Although
the death certificate of Alexis Arquette says she died after suffering a heart
attack, emerging facts reveal that the death certificate of the pioneering
transgender actress shows she lived with HIV for 29 years.
The
revelation emerged from documents obtained by LA Times said the transgender who
died barely a week ago in Los Angeles, had bacterial endocarditis, an infection
of the heart, for three weeks before she died at the age of 47 on 11 September.
Alexis
died in Los Angeles surrounded by all of her family as they serenaded her with
a rendition of David Bowie’s ‘Starman’.
The
actress was the sibling of David, Rosanna, Richmond and Patricia Arquette and
was best known for her roles in Last Exit To Brooklyn, Pulp Fiction and The
Wedding Singer. Alexis stood firm in her convictions and frequently turned down
roles in films which she thought pigeonholed the transgender community or were
demeaning.
The
family released poignant statement describing the deceased as “a brilliant
artist and painter, a singer, an entertainer and an actor,” they said. “We
learned what real bravery is through watching her journey of living as a trans
woman. We came to discover the one truth - that love is everything.”
“She
fiercely lived her reality in a world where it is dangerous to be a trans
person - a world largely unready to accept differences among human beings, and
where there is still the ugliness of violence and hostility towards people that
we may not understand.”
Born
Robert Arquette, the fourth child of the character actor Lewis Arquette and
fellow actor Brenda Olivia Nowak in Los Angeles, she began playing
gender-ambiguous roles as a teenager. She later appeared in a 2007 documentary,
She's My Brother which centred around her transition from male to female. But
in February, David Arquette told Khloé Kardashian that Alexis no longer
identified as transgender and was keen to be referred to as “gender
suspicious" instead.
Source: Independentnig.com
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