Billy Porter, Whoopi Goldberg, Sterling K. Brown and Richard Gere are just some of the stars participating in “Hear Our Stories,” the audio component of the Stories: The AIDS Monument being erected in West Hollywood.
On June 5, to mark the 40th anniversary of the first CDC report related to HIV/AIDS, public officials, activists and celebrities will converge on San Vicente Boulevard next to West Hollywood Park for the groundbreaking for, a 7,000-square-foot art installation honoring those who have died of AIDS or are living with HIV.
A director, choreographer and producer, he won the Oscar for best documentary in 1983 for “He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’.’’ Before his death at age 50 in 1993, Ardolino directed box office hits “Dirty Dancing” and “Sister Act.”While the pro baseball player wasn’t out publicly when he played for the Dodgers and the A’s between 1976 and 1979, he did tell his teammates and owners he was gay. After retiring, he competed twice in the Gay Games before his death in 1995 at 42.
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