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Bluenorthwest

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8. Silence = Death Knowledge = Life

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2016, 08:51 AM

Mar 2016

Testimony of Mathilde Krim, co -founder of AmFAR with Elizabeth Taylor:

"'One of Taylor’s first letters went to Nancy Reagan, suggesting she might want to get involved with AIDS. The First Lady’s response was frosty. President Reagan had yet to publicly utter the word 'AIDS'—“not even when he spoke to Rock Hudson on the telephone,' says Krim. 'Before Hudson admitted he had AIDS, he’d said he had hepatitis, so when Reagan called Hudson before he died, Reagan referred to his hepatitis.'"
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/03/nancy-reagan-refused-help-dying-rock-hudson-get-aids-treatment

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Nancy Reagan: a post that likely runs counter to DU orthodoxy [View all] Stinky The Clown Mar 2016 OP

. chknltl Mar 2016 #1

A few thoughts Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2016 #2

I hope there will soon be treatments that mitigate or reverse the effects Ex Lurker Mar 2016 #3

A distant relative of mine is screening a film about his family's experience with ALZ Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2016 #4

Thank you for this. GGJohn Mar 2016 #5

I have never heard of her admiration for President Obama, and No Vested Interest Mar 2016 #6

Really, Really disliked her as 1st Lady, but believe she mellowed in later years. Fla Dem Mar 2016 #11

It really was a remarkable marriage, wasn't it? They loved each other... Hekate Mar 2016 #7

Silence = Death Knowledge = Life Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #8

Can we say YES to drugs now? Erose999 Mar 2016 #9

I thought she was the first robot- Just Say No Just Say No Just Say No snooper2 Mar 2016 #10