Bobby Rosenthal died peacefully in his sleep after a 20-year struggle with AIDS. Bobby worked for Mobilization Against AIDS in San Francisco in the ’90s and helped to organize AIDS Dance-a-thons. He and his mother, Suzanne, were a dynamic team at AIDSWatch and at other events involving lobbying for AIDS activism on Capitol Hill. It was his goal to show another face of AIDS to lawmakers. Bobby, who contracted HIV in 1987, had a wonderful sense of humor, a deep love of children and animals, and was a tireless soldier in the battle against AIDS. He is the beloved son of Suzanne Benzer and Roy Rosenthal; cherished stepson of Bernard Benzer and Jacki Beck Rosenthal; brother of Jeffery Rosenthal, stepbrother of Eric Benzer, Sheryl, Paul and Gary Silverman. A memorial service will be held Sunday, December 2 at the the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center at 208 West 13 Street in New York, NY at 10:30 a.m. Donations in his name may be made to: Love Heals, 2 Fifth Avenue, #2Q, NY, NY 10011 or Treatment Action Group, 611 Broadway, #308, NY, NY 10012. To read more from those who knew Bobby well, or to post your own remembrance, visit legacy.com.
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