Randy Shilts

Randy Shilts (August 8, 1951 – February 17, 1994) was an American journalist and author. He worked as a reporter for both The Advocate and the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as for a San Francisco Bay Area television stations. His 1987 book And the Band Played On chronicled the history of the AIDS epidemic. Quote I can only answer that I tried to tell the truth and, if not be objective, at least be fair; history is not served when reporters prize trepidation and propriety over the robust journalistic duty to tell the whole story. The Life and Times of Harvey Milk Randy Shilts, Chronicler of AIDS Epidemic, Dies at 42; Journalism: Author of 'And the Band Played On' is credited with awakening nation to the health crisis External links Category:1951 births Category:1994 deaths Category:Authors from the United States Category:Journalists from the United States Category:Historians from the United States Category:Biographers from the United States Category:LGBT people Category:People from Iowa Category:People from Chicago