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AIDS Activist Frank Sieple Dead at 51
Frank Sieple, a longtime HIV/AIDS activist with ACT UP/Chicago, passed away suddenly Jan. 5. He was 51.
Sieple was born and raised in Chicago, where he spent most of his life. He spent his last years in San Francisco, where he relocated in the early 1990s.
Sieple was an early leader of ACT UP/Chicago, participating in actions throughout Chicago with Danny Sotomayor, Tim Miller and others who protested the government's silence as AIDS ravaged Chicago's gay community.
"His life was short and voluminous," remembered Bob Huffman, Sieple's former partner from his ACT UP days. "He was a charmer, had a wonderful engaging personality."
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