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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 iconic 1991 Red Ribbon Project to show support for those with AIDS and their caregivers. The ribbon is n...

Patrick O'Connell. (Thomas McGovern/Getty images) Patrick O’Connell, a venerable AIDS activist who sought to smash stigma with awareness campaigns such as the iconic red ribbon, has died. O’Connell passed away aged 67 of AIDS-related causes, his brother Barry confirmed to Living with HIV for 40 years, he spent much of his life fronting campaigns to better educate the public about what it means to live with HIV/AIDS. The son of a wire lather and secretary, O’Connell was born 12 April, 1953, in post-war New York City. For much of the 1980s, O’Conell’s life was filled with rented blac...

Patrick O’Connell, 67, Dies; Raised Awareness of AIDS With Art As the founding director of Visual AIDS, he helped develop campaigns including “Day Without Art” and, most notably, the ubiquitous red ribbon. Patrick O’Connell, the founding director of Visual AIDS, in his apartment in New York in 1994, wearing the red ribbon that became an international symbol of AIDS advocacy.Credit...Thomas McGovern/Getty Images May 3, 2021, 3:52 p.m. ET Patrick O’Connell, who as the founding director of Visual AIDS, an advocacy group that supports artists living with the disease, help...

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