Tommy Morrison

A professional boxer, Morrison is best known for his role in Rocky V. During a news conference in 1996, he announced he was retiring because he was HIV positive. Morrison eventually went on a crusade against the HIV medication AZT and even later denied he had the virus. He died on September 1, 2013, at age 44 of an undisclosed illness.

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