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- <title>
- July 26, 1993: Died:Patrick Lippert
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- July 26, 1993 The Flood Of '93
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- MILESTONES, Page 21
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- <p> DIED. PATRICK LIPPERT, 35, political activist; of AIDS complications;
- in Los Angeles. Lippert knew he was HIV-positive for the past
- two years, but managed to turn them into the two most productive
- years of his life. In the spring of 1991, as he learned of his
- infection, he was named executive director of Rock the Vote,
- a voter-registration drive targeted at young Americans. Assisted
- by an aggressive MTV campaign, Rock the Vote registered 350,000
- people, playing a pivotal role in the 18% increase in turnout
- among voters under 25 in last year's presidential election.
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- </body>
- </article>
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