauer at 6:55--with hair! (and a job)

[@carrinejones7545]

For those who passed away may they all rest in peace 😇✝️🙏 and for those fighting this disease keep on fighting 🙏💙💪❤💜😢.

[@Memorex996]

I thought this was "Shocked Fans" Charlie Sheen did not shock me at all. I'm more shocked that he lasted that long not contacting it

[@Trugamer87]

The reason I believe that Magic was chosen over Freddie. Is because the list consist of most “shocking”. Most people assumed that Freddie was a Homosexual and also that he was sick due to his appearance during his final years. Now Magic on the other hand was more “shocking” because this is a MVP athlete , who looks good and is seen a lot on tv/in person (Freddie stayed away from the public, as much as he could during his final days.) so it was totally out of left field when Magic revealed that he had this horrible disease that sadly has taken the lives of many.

[@IndigoJo]

I think it's more likely that it's an American channel and Freddie was British and Magic Johnson was American. Simple as that. Kenny Everett was a major British DJ who died of it around the same time as Freddie Mercury but didn't even get an honourable mention here.

[@itzrubydoobie6590]

Freddie was a private man and it only got worse because he wanted to be remembered as the muscular and ambitious front man of Queen. The last 18 months of his life he was imprisioned in his own home by paparazzi and news. He also stopped taking his pills and switched to pain killers in his last months. It’s peoples bloody opinion of him not that he was ”Openly homosexual”

[@greggprice3609]

Trugamer87 great point

[@frufru0071]

You, (& a couple of the comments above?/below?), have made interesting points. It’s sad that any victims of HIV/AIDS are subsequently victimized & vilified by the press for not 'sharing' what should be SOMEWHAT private news. Kudos to Magic for saying that he’s PROUD to be the face of AIDS...not as easy for a man-like Freddie-who was beloved by both Women and Men. Thanks very much for sharing your opinions, we’ve ALL got one!

[@Ferien7]

Trugamer87 good point, but I don't think they put that much thought into it

[@darrisfleming7285]

People still need to be aware of this very serious illness.

[@Jimntrix2407]

One of the major differences between now and 30 years ago is the amount of research, education and medical advances that has been done. As good as it is for the treatments that are available now, it is still horrible what the first ones to be diagnosed with HIV/AIDS went through and how many died.