Elizabeth Glaser, born Elizabeth Meyer, died December 3, 1994, as a result of contracting the AIDS virus during a blood transfusion in 1981. Glaser, wife of actorPaul Michael Glaser, was the co-founder of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Glaser spoke in 1992 at the 1992 Democratic National Convention and was an advocate for further public funding and attention toward preventing AIDS and HIV transmission. December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... The Red ribbon is a symbol for solidarity with HIV-positive people and those living with AIDS. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by infection with... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Paul Michael Glaser (born March 25, 1943) is an American actor. ... The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation was founded in 1988 by Elizabeth Glaser, Susan DeLaurentis, and Susie Zeegen, after Glaser and husband Paul Michael Glaser learned that Mrs. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The 1992 Democratic National Convention is one of a series of historic quadrennial meetings of the United States Democratic Party with a primary focus on officially nominating a candidate for the office of President of the United States and adopting a political party platform as a challenge to the platform...
Elizabeth tested positive and it was found that she had passed the virus to her daughter through breast milk and had also unknowingly given the virus in-utero to her son, Jake.
In 1989 the Glaser's received a phone call threatening to make public their very private family ordeal and after pleading with them failed, in fear of the risk of acknowledging their story and in desperation for the truth to be told, they called the LA Times.
Mayor Thomas Menino proclaimed February 12, as the city's first-ever "ElizabethGlaser Day," in memory of a founder of the foundation that bears her name and honoring the ElizabethGlaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation for its longstanding commitment to improving children's health.
ElizabethGlaser, born Elizabeth Meyer, died December 3, 1994, as a result of contracting the AIDS virus during a blood transfusion in 1981.
Glaser, wife of actor Paul Michael Glaser, was the co-founder of the ElizabethGlaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
Glaser spoke in 1992 at the 1992 Democratic National Convention and was an advocate for further public funding and attention toward preventing AIDS and HIV transmission.
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