{"id":78748,"date":"2024-02-27T06:50:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T06:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/27\/madonnas-aids-memorial-tribute-luther-vandross-controversy\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T06:50:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T06:50:05","slug":"madonnas-aids-memorial-tribute-luther-vandross-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/27\/madonnas-aids-memorial-tribute-luther-vandross-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna&#8217;s AIDS Memorial Tribute, Luther Vandross Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>During Madonna&#8217;s &#8220;Celebration Tour&#8221; in Sacramento, <strong>a moving tribute took place as an image of<\/strong> <strong>Luther Vandross was unexpectedly added to the &#8220;Live to Tell&#8221; AIDS Memorial wall<\/strong>, sparking discussions due to his rumored AIDS-related struggles despite his official cause of death being attributed to a stroke in 2005. Madonna oversees the memorial&#8217;s inclusion process, implying a deliberate decision by Vandross&#8217;s estate regarding his addition. <strong>However, his image was later removed following a request from the estate, reaffirming the stroke-related cause of death.<\/strong> This incident underscores the enduring stigma surrounding HIV\/AIDS and the complexities of public perception and privacy. Madonna&#8217;s tour continues to raise awareness, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging and respecting the diverse experiences of those affected by AIDS.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"aentry-post__figure aentry-post__figure--media\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Luther Vandross estate wants his photo removed from Madonna\u2019s AIDS tribute at her concert <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iAjK7sadog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/iAjK7sadog<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wfoqGWjhmR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/wfoqGWjhmR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Page Six (@PageSix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PageSix\/status\/1762262720894677465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PageSix\/status\/1762262720894677465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3yMXa_vOkM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/127890242.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Madonna&#8217;s &#8220;Celebration Tour&#8221; in Sacramento, a moving tribute took place as an image of Luther Vandross was unexpectedly added to the &#8220;Live to Tell&#8221; AIDS Memorial wall, sparking discussions due to his rumored AIDS-related struggles despite his official cause of death being attributed to a stroke in 2005. Madonna oversees the memorial&#8217;s inclusion process, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-78748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}