How did he contract AIDS ?
He is gay, I assume that is how he contracted it. Although, it would be ironic if there was another reason.
The fact that he has HIV led to his cancer. The kind he had is usually found in peopel with extremely depressed immune systems - HIV patients and the very old: 80's and 90's.
I first listened to him around 1980, and he would go on about how great a place Provincetown was.
It took awhile to before I realized what P-town meant.
I recall a tv interview after his AIDS infection went public: He was asked about
being so intelligent, why didn't he practice "safe" sex.
He answered that he didn't know when he first contracted HIV, it could have been before the
whys and wherefores of the disease were known.
He always did great interviews with a wide range of authors. I bought a number of books that I
wouldn't have otherwise considered, if it wasn't for his show.