Elton John has paid a poignant tribute to late playwright and leading AIDS activist Larry Kramer, remembering him as a “giant of a man”. The Normal Heart writer died on Wednesday (May 27, 2020), aged 84, and stars like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mia Farrow, and Rob Reiner were quick to share a few words online in honor of his passing.
Now Elton, a fellow gay rights icon, has opened up about the sad loss in a moving statement shared on social media. “Larry Kramer’s passing is the saddest news,” he began. “We have lost a giant of a man who stood up for gay rights like a warrior. “His anger was needed at a time when gay men’s deaths to AIDS were being ignored by the American government, a tragedy that made the Gay Men’s Health Crisis and ACT UP