At the time, Gia's mother Kathleen did not allow anyone to go into the hospital and visit Gia, so a lot of people didn't know Gia was seriously ill. One person that was allowed in, however, was Rob Fay: "Kathleen had done a very good job at making it look like a home because she had been in that hospital room for so long. The last time I saw Gia she couldn't talk, I knew that she was dying."
In a matter of weeks, Gia's health rapidly deteriorated and she was put on a respirator. The damages that AIDS had done to her body were so terrifying that even the funeral director recommended it be a closed-casket. On November 18, 1986, 26-year old Gia Carangi died.
"Awful thing. It's still very sad, it will always be very sad. It's a horrible way for such a vibrant life to end," said Karuza.
On November 21, 1986, relatives and friends were invited to attend Gia's funeral services. She was laid to rest at Sunset Memorial Park in Feasterville, PA. The industry in which she once had been so famous, so fast, had no idea she was even gone. Even in her own hometown people didn't know the end of her story. Most people who knew her had no idea she was dead until a year later. Everything was kept very quiet because the family was traumatized, and to say that a woman died of AIDS in 1986 was just unheard of, so it was never mentioned.
Karen Karuza remembers that day: "I went to the funeral, my mother and I went, and of course it was a closed casket and I don't remember very many people being there, hardly anyone at all was there. Pretty sad isn't it? Pretty sad..."
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At the time, Gia's mother Kathleen did not allow anyone to go into the hospital and visit Gia, so a lot of people didn't know Gia was seriously ill. One person that was allowed in, however, was Rob Fay: "Kathleen had done a very good job at making it look like a home because she had been in that hospital room for so long. The last time I saw Gia she couldn't talk, I knew that she was dying." In a matter of weeks, Gia's health rapidly deteriorated and she was put on a respirator. The damages that AIDS had done to her body were so terrifying that even the funeral director recommended it be a closed-casket. On November 18, 1986, 26-year old Gia Carangi died. "Awful thing. It's still very sad, it will always be very sad. It's a horrible way for such a vibrant life to end," said Karuza. On November 21, 1986, relatives and friends were invited to attend Gia's funeral services. She was laid to rest at Sunset Memorial Park in Feasterville, PA. The industry in which she once had been so famous, so fast, had no idea she was even gone. Even in her own hometown people didn't know the end of her story. Most people who knew her had no idea she was dead until a year later. Everything was kept very quiet because the family was traumatized, and to say that a woman died of AIDS in 1986 was just unheard of, so it was never mentioned. Karen Karuza remembers that day: "I went to the funeral, my mother and I went, and of course it was a closed casket and I don't remember very many people being there, hardly anyone at all was there. Pretty sad isn't it? Pretty sad..."Source(s):
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