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...Surgeon General C. Everett Koop bravely distriubuted to the public his Surgeon General's Report on AIDS, the first committment on the part of the U.S. government to educate its citizens about the disease...
...Koop warned, "It is estimated that in 1991, 54,000 will die from AIDS. At this moment, many of them are not infected with the virus. With proper information and education, as many as 12,000 to 14,000 could be saved in 1991 from death from AIDS...
During his eight-year tenure as Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop campaigned passionately against cigarette smoking among Americans. Last week Koop took on the tobacco industry once again, but this time he was fighting the sale of U.S. cigarettes in Asia. Testifying before a committee of the U.S. Trade Representative's office, Koop blasted the industry's contention that the U.S. Government should pressure Thailand, which bans all cigarette imports, to open its market to American manufacturers. Said Koop, who retires Oct. 1: "At a time when we are pleading with foreign governments to stop the export of cocaine...
...Everett Koop is an outspoken First Doctor with pronounced ideas about how America should take care of itself...
After the session, Koop gently addressed Mapplethorpe's illness, turning to , the artist before saying goodbye: "I hope it goes well for you." Thirty- seven days later, on March 9, Mapplethorpe died at New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston. He was 42. The Koop photograph turned out to be Mapplethorpe's last portrait assignment...