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Related: About this forumELTON JOHN REMEMBERS RYAN WHITE AT HIS AIDS GALA
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PEOPLE_ELTON_JOHN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-10-16-08-24-16Elton John appears on stage at his AIDS Foundation's 11th annual Enduring Vision benefit on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
NEW YORK (AP) -- On the red carpet of his annual AIDS foundation benefit Monday night, Sir Elton John remembered AIDS sufferer Ryan White.
The 65-year musician said dealing with the teenager's death was a major turning point in his life, which at the time was "out of whack."
"Six months after Ryan died, I decided that was it," John said. And within a year of becoming sober, he begin thinking about starting a foundation and "giving something back and making up for lost time."
White contracted AIDS in 1984 after a blood transfusion for his hemophilia. Once diagnosed, he was expelled from middle school and became a poster child for young people afflicted with the disease. John was with the boy and his family when he died in 1990.
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ELTON JOHN REMEMBERS RYAN WHITE AT HIS AIDS GALA (Original Post)
xchrom
Oct 2012
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madokie
(51,076 posts)1. One of my favorite singers of all time
Sir Elton John.
I now go to youtube and listen to some music. Starting off with Your Song.
William769
(55,147 posts)2. One of the all time greats in every category!
Elton John & George Michael one of my favorite duets!
xchrom
(108,903 posts)3. a lovely blast from the past. nt
closeupready
(29,503 posts)4. Saw him in concert a few years back - just awesome.
Not a dull moment - well worth the $75 or whatever it was I paid for myself and a friend.