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The New York Times - November 11, 1986
With Ken Meeks, who died last month, Mr. Summers was co-founder of the New York chapter of People With AIDS Coalition and served on the board of the National Association of People with AIDS. With his companion, Salvatore J. Licata, he was a spokesman for homosexual rights and the rights of those suffering from AIDS. After Mr. Summers was diagnosed as having AIDS in 1984, he became a public figure, appearing on national television in an effort to educate others about the disease.
Mr. Summers first appeared professionally in New York in 1973, in Al Carmines's oratorio "The Faggot."
He continued to perform despite his illness, and last year presented an evening of songs at Jan Wallman's in Greenwich Village.
David Paul Summers was born in Houston, Tex., where he made his first professional appearance at the age of 10, in "The Sound of Music" at the Houston Theater Center. He attended Southwest Texas University from 1970 to 1972 and the University of Oklahoma School of Drama from 1972 to 1973.
He is survived by his mother, Louise Alice Cobb Summer of Pineland, Tex., and two brothers, Michael, of Memphis, and William, of Houston.
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