"Report Cites 40 AIDS Deaths"

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"Report Cites 40 AIDS Deaths"

New York Times (12/14/92), P. C7

Abstract: AIDS has recently led to the deaths of at least 40 male skaters and coaches in the top ranks of North American figure skating, according to The Calgary Herald. Also, the newspaper reported yesterday that at least a dozen others in Canada and the United States are infected with HIV or currently have AIDS. The newspaper said it based the report on two months of interviews involving about 125 skaters, coaches, judges, officials, AIDS patients, and their friends and families. The AIDS deaths cited by The Herald include the three-time Canadian champion Brian Pokar of Calgary; the 1988 Canadian Olympic dance bronze medalist Rob McCall; the former world junior champion Dennis Coi, also a Canadian; the choreographer Andre Denis; and Shaun McGill, a world professional silver medalist for Canada in 1988. The Herald said among those who died of AIDS-related diseases, were Tim Brown of the United States, who became a member of the Canada Ice Dance Theatre during the 1970s, and John Carrell, who was a member of the National Ballet of Canada.

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