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
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
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.
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.
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
@@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
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.
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.
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)
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
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.
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.
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.
@@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....
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.
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.
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...
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.
@@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.
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!
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.
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.
Tomorrow, November 24th marks the passing of Queen's legendary frontman, Freddie Mercury, who succumbed to AIDS. Come back tomorrow when we count down the Top 10 Freddie Mercury Moments. Today, we look at the top 10 celebrities whose AIDS/HIV diagnosis shocked fans worldwide. For other Queen content, check out Top 10 Queen Songs th-cam.com/video/kVcT4LmiqhI/w-d-xo.html Another Top 10 Queen Songs th-cam.com/video/zrd7khZzgSQ/w-d-xo.html Top 10 Frontmen of All Time th-cam.com/video/WWL6dg-imKU/w-d-xo.html Top 10 Greatest Live Musical Performances of All Time th-cam.com/video/LcUXh41ttRk/w-d-xo.html
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.
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!!!!!
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.
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
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.
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.
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😐
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 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).
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.
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.
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”
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!
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.
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 !!!
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.
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.
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
@@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.
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!!!
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.
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.
@@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.
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?????
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?"
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
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 ☮️
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.
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
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.
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?
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
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 ❤❤🙏🏾🙏🏾
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.
@@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.
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.
@@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
They said they were only including people who were famous before they had AIDS, but Pedro wasn't. Should have had Tom Robert or Anthony Perkins on here.
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.
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.
I started medical school at the beginning of this pandemic. It was awful...it tore families and friends apart, but more importantly the rapid decline due to lack of medicine that was effective. The handsome young men were supported by a vigil of faithful friends. As aidsattacked their brains, if was so heartbreaking that every night I got I the Car to go home I cried. Someone turned me in as depressed and I had to flat out deny it...they would have suspended me. Then the blood transfused aids victims showed up....angry, rightfully, and what could we do? Now I am glad that the drugs are more effective; but not everyone is getting them. I will never heal from the pain of those early victims....and iamupset that it seems to have faded into the wallpaper. It’s still there. We are all at risk. It’s spreading. It’s not just about these few people. There is no one new to this list for yes. Yes, we recently learned about Charlie Sheen. And Issac Asimov. Who has it that’s not speaking? Let’s get aware. Mandatory testing for marriage like they used to do for syphillis. And hepatitis B&C. Why not?
Edith Ann Amen, Edith Ann...you are exactly the kind of person that the field of medicine needs...kind, caring and compassionate...anyone who has you as their doctor is a blessed individual...you keep being yourself because the world needs you...God bless you, Edith Ann!!!
And, yes, testing should be done not only between people getting married, but anyone and everyone who wants it and the pharmaceutical companies should be bearing the costs for this testing because we all know about the billions of dollars they make every year...they can afford to pay for the testing...wouldn't it be so magnificent if even only one of the big pharmaceuticals stepped up and provided this very important testing?
Edith Ann they should test for it. Everyone should have a mandatory test . If you visit New York every native over 40 lost a loved one to AIDS. They still have trouble talking about it. It took so many ppl too soon
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
@@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
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.
Freddie has always been such a hero for me. You’ve changed the world, at least you’ve changed mine. You’ve given so much to this world, and you will be missed.
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.
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.
+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.
@@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.
The Silent Prince I know. What I meant was he could have even more great music or produce other artists with talent just like how other Musical artists do
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.
@@ikathiggs13 Honorable mention yeah as they're gangsters because HIV only come with unprotected sex & drugs unless infected blood administration or poor fetus with infected mother, that's all.
I really wasn’t all that shocked that Charlie Sheen came out as hiv positive. It sucks, but when you live that kind of life style, you are playing Russian Roulette with your life.
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?
Why Asimov kept quiet is strange. He was called "The Great Explainer" and he decided not to use his condition as a forum to explain to us all so we could understand better.
@@randrrr2193 But it's so unfortunate that he was just a clean guy who didn't get it via sex and drug use...especially at the time, I totally understand his reasoning for not wanting to disclose.
jokerswildio it is kind of ironic though that Asimov was okay with people doing drugs and having unprotected sex, yet ended dying from it from another person who contracted it that way
Isaac Asimov's death by AIDS shocked me. He's my favorite SF author. I FELL in love with Science Fiction because of his books. I will never have a chance to read his more than 500 books, but I feel he died too soon, even though he had seen many years in his life. He was science consultant for some of the Star Trek movies.
You forgot to mention (for #9 Rock Hudson) while he was in the midst of filming episodes of hit show Dynasty. He had serious love scenes with star Linda Evans. Due to facts of how hiv was contracted being still unknown all actors that had physical contact with Hudson had to be tested.
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.
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!
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.
"Some diseases just don't care who you are."
What are the diseases that care?
Sickle cell anemia
the flu. rich people don't get the flu.
Malky24 diabetes
only type 2*
Well now there is af-FLU-enza!
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
He admitted it a little late. Like many partners too late. If he infected anyone, he should be sued for that.....
He also put a lot of people at risk with his selfish behavior
@@jonclarkson5911 Lol what?
@@mrBjarneLP What I written is true. Be careful out there.
Jon Clarkson Charlie Sheen isn’t gay.
R.I.P. to those that passed away, what you left in this world, shall NEVER be forgotten 💙🙏🏾
Great sentiment…however untrue. We are forgotten very quickly. Just momentary blimps on the radar screen That’s life 😉
Charlie Sheen's Aids diagnosis never shocked me. What shocks me is the fact he's still alive given his crazy lifestyle! 😳
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
He was passing it on to others
I am a huge fan of Charlie Sheen. Always will be!!!
He said on dr oz he was cured from Mexico 🇲🇽
@@elainemorrow8281 really even the corey feldman situation
"I don't wanna die but sometime I wish I was never born at all"
I've seen a little silluetto of a man
Scaramouch, scaramouch, will you do the fandango?! Thunderbolt and lightning, very very frightening me!
anytime i hear that line,I feel like freddy knew he was gonna die sooner than expected😢
Thy Ogrelord --maybe you should get some help
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.
I'm so happy Gia made this list. She's often forgotten by most.... But, NEVER by me.
Love you, Gia!
He's survived so long that I tend to forget that Magic Johnson is HIV positive. And that is a good rhing.
Well nowadays AIDS is not a Death sentence anymore.
@@JulesD92 Yeah, too bad for Eazy E and Freddie for me.
I low key forgot he has it. He's mainly known for basketball and having like 72 bright white teeth
That happens with me too. I thought he'd be dead certainly before 2000. That was 29 years ago!
AIDS and HIV are not the same thing
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.
I'm so sorry for your loss , may he rest in peace and be in a better place
@@meriembensalah2190 Thank you for your kind response.
How’d he get it? Blood transfusion, sketchy women?
Charlie Sheen's diagnosis shocked people? I'd've been more shocked if he DIDN'T have STDs.
AdamInBoise is the same with Freddie. It doesn’t shock me
@vitoduval at the end rock changed his name to pebble
vitoduval 😅😅
AdamInBoise Me to 🤒
I was not surprised at all.
Freddie should've been number one. He is missed by millions.
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
@@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.
@@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
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.
He still had it. No one is excluded because people lived them!!!
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.
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)
No. I'm interested to see the ones I didn't know about.
No, but he is an important person.
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
I really think Charlie is mentally ill !
“The show must go on, darling*
❤️Freddie❤️
RIP
Brians face in ur profile picture is 👌🏻
Great musician.
👌🏻
👍🏾
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.
Van E. Brand ok woah what is wrong with you no one should be number one just because you like them
Or klaus Nomi.
Teenagers don't know his music you see. In 10 more years Michael Jackson will be forgotten too, it's horrible.
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.
A notoriously gay guy fronting an arena headlining rock band in the '70s & '80s at the inception of AIDS got it. Yeah, shocker.
*its so sad to see people suffer from different kinds of sicknesses*
morkie You have one too. It’s called your sick with obsession of kpop
morkie sometimes it does
yes
@@Uloveeverglow 5:20 hot old-young
Made me think even more if god really cares or there's god in the first place
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.
Liberace wouldn't like that
Mother love was the last song freddie sang on😎
@ Catrina Brown--Queen- Days of our lives... was the last Vid Freddie was ever in and wrote.
@@janieriddle6068 roger taylor wrote days of our lives😎
Catrina Brown mother love was Freddie’s last song
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.
I never knew Asimov had HIV until this video
I believe magic Johnson straight took one for his people
@@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....
Asimov was ordered to not speak about his diagnosis.
It is incredible how Magic Johnson is STILL healthy almost 30 years after his diagnosis. God bless him
Ernest Barteldes it is a conspiracy!! Why is everyone else dying/deceased?? Why are this man and his wife still healthy and prosperous/alive....
Ernest Barteldes h
shit that's cause he's the money to afford the good meds😂😂
Magic Johnson Never Had HIV, to begin with.
Magic Johnson tested positive for HIV and it has not progressed to AIDS - that's the difference.
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.
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.
didn't even know he was gay..
@@italianstallion9170 he's not he caught it from having sex with groupies
@@italianstallion9170 he isn't and contracted allegedly through promiscuity with women
I think he went bareback on a prostitute. That's kind of risky. Oops 🙊
Top 3 should be
3.Magic johnson
2.Eazy e
1.Freddie mercury
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...
Agreed!
Yaasssss
Yes especially eazy and freddie we love you bless you both
All very promiscuous individuals, with Freddie being bisexual? It might have shocked us, but given their lifestyles, it should not have been shocking.
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.
61dodgelancer oh of course! Thank you so much for mentioning him I had actually forgotten all about him. He was an amazing actor 🙏
And his widow was killed in 9/11
@@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.
The list you give honors a great actor who we lost too soon.
I loved Anthony Perkins he was the best ever.
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!
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.
No one ever said life was fair, Judi. That said, you're right it wasn't fair to Arthur.
Wow.
ABSOLUTELY Batphink Reynolds.... YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO...
No sr no puedo
Doctors wanted Azimov's infection kept quiet because they didn't want the public to become aware of a tainted blood supply..
Yurp 😧
@@wordwan Hudson was gay and promiscuous. I think people just assumed he got it that way.
They said it was probably from tainted blood during a bypass in 1981.
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.
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.
Wowser Palooza good post.
Wowser Palooza I applaude you for this post.
Thank you for saying this, good sir.
Tomorrow, November 24th marks the passing of Queen's legendary frontman, Freddie Mercury, who succumbed to AIDS. Come back tomorrow when we count down the Top 10 Freddie Mercury Moments. Today, we look at the top 10 celebrities whose AIDS/HIV diagnosis shocked fans worldwide. For other Queen content, check out
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Freddie Mercury is one of the greatest singers ever. He's a legend. And you know what they say about legends. They never die.
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
Jenny Andre that’s disgusting
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.
@@tastyburger9260 sorry for u ' mind your comment or you might die young ' idiot
@@sheliapea1387 respect to you 'May God give you long life and happiness. ✌👍
God bless you, I'll keep you in my prayers❤❤
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!!!!!
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.
Todd Heath I never knew Robert Reed was gay until afew years ago, but yeah he should be a HM
Agreed!
Indeed.
Agreed
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
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
chihuahua that only happens in countries where they perform surgery with branches and rocks
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.
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
I would be mad as hell if that happen to me
chihuahua Ikr 💔😭
I'm not denying anyone's life value, but Freddie Mercury should have been #1.
The Black Queen true :( love that man
So you are denying people their life value?
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.
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.
Zack Smith If you knew Freddie, you would know how much he desired to become a legend, so I'm sure he would care.
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.
True, he was my patient. Lovely person.
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😐
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.
Great tennis player
@@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).
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.
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.
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”
Trugamer87 great point
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!
Trugamer87 good point, but I don't think they put that much thought into it
"Oh boy, I can't believe Charlie Sheen has HIV" - Said no one ever
😂
SlimVeggie I love that gag!
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.
The only people who don't know Sheen has AIDS is the Amish....LOL
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 !!!
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.
Ij
Duly corrected. Thanks.
@@blackmore4
Deletet my post its unnecessary now...😘
blackmore4 Elisabeth Glaser AIDS Foundation.
blackmore4 yes I was shocked
I cannot believe how quickly Eazy E died after being diagnosed, must've been such a shock.
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.
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
@@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.
I believe there are questions about easy e death
That's because he was murdered. You found it to be suspect rather quickly too huh 🤔 Eazy was sacrificed.
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!!!
He had them sign waivers before having sex (As crazy as it sounds lol)
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.
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.
@@ginsuma1402 No the sick part is, he didn't use protection and specifically paid for sex with women and said 'no rubbers'.
@@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.
GIA WAS SO SAD ..THAT BROKE MY HEART
she was 26!!!!!!
her story is so so heart wrenching. my heart really does hope she found peace in the afterlife.
The movie was so sad
Love her so much
What shocked me was Mercury wasn’t #1 on the shock factor.
Mercury's sexual orientation was always suspect but he was very private. Magic Johnson a straight sports hero was the least expected.
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?????
@@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.
Its AIDS why is important who is #1?
cameron baiers I’m gonna snap so this channel that uploaded this to another one bite the dust
Arthur Ashe was shocking to me, especially learning how hospitals didn't test blood prior to transfusions. 🤦🏾♀️
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.
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.
Spread by Fauci!
@@donnamascio8610 Please refrain from reproducing. We have enough fools already.
It was indeed horrific.
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.
@@jeffreyb8770 If you think illness is divine retribution, you are beyond rational discourse. Please leave the internet.
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.
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.
magic johnson is announced that he is hiv but not aids..so that is big different from hiv to aids..
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?"
@veronica carlson 🤣🤣🤣 That's another one. Not sure how you miss it with some people.
He was a little blatant.
The same happened when Elton John came out, people were legitimately surprised, like how?!
Same with George Michael. Like, have you never seen the Wake Me Up Before You Go Go video?
Me breaking the news to my grandma and aunties about sal mineo...
RIP Isaac. Your brief appearance on this sorry globe has moved us all forward more than that of so many billions of others.
Charlie Sheen doesn’t surprise me at all, he was reckless and almost taunting the disease.
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
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 ☮️
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.
“Goodbye, everybody, I’ve got to go! Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth!”
Gordon Ramsay awww😥
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
WOW...Bohemian Rhapsody! S.I.P. TO ALL ON THIS LIST who have gone on home to be with God!
Mama OOO
Hee Wa Tam Suen god isn’t gonna take away a deadly disease.
Issac Asimov was the shocker for me...
I lost so many friends in the 80s to this disease, RIP friends.
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.
Who else came here because of FREDDIE MERCURY?! ❤️❤️
GALxc ! Me
GALxc ! Me!
Me too.
Me
Me!
Charlie Sheen's was not surprising at all
I'm surprised he didn't create a super aid...
Tiger Aids
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?
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
Alpha that’s what I was thinking
lost my friend Mad Dog to AIDS this month. He was one hell of a dude.
I am terribly sorry for your loss. But how does someone die of AIDS in 2019?
So sorry for your loss.
Sorry for your loss
@@maxalberts2003 people die from AIDS everyday.. The medicine often times take toll on vital organs etc.
Sorry
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 ❤❤🙏🏾🙏🏾
Magic was number 1 because of what he did after he found out he was HIV positive he became a activist, some on the list were in denial until they died
@@gocoyle5560 you got Aids
Some puts an ugly, untrue remark up and You Tube has it as a " Highlighted Reply".Kind of let's of know where they stand with online bullying.
go Coyle it says “highlighted reply” because you clicked on the notification for it.
stev8468 There’s a difference betweens keeping something private like that to yourself and lying to yourself.
sAuCi bOi ,it is not possible to click on the notification for a highlighted reply:try it.
R.I.P Eazy-E
R.I.P Freddie Mercury
Two legends of the music industry
Who is easy e?
@Laura Smith oh he was a rapper. I'm not into rap and shit so I didn't know
@Laura Smith 🤷♂️
@Laura Smith Eazy-E was richer and more successful than Freddie Mercury in a million ways, and im saying that as a Freddie fan
I bet Magic Johnson will live into his late 80’s.
Yep
surprisingly though, his AIDS got downgraded back to HIV when he kept taking prescripted retroviral drugs.
@@GH90-_ really? I had no idea
@@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736 yeah I heard it in a documentary, I can't remember the name though.
Magic Johnson bloodwork doesn’t even show he has HIV anymore. He has money so he can pay for the cure treatment
we still miss you freddie.
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.
mikshin w
I'm glad the batty bwoy is dead
the spook who sat by the door. Powell get to bed your about 12, shouldn’t even be commenting on this.
@@mikshin9825 yes! Saw Queen in 1978.
I feel for those who were diagnosed with HIV in the '90s, then, it was a death sentence
@Lebo leigh Leigh sad, I hope one day a cure for the disease shall be found
@@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.
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+
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.
@@bubbadog8721 Yes. In the 80's there was nothing you could do, except expect dying soon.
Isaac Asimov was the shocker for me - I had no idea until I watched this.
Jennifer Thibodeau Me, either!
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.
Shocker for me as well. RIP all of them.
What are the 3 rules?
@@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
They said they were only including people who were famous before they had AIDS, but Pedro wasn't. Should have had Tom Robert or Anthony Perkins on here.
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
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.
Who else just clicked this for Freddie Mercury
Alligator GamerYT me
I clicked for eazy e
Easy E
We will rock you.
Me 😭😔🥺❤️
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.
"Old man?" Are you serious? He's barely over 60. That is not old.
It is when you caught AIDS in the 80's
@@Melissa-wx4lu He didnt catch AIDS. He is HIV positive. Never got AIDS.
R.I.P. Freddie Mercury - The Greatest Singer of all time
LOL, Super yeah
he's great but not a goat
Maybe greatest performer
Jade Diamond I
Our good ole friend, oh we will miss you.
I started medical school at the beginning of this pandemic. It was awful...it tore families and friends apart, but more importantly the rapid decline due to lack of medicine that was effective. The handsome young men were supported by a vigil of faithful friends. As aidsattacked their brains, if was so heartbreaking that every night I got I the Car to go home I cried. Someone turned me in as depressed and I had to flat out deny it...they would have suspended me. Then the blood transfused aids victims showed up....angry, rightfully, and what could we do? Now I am glad that the drugs are more effective; but not everyone is getting them. I will never heal from the pain of those early victims....and iamupset that it seems to have faded into the wallpaper. It’s still there. We are all at risk. It’s spreading. It’s not just about these few people. There is no one new to this list for yes. Yes, we recently learned about Charlie Sheen. And Issac Asimov. Who has it that’s not speaking? Let’s get aware. Mandatory testing for marriage like they used to do for syphillis. And hepatitis B&C. Why not?
Edith Ann Amen, Edith Ann...you are exactly the kind of person that the field of medicine needs...kind, caring and compassionate...anyone who has you as their doctor is a blessed individual...you keep being yourself because the world needs you...God bless you, Edith Ann!!!
And, yes, testing should be done not only between people getting married, but anyone and everyone who wants it and the pharmaceutical companies should be bearing the costs for this testing because we all know about the billions of dollars they make every year...they can afford to pay for the testing...wouldn't it be so magnificent if even only one of the big pharmaceuticals stepped up and provided this very important testing?
@@brendafoster3153 Selling the meds to keep HIV in check makes so much more profit than a blood test. /sarcasm off
They shouldn’t have raw dogged each other in the ass so much. It was a perfect storm.
Edith Ann they should test for it. Everyone should have a mandatory test . If you visit New York every native over 40 lost a loved one to AIDS. They still have trouble talking about it. It took so many ppl too soon
Freddie Mercury's hit me the hardest.
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
@@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
@Rugged Warrior Troll trying way to hard.
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.
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.
Freddie has always been such a hero for me. You’ve changed the world, at least you’ve changed mine. You’ve given so much to this world, and you will be missed.
Isaac Asimov should be much higher... it's a very very unusual case & demographic.
BioCapsule In what sense?
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.
BioCapsule he showed that anyone could get it ,at any age ,from any walk of life
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.
+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.
As soon as I saw this I knew Freddy mercury would be on this
Same
ItzBluePlayz j
For some reason I get angry whenever somebody uses Freddy instead of Freddie.
Freddie*
Joy Silook me to
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.
It was heartbreaking but it brought out more donations for further research.Elton John Princess Dian..
@@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.
I wasn't shocked about Charlie Sheen at all.
MissKingdomVII
I was a little
MissKingdomVII They speculated. I wasn't surprised when he confirmed it.
me neither, its something you would expect from someone with his lifestyle.
that's was definitely no surprise
I don't think anybody was
so much potentially great music was lost forever with Freddy Mercury's and Eazy E's deaths
Jimmy Owens Freddie has plenty of great music. Many believe he's the greatest ever. Can't deny that
The Silent Prince I know. What I meant was he could have even more great music or produce other artists with talent just like how other Musical artists do
Jimmy Owens yeah I think we all wish that smh would have been nice to see his talents used for many more years
Jimmy Owens yes after Eazy E Tupac and Biggie death hip hop because down hill
Don’t you mean sleesy E that dude couldn’t keep his dick in his pants 👖 & forget about protection. 😕
Freddie Mercury-the ultimate rock voice.
Fifty 1 Fifty what about Robert Reed
Joe Cocker.
The ultimate musician. 💙
Gary Daniel 😂
Try Ray Gillen
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.
You shouldn't be shocked,the way these nasty ass people live their lives they deserved their fate ❤🤣🤣🤣😁😁😁☠️☠️☠️💩💩💩🖕🖕🖕🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
"Freddie Shouldn't die The Show Must Go On"
""""""""''"'Amen"""""""""" All my Love Freddy
harold gomez I wanted to hear we will rock you i was born 2010
Absolutely incredible that he performed that song while dying of the virus at the same time.
'Some diseases don't care who you are'. Other diseases will make your day and take out the trash.
All these people should find out what Jesus says about homosexuality
marilyn Wagers You should find out that Jesus never said anything about homosexuality.
Honorable mentions? Seriously? So inappropriate.
Because..?
@@risler34 because its AIDs. Its not some cutesy topic.
@@ikathiggs13 Honorable mention yeah as they're gangsters because HIV only come with unprotected sex & drugs unless infected blood administration or poor fetus with infected mother, that's all.
Is about "shocked reactions" no people with Aids.
@@MartellMedia2 lol everyone in this list hsd HIV or Aids
RIP, Freddie. You and your incredible voice are missed by so many of us.
Freddie would have still been here if he hadn't been fucking that other guy in the ass
@@shanelambert8451 unnecessary and uncalled for.
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
Freddie would have still been here had he not been fucking that guy in the ass
@@shanelambert8451I can’t wait to hear your bullshit
I really wasn’t all that shocked that Charlie Sheen came out as hiv positive. It sucks, but when you live that kind of life style, you are playing Russian Roulette with your life.
Sam Martin ,
samanehism yes
Was anyone really shocked Charlie Sheen is HIV positive?
Gabriela Centurion Neumann Nope
Gabriela Centurion Neumann nope
Gabriela Centurion Neumann me but only cuz I didn't know his name
Gubte Fumcki Great reply xDDD
Gabriela Centurion Neumann no ..and i think..with respect..freddie mercury ..is the best advert for condoms..the use of them !!
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?
Mediocre actor, at best
I think that's why He REALLy went off the rails.
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.
Anthony Perkins was a big one, too. As was Robert Reed, now THERE was a shocker.
'You can be king or a street sweeper everyone dances with the grim reaper'
They're dancing with Trump now
Asimov was the only one I didn't know about. Never heard about it, ever.
Why Asimov kept quiet is strange. He was called "The Great Explainer" and he decided not to use his condition as a forum to explain to us all so we could understand better.
Great Science Fiction Writer Laura he got it through a blood transfusion.
@@randrrr2193 But it's so unfortunate that he was just a clean guy who didn't get it via sex and drug use...especially at the time, I totally understand his reasoning for not wanting to disclose.
jokerswildio it is kind of ironic though that Asimov was okay with people doing drugs and having unprotected sex, yet ended dying from it from another person who contracted it that way
Laura Blair I swear I only clicked on this because of the thumbnail, I thought “WTF Fred Armisted, what crazy character are you playing now?????”
I didn't know Gil Scott Heron passed away from HIV/AIDS. Rest in Power to all.
Isaac Asimov's death by AIDS shocked me. He's my favorite SF author. I FELL in love with Science Fiction because of his books. I will never have a chance to read his more than 500 books, but I feel he died too soon, even though he had seen many years in his life. He was science consultant for some of the Star Trek movies.
We still love you, Freddie! And don't you ever forget it! )
wasn't Charlie Sheen's obvious.
zawadi kagira Well yeah it was expected because of his lifestyle but I was a little surprise when he revealed it.
Did u stratch your heads when Sheen ranked so high???
nagato naye lol Charlie had aids/hiv for a long time. It just took him a while to come out about it.
kenterminatedbygoogle Neither shocking nor surprising, however, having been blackmailed has got to count for something.
Kinda obvious but I don't mean to say that in a "They deserved it" way.
Don’t let Janis Dickinson hear that Gia was the “worlds first supermodel” 😱😂😂😂
Rachel Mathes lol yes, she will through a legendary fit!
Rachel Mathes 🤣🤣🤣
I was just thinking that. 😂
Gia is the first and my favourite supermodel.
Don't let Twiggy hear that! 😂. She's been around since Diana Ross was a Supreme.
You forgot to mention (for #9 Rock Hudson) while he was in the midst of filming episodes of hit show Dynasty. He had serious love scenes with star Linda Evans. Due to facts of how hiv was contracted being still unknown all actors that had physical contact with Hudson had to be tested.
Rock hudson broke my heart, My god that man was beautiful
Yes. Oh, yes.
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.
@@lynnenewell2016 i don’t think that’s what he meant by “that man was beautiful”
@@thevenomoth3455 I was making a statement about gay men. It wasn’t commentary on anything else.
@@lynnenewell2016 i am not attracted to gay men at all
Freddie Mercury was why I came
Same pretty much
J p b Dude, me too
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!
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.
Trust me, I am sure that AIDS was extremely upset when it found out it has Sheen.
AIDS has been in group for months trying to deal with it.
Love my Greg Louganis. Had him on my wall as a teenage girl and proud of it. The man can still dive with the best of them.
Except when he hits his head.