Carangi died at the Hahnemann Hospital of AIDS-related complications one month later, on November 18, 1986, at the age of 26. [35][3] Her funeral was held on November 23 at a small funeral home in …

Feb 21, 2025 · Gia Carangi, a pioneering supermodel, tragically died at 26 from AIDS after struggling with addiction. Her legacy endures in fashion history.

Jan 25, 2025 · Gia Carangi is celebrated as one of fashion’s first “supermodels.” Her rapid rise to fame and untimely death from AIDS at the age of 26 in 1982 have cemented her legendary status in the...

Dec 2, 2019 · Gia died at age 26 of AIDS, likely due to her addiction to heroin, on Nov. 18, 1986. She was one of the first well-known cisgender women to be diagnosed with AIDS in the '80s.

Sep 30, 2025 · Carangi had a striking androgynous look that fashion editors loved to work with. She also openly identified as a lesbian, which was rare at the time in the industry. In December of 1986, …

Mar 29, 2025 · In a final, desperate bid for survival, Gia turned to the streets, peddling the only commodity she had left – her broken, diseased body. It was there, among the shadows and syringes, …

Sep 14, 2018 · Struggling to cope with the pressures of her new career, Gia turned to heroin, and, despite kicking the habit a number of times and staging multiple comebacks, in 1986 she died of Aids …

Jan 7, 2025 · What happened to Gia Carangi? She started using drugs and developed addiction when her agent, mentor, and friend Wilhelmina Cooper succumbed to lung cancer in March 1980.

Jan 31, 2023 · Model Gia Carangi - whom Angelina Jolie played in 1998's Gia - was only 26 years old when she died of AIDS-related complications in 1986

Dec 1, 2023 · Philadelphia-born supermodel Gia Carangi was one of the first women to die of AIDS.