Alvin Ailey

Family : None | Change residence 1942 (Moved to L.A.) | Relationship : None | Begin significant relationship 1949 (Friendship/work with Lester Horton) | Work : None | Start Business 1953 (Took over the dance business when Horton died) | Work : None | Start Business 1958 (Formed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre) | Work : None | Fired/Laid off/Quit 1965 (Left dance to concentrate on business) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1970 (Dance troupe performed in Leningrad) | Work : None | Retired 1980 | : None | Death by Disease 1 December 1989 in New York (Complications from AIDS, age 58) | Traits : Body | Race (Black) | Diagnoses : Major Diseases | Aids (Terminal) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Throat (Esophogeal ulcer) | Family : Childhood | Abuse - Neglect (Abandoned by dad) | Lifestyle : Work | Work in team/ Tandem (Professional friendship with Lester Horton) | Lifestyle : Home | Many moves (In youth) | Passions : Sexuality | Homosexual male | Vocation : Business | Business owner (Dance and theatre troupe) | Vocation : Entertain/Music | Dancer/ Teacher (Dancer, choreographer) | Notable : Awards | Vocational award (Numerous) | Notable : Famous | Founder/ originator (Alvin Ailey Dance Theater) | Notable : Famous | Top 5% of Profession