pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/elton-john-redeemed-self-disgusting-past-193442950.html"img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ucza6L5YbP.3tgW5dfpeow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-08-03T193442Z_1_CBRE8721IDY00_RTROPTP_2_USA-AIDS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Musician Elton John delivers the keynote speech at the AIDS 2012 conference in Washington" align="left" title="Musician Elton John delivers the keynote speech at the AIDS 2012 conference in Washington" border="0" //aWASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 20 years ago singer-songwriter Elton John was, by his own admission, living a disgusting life of self-pity and drug abuse. Then he met Ryan White. White was an American teenager who in 1984 contracted the virus that causes AIDS through a blood transfusion due to his hemophilia. He was expelled from school because of fear of the disease and became a vocal advocate of HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. .../pbr clear="all"/
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