"She said, 'I am one with back infant struggling with tubes in a Philadelphia hospital' "(Shaw). ... " 'I am one with the lonely gay man sheltering a flickering candle from the cold wind of his family's rejection'" (Dorfman). Fisher was sheltering a gay man without even knowing, that basically meant she was bound to get AIDS even though she did not do any of the things that causes AIDS. ... "In July 1991, Fisher's ex-husband called to tell her he had tested positive for the AIDS virus" (Gleick). ... "Mary said, 'every year...

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