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August 17, 2009
Bruce Flannery, Activist on HIV and Other Issues, Dies at 54
Bruce Flannery, an activist who lobbied for legislation and policies to help those living with HIV, died Friday, August 14, due to complications from open-heart surgery, reports the Philadelphia Daily News. He was 54 years old.
As a founding member and president of the Pennsylvania Coalition of AIDS Service Organizations, Flannery successfully convinced state officials to allocate $20 million in state funding for HIV treatment, increasing the number of medications offered to low-income HIV-positive people through the state Department of Public Welfare. Thanks to Flannery’s work, Pennsylvania became the first state in the country to add new medications to its list of available drugs.
Flannery was often sought for his expertise. He served as technical advisor on the 1993 Oscar-winning film Philadelphia, which starred Tom Hanks, and Flannery helped develop and produce HIV-related segments for CBS News, NBC Nightly News With Tom Brokaw, the Today show and CBS Sunday Morning.
Most recently, he was the director of fund development and marketing for the Maternity Care Coalition in Philadelphia.
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