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Which illness was muralist Keith Haring battling when he painted his last mural from a hospital wheelchair shortly before he died?
Answer
AIDS
Haring publicly disclosed his AIDS diagnosis in 1988 and continued creating art, including a final mural, until his death from AIDS-related complications in 1990.
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Keith Haring painted his final mural while hospitalized with AIDS, completing it from a wheelchair days before his death in 1990.
Other options people guess
- Leukemia
- Tuberculosis
- Multiple sclerosis
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