/u/jeremykunayak's posts in /r/1980s
Marisa Tomei's audition headshot for Jim Henson's Labyrinth. She was among many young actresses considered for the Jennifer Connelly role (1985)
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TIL that when 13-year-old Ryan White got AIDS from a blood donor in 1984, he was banned from returning to school by a petition signed by 117 parents. An auction was held to keep him out, a newspaper supporting him got death threats, and his family left town when a gun was fired through their window.
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