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- Sharkey was diagnosed as HIV positive in the late 1980s. He reportedly contracted the virus through intravenous drug use. After his death, Sharkey's manager Herb Nanas admitted that they both decided to keep his diagnosis a secret, fearing it would hurt his career.
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Sharkey was diagnosed as HIV positive in the late 1980s. He reportedly contracted the virus through intravenous drug use. After his death, Sharkey's manager Herb Nanas admitted that they both decided to keep his diagnosis a secret, fearing it would hurt his career.
Jun 13, 1993 · NEW YORK -- Tough-guy actor Ray Sharkey who starred in the late 1980s television series 'Wiseguys' has died at 41 of AIDS. Robert Walsh, a spokesman for Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn,...
Ray Sharkey, the hard-living actor who starred as a crime boss in the television series "Wiseguy" died of AIDS complications, his manager said Saturday. He was 40. Sharkey died Friday at Lutheran Hospital in New York City's borough of Brooklyn, said Herb Nanas.
Jun 13, 1993 · Ray Sharkey, a television and film actor whose portrayals of rough-hewn and emotionally vulnerable tough guys won wide acclaim, but whose personal life descended into a nightmare of drug and...
Jun 14, 1993 · LOS ANGELES -- Ray Sharkey, 40, the hard-living actor who starred as a crime boss in the television series "Wiseguy," died June 11 at a hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y. He had AIDS.
Jun 13, 1993 · Ray Sharkey, the hard-living actor who starred as a crime boss in the television series “Wiseguy,” died of the complications of AIDS, his manager said Saturday. He was 40. Sharkey died...
Jun 14, 1993 · Ray Sharkey, the hard-living actor who starred in television’s “Wiseguy” and the movie “The Idolmaker,” died of AIDS complications, his manager said Saturday. He was 40.