John Savage Outlaw - Down at the Drugstore

Vespa. Mr. Outlaw was one of the longest known survivors of AIDS, said Anne Levine-Ezer, a friend. He had experienced early-stage symptoms before medical authorities recognized AIDS as a new illness. An actor and musician who had fought AIDS since 1979, John Savage Outlaw used songs to dramatize issues about the epidemic and died of the disease in March of 1993 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan. He was 37 and lived in Manhattan. This video, "Down at the Drugstore", was recorded at ...