Rudolf Nureyev, one of the most talented dancers of the 20th century. Fled the communist Soviet Union in 1961 in order to practice his art. Died on 6 January 1993, nine years after testing positive for HIV.
Poor baby. Dance was his life, and he risked it to dance. He was born a nobody in Siberia and died a legend in Paris. Shame that what cut his life short was one, fleeting moment of pleasure in the bedroom without a condom.