David Wojnarowicz

American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, and aids activist (1954-1992).

Born September 14th, 1954 in Red Bank. [ref]

Died July 22nd, 1992 at 37 years old in New York City (death from AIDS-related complications).

Occupations
HIV/AIDS activist, actor, artist, author, collagist, comics writer, filmmaker, illustrator, painter, performance artist, photographer, screenwriter, sculptor, writer
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Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz