Studied at University of New Hampshire and Boston Conservatory
Studied acting under Geraldine Page, Shelley Winters and Bill Vespa

John Outlaw, an actor and musician who had fought AIDS since 1979 and used songs to dramatize issues about the epidemic, died of the disease...at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan. He was 37 and lived in Manhattan.

Outlaw, whose original family name was Savage, was the founder (1987) and leader of the rock band The John Outlaw Project. He wrote songs on AIDS that the group performed in Manhattan clubs. His song “Down At The Drugstore” was recorded in 1990 and made into a music video that was shown on MTV.

As an actor, he appeared in the television soap operas All My Children, Guiding Light and Another World. He also acted in Off-Broadway plays and national commercials for Pepsi, Listerine, Jeep, Almond Joy and other products.

According to a friend, Outlaw was one of the longest known survivors of AIDS; he had experienced early stage symptoms before medical authorities recognized AIDS as a new illness.

—adapted from New York Times obituary

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Down At The Drugstore
recorded: 1990
video shown on MTV

songs about AIDS (no information found)

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BIBLIOGRAPHY:

• Obituary, New York Times, March 12, 1993.

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