Photo Elton John serve as pallbearers during Ryan White’s funeral

MAGAZINE: April 23, 1990 Vol. 33 No. 16 Candle in the WindBy Bill Shaw

Here is the moving, untold story of the final hours of Ryan White, the boy whose battle with AIDS touched America's heart 
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TRUE FRIENDS: Howie Long, Ryan White’s uncle Tom Hale, two high school friends, Phil Donahue and Elton John serve as pallbearers during Ryan White’s funeral. After a bout with a respiratory infection worsened, Ryan died at 7:11 a.m. April 8, 1990, in Riley Hospital for Children

Ryan White and his mother