Alison Gertz

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alison Gertz
Occupation	Activist
Date Of Birth	Feb 27, 1966(1966-02-27)
Age	58
Date Of Death	1992-08-08
Birthplace	Manhattan
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Aquarius

Alison Gertz Biography

Alison Gertz is one of the most popular and richest Activist who was born on February 27, 1966 in Manhattan, New York, United States. This tragically happened when she was just twenty-six years old. She is remembered for her HIV activism. She was featured in The New York Times and appeared on TV multiple times during the years that preceded her death.

In a 1992 movie made for TV, she was played by She was portrayed by Molly Ringwald in a 1992 made-for-TV movie..

Gertz later found out that she had contracted HIV from a 27-year-old man named Cort Brown. He was a bisexual bartender whom Gertz met at Studio 54 when she was 16. They had their first and only sexual encounter in 1982. He died of AIDS in 1988.

In summer 1988, Gertz developed a persistent fever and chronic diarrhea. She was hospitalized and underwent testing to determine the cause of her illness. Gertz was never tested for AIDS because doctors did not consider her to be in a “high-risk group” for the disease. Two weeks later, she developed pneumonia. A bronchoscopy revealed that Gertz had AIDS.

She is the only child and daughter of Jerrold Gertz, a business executive, and grew up in Manhattan, New York.

Alison Gertz Net Worth

Alison Gertz is one of the richest Activist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alison Gertz 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At twenty-one, she was diagnosed with AIDS. After a brief encounter with Cort Brown, a bisexual man six years older than her, she discovered that she had been diagnosed with the disease six times earlier. Parsons The New School for Design in New York was where she studied.

She encouraged people to have safe sex, and she also stressed the fact that AIDS can strike anyone.

Alison L. Gertz (February 27, 1966 – August 8, 1992) was an American AIDS activist in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Gertz died of AIDS-related pneumonia.

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Who is Alison Gertz Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Alison Ranked on the list of most popular Activist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Alison Gertz celebrates birthday on February 27 of every year.

What does Alison Gertz represent?

Alison L. Gertz, who contracted AIDS in a single encounter with a man at the age of 16 and drew international attention by telling her story as a warning to heterosexuals, women and teen-agers , died yesterday afternoon at her family’s summer home in Westhampton Beach, L.I. She was 26 years old and lived in Manhattan.

Is Alison Gertz still alive?

August 8, 1992