Chickadel, David
NAME: David Chickadel
Biography: [T. Chickadel,]a sharp-witted and fiery AIDS activist who founded the first Philadelphia support group for AIDS patients, died of the disease May 11. He was 35. Chickadel, who lived in Center City, was diagnosed with AIDS Related Complex 5 1/2 years ago. Most people with AIDS die within two years of diagnosis, but Chickadel fought off his death with his will, said close friend Rosina Rucci.
[IN MEMORY OF ONE WHO FOUGHT AIDS]
Source: Loretta Tofani, Inquirer Staff Writer More than 150 family members and friends attended a Mass last night in memory of David Chickadel, 35, a well-known AIDS activist in Philadelphia who died May 11 of complications resulting from AIDS. Chickadel had been a radiology technician at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Two of his friends, Anne Greenberg and Bill Randall, spoke of Chickadel at the Mass at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, on 13th Street near Chestnut. "David and I led very differentPublished on 1988-05-27, Page B07, Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA)
His AIDS quilt is here. Another quilt panel is here.
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Date of Birth: 4/17/1953
Date of Death (delete if non-applicable): 5/11/1988
Age at Death (delete if non-applicable): 35
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