"Hearts + the Art of Influence: Liza Fills in for Liz at AIDS Fund-Raiser"

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"Hearts + the Art of Influence: Liza Fills in for Liz at AIDS Fund-Raiser"

Washington Post (05/24/90), P. B4
Sherrill, Martha

Abstract: About 450 people showed up at Tuesday night's gala AIDS fundraiser for Art Against AIDS in Washington, D.C., including Sens. Lloyd Bentsen and Howard Metzenbaum, loud comedienne Sandra Bernhard, and Liza Minnelli, who filled in as hostess for ailing Liz Taylor. WJLA-TV anchor Renee Poussaint announced that half of the evening's proceeds would go to local Washington AIDS service organizations. Georges Benjamin, the new D.C. commissioner of health, asked for a moment of silence for the 2,100 people who have been diagnosed with AIDS in the area and for the 60 percent who have died. Mathilde Krim, the found of the American Foundation for AIDS Research, said "I am sad for our youth, whose thought of lovemaking is now marred by the threat of death." Minnelli drew the most applause of the evening when she said, "One day we'll be able to wake up and say, 'We did it. We beat AIDS.' And boy, what a day that'll be."

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