{"id":1801,"date":"2013-11-03T23:20:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T04:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howpositiveareyou.com\/?p=1801"},"modified":"2014-01-16T14:36:36","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T19:36:36","slug":"rip-gos_blank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howpositiveareyou.com\/rip-gos_blank\/","title":{"rendered":"Rest in Peace Gos Blank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We at\u00a0<em>How Positive Are You<\/em> were saddened to hear that on October 13, 2013, Gos Blank (Charles Rich) passed away. You can hear about his long-standing health challenges and learn about his positive outlook on life and his HIV status by listening to <a title=\"Episode 45: Gos Blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.howpositiveareyou.com\/2012\/02\/16\/episode-45-gos-blank\/\">Episode 45<\/a>\u00a0from February 2012 when he was in fine form. You can also view comments on his life, and add your own, at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/388645967937041\/\" target=\"_blank\">memorial page on facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Barnett has written, &#8220;<a title=\"Here's to Gos Blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.resistanceisfruitful.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/04\/heres-to-gos-blank\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s to Gos Blank<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Ely commented, &#8220;I just want to say what a gift Gos\/Charles was to all of us in the Rethinking AIDS movement. Shame on anyone if they say he \u2018<em>died of AIDS\u2019<\/em>. He died of a misdiagnosis based on long-standing health problems\u2026But I choose to focus on the positive: Gos showed us courage and dignity \u2013 even fun \u2013 in the face of adversity. My condolences to you, Lisa, and please know that we are here for you. xo Beth&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.howpositiveareyou.com\/http:\/\/howpositiveareyou.com\/feed\/downloads\/\/2014\/01\/9823-GosBlankAutopsy.pdf\">Charles Rich (Gos Blank) Autopsy<\/a>\u00a0concludes that none of the causes of his death were related to HIV or AIDS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We at\u00a0How Positive Are You were saddened to hear that on October 13, 2013, Gos Blank (Charles Rich) passed away. You can hear about his long-standing health challenges and learn about his positive outlook on life and his HIV status by listening to Episode 45\u00a0from February 2012 when he was in fine form. You can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[706,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deceased-dissidents","category-hpay-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howpositiveareyou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howpositiveareyou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howpositiveareyou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howpositiveareyou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howpositiveareyou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1801"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.howpositiveareyou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2009,"href":"https:\/\/www.howpositiveareyou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801\/revisions\/2009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howpositiveareyou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howpositiveareyou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howpositiveareyou.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}