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David Kirby

American activist (1957-1990)

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  • Momentum5.3
  • Wikipedia5.3K
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Lived 1957–1990, aged 33
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    1957–1990
    Aged 33
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Updated 2026-07-19

David Lawrence Kirby was an American HIV/AIDS activist, and the subject of a photograph taken at his deathbed by Therese Frare. The image was published in Life magazine, which called it the "picture that changed the face of AIDS".

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