Edmund White(1940-2025)

Actor

Sex Positive explores the life of Richard Berkowitz, a controversial gay S&M hustler turned AIDS activist in the 1980's, who helped to invent the idea for 'safe sex.'

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Sex Positive (2008)

Edmund White was born on 13 January 1940 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for La femme défendue (1997), XXI Century (2003) and Sex Positive (2008). He was married to Michael Carroll. He died on 3 June 2025 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

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Known for

La femme défendue

7.2

Actor

1997

XXI Century

8.9

TV Series

Self - Writer

Sex Positive

6.6

Self

2008

Edmund White: A Conversation in New York

Self

2007

Trivia
Formerly resided in France for 16 years, later resided in New York and was professor of creative writing at Princeton University. He was the author of 17 books, and a founder of the Gay Men's Health Crisis.