Gay Activist and Actress Zelda Rubenstein Has Been Taken Off Life Support

God Bless Her

http://www.joblo.com/arrow/index.php?id=20022



She was in an early HIV prevention poster specifically targeting gay men at a time when no mainstream actors would go near the topic, including Elizabeth Taylor.

I always loved her for that.

http://andymatic.com/poltergeist-actress-and-gay-activist-zelda-rubinstein-in-failing-health/

Video Here:

http://www.gay.com/watch/447/Advocate:+Zelda+Rubinstein

This is so tragic. :cry:

...this is very, very sad.:cry:

I doubt she'd regret her own death as much as she would the death of one of the younger people she tried to help with those ads.

portrayal of Tangina in Poltergeist is iconic. Here she is at AIDS Walk LA a few months ago:

POLTERGEIST - POLTERGEIST STAR NOT NEAR DEATH

POLTERGEIST STAR NOT NEAR DEATH

Friends of POLTERGEIST star ZELDA RUBINSTEIN have dismissed reports the actress is close to death after a month-long health battle, insisting she's well on the way to recovery.
Internet reports have suggested the 76 year old, who played creepy spirit talker Tangina in the cult 1982 film, had been taken off a life support machine after spending December (09) at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
The actress was admitted when two of her major organs failed.
But sources insist things aren't as bleak as reports suggest.
A friend tells MovieHole.net, "She's OK. Vitals are good. She's apparently doing better. Internet sources exaggerated the story."

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/poltergeist-star-not-near-death_1127321

:cry:

From what I have been hearing she was a true bleeding heart liberal Democrat til the very end. No wonder I liked her so much!

I am SO TOUCHED by her being such a gay advocate!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izUpwT2DX6s

I always liked her. :(