TI   "Michael Callen, Singer and Expert on Coping With AIDS, Dies at 38" 
 AU   Dunlap, David W.
 SO   New York Times (12/29/93) P. D19
 AB   Michael Callen, a writer and singer who spent the 12 years since his
      AIDS diagnosis telling the world how to deal with the virus, died of
      the disease on Monday night at the age of 38.  After he learned in
      1982 that he had AIDS, Callen thrust himself into political advocacy.
       He devoted the rest of his life to spreading the message of survival
      through magazines, newspapers, films, television appearances, and
      concerts.  In addition, he authored "Surviving AIDS," and co-authored
      "How to Have Sex in an Epidemic."   In 1983, Callen was a plaintiff
      in the nation's first AIDS discrimination case, in which his
      physician, Dr. Joseph A. Sonnabend, successfully challenged an
      eviction from a Greenwich Village co-op for treating AIDS patients. 
      Callen was also a founding member of the People With AIDS Coalition
      and of the Community Research Initiative in New York, which conducted
      its own drug trials.  He is survived by his companion, parents, a
      sister, and a brother.  Related Story: Los Angeles Times--Washington
      Edition (12/29) B3

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