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Carangi died at the Hahnemann Hospital of AIDS-related complications one month later, on November 18, 1986, at the age of 26; she was among the first famous women to die of the disease. Her funeral was held on November 23 at a small funeral home in Philadelphia.
Dec 2, 2019 · Gia died at age 26 of AIDS, likely due to her addiction to heroin, on Nov. 18, 1986. She was one of the first well-known cisgender women to be diagnosed with AIDS in the '80s. Back then,...
Jan 31, 2023 · Model Gia Carangi - whom Angelina Jolie played in 1998's Gia - was only 26 years old when she died of AIDS-related complications in 1986.
Sep 24, 2022 · A revered fashion model plucked out of Philadelphia, Gia Carangi became addicted to heroin and died at 26 years old from AIDS in November 1986. She was edgy, she was fiery, and she was falling apart. America's first supermodel, Gia Carangi died too soon of her own demise.
Sep 14, 2018 · Struggling to cope with the pressures of her new career, Gia turned to heroin, and, despite kicking the habit a number of times and staging multiple comebacks, in 1986 she died of Aids-related complications at just 26.
Jun 13, 2021 · When Gia Carangi's life is remembered at all, it is remembered as a tragedy. Though she is acknowledged as the world's first true supermodel, her short life and her tragic demise mean that her name isn't as widely known as you'd expect from someone who had achieved such a feat.
Sep 27, 2019 · Gia Carangi is most remembered for two, divergent things: Revolutionizing what it meant to be "beautiful" at a time when an Italian-American phenotype wasn't in the mainstream, and, sadly, becoming one of the first female public figures to die from AIDS.
On 18 November 1986 Gia Carangi died, of Aids. She was 26. Looking back, what did it all add up to?
Sep 7, 1997 · This intense film, which begins with Gia's childhood and ends with her death of AIDS in 1986 at the age of 26, deals not only with drug use by people with everything to lose but also with the...
Feb 4, 1998 · She died of AIDS in 1986, at age 26. She was a heroin addict. No fairy princess, she was modeling's queen of self-destruction. Her story was first told in Thing of Beauty _ The Tragedy of...
