BLACK CELEBRITIES WE'VE LOST TO AIDS... (1468 hits)
Howard Rollins (1950 - 1996) Rollins, starred in the box-office hit, "A Soldier's Story," which led to his role as Virgil Tibbs on the TV drama "In the Heat of the Night," died on Dec. 8, 1996 after complications from AIDS-related lymphoma. The Baltimore native had been diagnosed with the condition approximately six weeks earlier. He was 46...