Regrettably, many have succumbed to the HIV/AIDS virus and been taken away far too soon by this disease including Vargas himself.
Robert “Bob” Vargas (July 3, 1954 – January 25, 1997)
The following is a list of individuals along with their date of death who were mentioned at some point in the Vargas diaries. Please note that this does not imply that any of these individuals had contracted the HIV even though some had.
These links lead to photos of their obituaries taken from a collaborative project between the GLBT Historical Society of Northern California and the Bay Area Reporter here.
Michael Palladino (March 3, 1936 – May 13, 1986)
Gary Kimes (November 20, 1986)
Gary Lamoureux (June 1, 1950 – January 15, 1987)
Robert E. VanCamp (February 19, 1952 – February 23, 1989)
Robert W. Carter (October 20, 1994)
Charles Pierce (July 14, 1926 – May 31, 1999)
Robert “Bob” Emery* (November 4,1928 – September 29, 2011)
