Roger Lyon, 36, formerly of Houston, died Nov. 4, 1984 at the University of California Medical Center where he had been hospitalized for three weeks. Lyon was diagnosed with AIDS in 1983. His health had remained relatively stable for a year until last June when rapid deterioration began. Doctors listed Kaposi's Sarcoma as the cause of death.
Lyon was the branch manager for the San Francisco Maritime Shipping Company. He had lived in Chicago and Houston prior to moving in 1980 to California. He is survived by his lifemate, David Case and his mother, Betty Overton of Elkhart, Indiana. Friends held a private memorial service. His remains were cremated.
Lyon made headlines in 1983 when he was flown to Washington D.C. to testify in front of a congressional committee, six months after being diagnosed with AIDS. "I don't want my epitaph to read I dies of red tape," Lyon testified. His friends remember him as a sweet man and a loving person and companion.
Lyon appeared posthumously in the HBO film "And The Band Played On" in 1993.
Lyon was the branch manager for the San Francisco Maritime Shipping Company. He had lived in Chicago and Houston prior to moving in 1980 to California. He is survived by his lifemate, David Case and his mother, Betty Overton of Elkhart, Indiana. Friends held a private memorial service. His remains were cremated.
Lyon made headlines in 1983 when he was flown to Washington D.C. to testify in front of a congressional committee, six months after being diagnosed with AIDS. "I don't want my epitaph to read I dies of red tape," Lyon testified. His friends remember him as a sweet man and a loving person and companion.
Lyon appeared posthumously in the HBO film "And The Band Played On" in 1993.
Roger Lyon, 36, formerly of Houston, died Nov. 4, 1984 at the University of California Medical Center where he had been hospitalized for three weeks. Lyon was diagnosed with AIDS in 1983. His health had remained relatively stable for a year until last June when rapid deterioration began. Doctors listed Kaposi's Sarcoma as the cause of death.
Lyon was the branch manager for the San Francisco Maritime Shipping Company. He had lived in Chicago and Houston prior to moving in 1980 to California. He is survived by his lifemate, David Case and his mother, Betty Overton of Elkhart, Indiana. Friends held a private memorial service. His remains were cremated.
Lyon made headlines in 1983 when he was flown to Washington D.C. to testify in front of a congressional committee, six months after being diagnosed with AIDS. "I don't want my epitaph to read I dies of red tape," Lyon testified. His friends remember him as a sweet man and a loving person and companion.
Lyon appeared posthumously in the HBO film "And The Band Played On" in 1993.
Lyon was the branch manager for the San Francisco Maritime Shipping Company. He had lived in Chicago and Houston prior to moving in 1980 to California. He is survived by his lifemate, David Case and his mother, Betty Overton of Elkhart, Indiana. Friends held a private memorial service. His remains were cremated.
Lyon made headlines in 1983 when he was flown to Washington D.C. to testify in front of a congressional committee, six months after being diagnosed with AIDS. "I don't want my epitaph to read I dies of red tape," Lyon testified. His friends remember him as a sweet man and a loving person and companion.
Lyon appeared posthumously in the HBO film "And The Band Played On" in 1993.
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