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Offline MasterTuner

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Jorge Bolet
on: December 28, 2003, 01:40:20 AM
I was surprised to find out that Jorge Bolet died of AIDS.  I always assumed he had died of natural causes.  Anyway, I was looking through newspaper articles written at the time of his death and they all said he died of heart failure.  I was wondering if anyone could clear this up.  I was on one website that said he was the first well-known conert pianist to have died of AIDS.  Although there have been reports of Van Cliburn being HIV-positive.
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Re: Jorge Bolet
Reply #1 on: December 28, 2003, 02:47:14 PM
Doesn't Ivo Pogorelich have AIDS?
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Re: Jorge Bolet
Reply #2 on: December 28, 2003, 11:33:48 PM
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I was surprised to find out that Jorge Bolet died of AIDS.  I always assumed he had died of natural causes.  Anyway, I was looking through newspaper articles written at the time of his death and they all said he died of heart failure.  I was wondering if anyone could clear this up.  I was on one website that said he was the first well-known conert pianist to have died of AIDS.  Although there have been reports of Van Cliburn being HIV-positive.


 To the best of my knowledge, Mr. Bolet died of AIDS.
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Re: Jorge Bolet
Reply #3 on: December 29, 2003, 06:43:58 AM
Ivo Pogorelich?  I researched that.  I was surprised to find out that his wife, who had been his teacher, died a few years ago.  However his AIDS status appears to be just rumors.
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