LC control no. | n 77019135 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Curry, John, 1949-1994 |
Variant(s) | Curry, John Anthony, 1949-1994 |
Associated country | Great Britain |
Birth date | 1949-09-09 |
Death date | 1994-04-15 |
Place of birth | Birmingham (England) |
Place of death | Binton (England) |
Field of activity | Figure skating |
Affiliation | Olympic Winter Games (12th : 1976 : Innsbruck, Austria) Olympic Winter Games (11th : 1972 : Sapporo-shi, Japan) |
Profession or occupation | Figure skaters Olympic athletes |
Found in | Money, K. John Curry, 1978, c1977 (subj.) CIP galley t.p. (John Curry) CIP data sheet (British skating star) NY times biog. serv., Feb. 1976 (John Curry; 26 year old Olympic gold medal winner) WW 1980 (Curry, John Anthony, 1949-) Wash. post, 4-16-94 (John Curry; d. 4-15-94) Wikipedia, November 8, 2014 (John Curry; John Anthony Curry, OBE (9 September 1949-15 April 1994); British figure skater. He was the 1976 Olympic and World Champion; 10th in 1972 Olympics; born Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; died Binton, Warwickshire, England; Prior to the 1976 World Championships, Curry was outed as gay by a German tabloid newspaper, Bild-Zeitung; In 1987 Curry was diagnosed with HIV, and in 1991 with AIDS. Before his death, he spoke openly to the press about both his disease and his sexual orientation) |
Associated language | eng |