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Patrick O’Connell has passed away. The LGBTQ+ activist and founding director of Visual AIDS died on 23 March at a hospital in Manhattan from AIDS-related causes. During his years as founding director of Visual AIDS, a title he held in the organisation from 1980 until 1995, O’Connell was instrumental in their efforts to use art and artist’s works to advocate for people with HIV/AIDS and to raise awareness of the epidemic. In one of his most notable campaigns, O’Connell spearhead the icon...