Absent Friends
A memorial page to my friends who have died from AIDS
(and other causes)

Special Events Today
The following people had the anniversary of their death today:
NameBornDiedAgeWhoCause
David Bodenstein11/08/195303/18/199036AcquaintenceAIDS

Cause of Death:
4Accident
105AIDS
1Alzheimer's
15Cancer
1COVID
1Diabetes
1Disease
1Emphysema
10Heart Disease
1Hepatitis B
1Liver Disease
1Mesothelioma
1Meth OD
2Murdered
4Natural Causes
1Plane Crash
2Respiratory Failure
2Sleep Apnea
2Stroke
1Surgery
2Unknown
Who They Were:
7Boyfriend/Sex partner
15Close friend (visited in hospital)
40Friend
2Friend of Spouse
61Acquaintence
21Friend of friend
5Public figure
6Family
2Family of Spouse

Age at Death:
320 – 24
825 – 29
2230 – 34
2735 – 39
2540 – 44
1645 – 49
1150 – 54
255 – 59
960 – 64
465 – 69
275 – 79
680 – 84
285 – 89
390 – 94
195 – 99
When They Died (when date is known):
5 10 15 20 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
 
Age at Death (when dates are known):
5 10 15 20 25 30 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95

159 people

Name Born Died Age Who Cause
Davis, Oliver  Close friend (visited in hospital)Accident
Drum, Leo  AcquaintenceAIDS
Dwyer, Jim  FriendAIDS
Freeman, Hal  Friend of friendAIDS
Frey, Gene  AcquaintenceAIDS
Green, David  Public figureAIDS
Hartwig, Larry  FriendCancer
Hughes, Bill  AcquaintenceAIDS
Jones, Hal  FriendAIDS
Ott, Steve  Friend of friendAIDS
Pendolino, Peter  AcquaintenceAIDS
Perry, Joe  AcquaintenceAIDS
Powers, Harry  Friend of SpouseHeart Disease
Sobus, B.J.11/22/195404/01/198631Friend of friendAIDS
Paglia, Ron01/22/193810/11/198648AcquaintenceAIDS
Hakes, Larry04/11/194211/01/198644AcquaintenceAIDS
Zadrozny, Ray11/23/195702/09/198729AcquaintenceAIDS
Grant, Carl06/14/196304/28/198723AcquaintenceAIDS
Deane, David02/13/195005/31/198737Friend of friendAIDS
Edwards, Jr., Larry01/01/196204/04/198826Close friend (visited in hospital)AIDS
Riveccio, Mario02/10/194904/16/198839Friend of friendAIDS
Amadei, James07/28/194504/28/198842AcquaintenceAIDS
Chavez, Ray04/21/195311/11/198835AcquaintenceAIDS
Robinson, Max05/01/193912/22/198849Public figureAIDS
Berg, Paul01/01/195901/09/198930AcquaintenceMurdered
Kaufer, Michael11/05/194801/26/198940Friend of SpouseAIDS
Gaver, Chasen01/01/195403/11/198935AcquaintenceAIDS
Kent, Ray12/02/195703/12/198931AcquaintenceAIDS
Moss, Phil01/28/196003/31/198929AcquaintenceAIDS
Trevathan, Jr., Henry Lawrence06/09/195704/23/198931Boyfriend/Sex partnerAIDS
Frank, Colin04/12/194105/27/198948Friend of friendAIDS
Dant, Dante01/01/195806/09/198931AcquaintenceAIDS
Frisch, Donald01/01/194807/26/198941Close friend (visited in hospital)AIDS
Connolly, Richard Patrick02/23/195308/19/198936FriendAIDS
Bailey, Gary01/01/195111/14/198938AcquaintenceAIDS
Ferencz, Jon Trevor03/23/195101/08/199038AcquaintenceAIDS
DeHond, Gordon "Gordy" John07/18/193802/03/199051Close friend (visited in hospital)AIDS
Van Den Broeder, Alan Elmer09/05/195303/07/199036Close friend (visited in hospital)AIDS
Fromm, Richard01/01/195003/17/199040Public figureAIDS
Bodenstein, David11/08/195303/18/199036AcquaintenceAIDS
Hovey, Chuck06/12/194805/03/199041AcquaintenceAIDS
McCreight, Bill04/13/194406/09/199046FriendAIDS
Nelson, Walt 07/15/1990FriendAIDS
West, Rick09/15/195507/31/199034Friend of friendAIDS
Dale, Jeffrey05/19/196408/02/199026FriendAIDS
Knott, Dean01/01/195108/29/199039AcquaintenceAIDS
Steen, Fred01/01/194909/11/199041AcquaintenceAIDS
Hayes, Peter06/02/194410/16/199046AcquaintenceAIDS
Jacobs, Jerry01/01/195210/16/199038FriendAIDS
Clement, Steven03/03/196010/17/199030Boyfriend/Sex partnerAIDS
Edwards, Bob01/01/194010/30/199050FriendAIDS
DeLima, David05/10/195911/09/199031FriendAIDS
Junghans, Michael09/23/195911/11/199031Friend of friendAIDS
Medley, Larry01/01/194612/15/199044AcquaintenceAIDS
Payne, Jeff10/02/195601/01/199134AcquaintenceAIDS
Peters, Tom01/01/195901/18/199132AcquaintenceAIDS
Cole, Robert01/01/196402/01/199127AcquaintencePlane Crash
Bean, Chris09/06/195702/26/199133AcquaintenceAIDS
McCumber, Tony12/11/195205/19/199138AcquaintenceAIDS
Beals, Jerry08/09/195505/25/199135FriendAIDS
Otley, Jimmy07/21/195808/09/199133Close friend (visited in hospital)AIDS
Pulcipher, Jim01/11/194908/11/199142AcquaintenceAIDS
Payne-Carter, David12/27/194709/04/199143AcquaintenceAIDS
Bart, Todd Dunning12/22/196709/11/199123Friend of friendAIDS
Eisler, Michael07/28/194910/13/199142Friend of friendAIDS
Gale, Adam11/26/196311/28/199128AcquaintenceAIDS
Dominguez, Jack01/01/195612/01/199135AcquaintenceAIDS
Chamberlain, Warren10/27/194612/10/199145FriendAIDS
Hill, Frank01/01/195012/19/199141Friend of friendAIDS
Evans, Arthur01/01/196502/02/199227Friend of friendAIDS
Kamens, David01/01/197102/28/199221AcquaintenceAIDS
Guarino, George01/01/196003/03/199232AcquaintenceAIDS
Sollmer, Milo03/10/195703/06/199234AcquaintenceAIDS
Valle, Miguel Angel11/18/196104/02/199230Friend of friendAIDS
Philyaw, Eugene01/01/195304/11/199239AcquaintenceAIDS
Latter, Martin Craig "Marty"01/11/195305/08/199239Close friend (visited in hospital)AIDS
Walker, Keith01/01/194406/09/199248AcquaintenceAIDS
Chelchowski, Robb09/07/195407/16/199237Friend of friendAIDS
Unger, Rick02/09/194608/11/199246AcquaintenceAIDS
Barlow, Matt07/11/195308/21/199239FriendAIDS
Pate, Walter01/20/195109/25/199241Close friend (visited in hospital)AIDS
Flippen, Ricky12/23/195612/01/199235AcquaintenceAIDS
Grooms, Lucius Allen06/17/194512/03/199247Close friend (visited in hospital)AIDS
Longest, Wayne01/01/195312/12/199239AcquaintenceAIDS
Maddix, John02/07/195112/15/199241FriendAIDS
Allen, Jim01/01/195401/07/199339AcquaintenceAIDS
Jerome, Mark02/11/196503/04/199328FriendAIDS
Bryan, Buzz01/01/196303/07/199330AcquaintenceAIDS
Kavanaugh, Bob09/07/194003/16/199352AcquaintenceAIDS
Morris, Julian M.01/01/194204/18/199351Close friend (visited in hospital)AIDS
Framo, Robert07/06/195904/25/199333FriendAIDS
Check, Ann Rose04/09/195504/29/199338AcquaintenceHeart Disease
Littell, Bob12/03/194412/26/199349FriendAIDS
Keller, Tom02/13/196303/15/199431Friend of friendAIDS
Shipp, Jim11/30/192903/16/199464Public figureCancer
Ceyrolles, Bill05/26/195104/17/199442AcquaintenceAIDS
Taylor, Bill01/23/194407/16/199450FriendCancer
Bible, Chuck03/20/195309/09/199441Friend of friendAIDS
Jorgensen, Ed12/15/194509/12/199448Close friend (visited in hospital)AIDS
Meroney, John06/21/195009/12/199444Friend of friendRespiratory Failure
Sarvis, Martin07/06/196310/01/199431FriendCancer
Ziemba, Stanislav C.04/01/194111/14/199453Friend of friendAIDS
Bardziak, Frank01/09/195411/27/199440AcquaintenceAIDS
Killeen, Leonard Nalty02/12/196301/18/199531FriendAIDS
Pond, Steve01/18/195205/14/199543Boyfriend/Sex partnerAIDS
Lorentzen, Stig04/15/196006/24/199535AcquaintenceAIDS
Mosher, Rick02/16/195310/09/199542Friend of friendAIDS
Early, Ellis03/30/194712/26/199548AcquaintenceAIDS
McJimpsey, Jim02/16/194801/13/199647FriendAIDS
Gregory, Mark Wayne10/15/195709/06/199638Close friend (visited in hospital)AIDS
O'Hara, Scott10/16/196102/18/199836Public figureAIDS
Leacock, Kent06/24/194909/02/199849AcquaintenceAIDS
Kruthers, Philip "Phlip"07/18/195601/10/199942Close friend (visited in hospital)Hepatitis B
Lebow, Gary07/15/196206/27/200037FriendAIDS
Bonneau, Gilles07/26/194112/25/200261AcquaintenceAccident
Mazzaferro, Tom 01/13/2003Boyfriend/Sex partnerAIDS
Bennet, Norah12/22/192006/02/200382FamilyDiabetes
Rockowski, "Big Bob"12/31/195607/12/200346FriendHeart Disease
Coile, Jr., Russell C.11/06/194311/10/200360FamilyCancer
Selby, Alan01/01/192905/02/200475AcquaintenceEmphysema
Goode, Violet 12/20/2004FamilyCancer
Hall, James01/01/196212/10/200543AcquaintenceAIDS
Brannigan, Francis L.10/13/191801/10/200687AcquaintenceHeart Disease
Stelter, Ron03/03/196407/06/200743Family of SpouseSurgery
Franklund, Jeffrey12/27/196311/27/200743Close friend (visited in hospital)Accident
Wallace, Peg01/18/192403/20/200884FamilyCancer
Schulthise, Eric Baird09/19/196902/05/201040Friend of friendMurdered
Kendall, Geoffrey Grigsby03/31/195807/22/201052FriendHeart Disease
Bremer, Lubov09/05/192909/04/201080FriendCancer
Byers, Monte Love03/12/195910/10/201051FriendCancer
Coile, Russell C.03/11/191706/04/201194FamilyNatural Causes
Da Costa, Tony08/02/195111/14/201160FriendStroke
Burton, Bill 04/09/2012FriendCancer
Cline, Rob08/28/195304/26/201258AcquaintenceDisease
Coile, Ellen Miller02/13/193011/10/201383FamilyNatural Causes
Lefitz, David10/12/195106/28/201462FriendMesothelioma
Hill, Gregory Alan03/10/196912/27/201445Boyfriend/Sex partnerMeth OD
Needham, Paul05/18/196507/14/201550FriendSleep Apnea
Church, Jok11/28/194904/29/201666AcquaintenceHeart Disease
Springer III, Joel12/11/194801/01/201768FriendRespiratory Failure
Perez, Robert L.08/14/196402/28/201752FriendSleep Apnea
Peschel, Stan 01/18/2018Boyfriend/Sex partnerCancer
Stelter, Johanna09/13/193703/30/201880Family of SpouseAlzheimer's
Mollart, Stan06/12/195202/05/201966AcquaintenceHeart Disease
Dawson, Sr., Michael Kenneth01/01/195908/11/201960FriendLiver Disease
Hall, Jack (John)09/13/195012/04/201969FriendStroke
Morris, Susanna04/26/196001/25/202059FriendCancer
Loke, Hae-Yin04/02/196907/30/202051FriendCancer
Huffman, Andrew08/16/196012/08/202060FriendHeart Disease
MacKenzie, Daniel07/21/199009/05/202131AcquaintenceAccident
Haber, Harriet02/15/196112/15/202160AcquaintenceUnknown
Maruyama, Edith Adams McDonald01/09/193804/15/202284FriendCancer
Nero, James John10/19/193607/12/202285AcquaintenceCOVID
Meacham, Worthie Paul04/14/196110/09/202261FriendUnknown
Nero, Averil01/01/193211/17/202290Friend of friendCancer
Veness, Doreen05/19/193011/27/202292FriendNatural Causes
McClamma, Charles02/08/194604/19/202377Close friend (visited in hospital)Heart Disease
Howe, Martina Fountain08/19/192505/01/202397AcquaintenceNatural Causes
Correa-Berger, Bryan10/12/198309/03/202339Boyfriend/Sex partnerHeart Disease

Life is eternal; and love is immortal;
and Death is only a horizon;
and a horizon is nothing
save the limit of our sight.
—Rossiter Worthington Raymond (1840-1918)