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

Pic Gianni Versace and Elton John

Gianni Versace and Elton John

Elton John (as Tina Turner) Madison Square Garden with Rod Stewart

Elton John , Peter Strake, Freddie Mercury

Singer/Songwriter Elton John and Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson in AIDS walk, Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia, July 1991.

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Dressed in her brother Gianni’s designs, Donatella Versace and close friend, Elton John make quite the entrace. 1991