Randy Shilts

Randy Shilts (August 8, 1951 – February 17, 1994) was an American journalist and author. He worked as a reporter for both The Advocate and the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as for a San Francisco Bay Area television stations. His 1987 book And the Band Played On chronicled the history of the AIDS epidemic.

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• I can only answer that I tried to tell the truth and, if not be objective, at least be fair; history is not served when reporters prize trepidation and propriety over the robust journalistic duty to tell the whole story.
  • The Life and Times of Harvey Milk Randy Shilts, Chronicler of AIDS Epidemic, Dies at 42; Journalism: Author of 'And the Band Played On' is credited with awakening nation to the health crisis