Patrick O'Connell, Visual Aids founder, has died, aged 67
Patrick O'Connell at home in New York in 1994 Photo: Thomas McGovern / Getty Images Patrick O'Connell, the founding director of the organisation Visual Aids, which since the late 1980s has used the arts to raise awareness about HIV and Aisa and to support artists living with the disease, has died, aged 67. Perhaps the most recognisable of the many projects that O’Connell helped develop is the red Aids ribbon, which was first distributed and worn by activists and supporters in 1991. O’Connell died in a hospital in New York City on 23 March from complications due to Aid...