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"Former MTV reality star Sean Sasser has died at age 44, his friend and fellow Real World: San Francisco costar Judd Winick announced via Twitter on Tuesday, Aug. 6. The AIDS activist is survived by his spouse, Michael Kaplan. &amp;quot;Our love goes out to his family and husband Michael,&amp;quot; Winick wrote. &amp;quot;We will miss you so much.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nQueerty reports that Sasser, who was HIV positive, died of mesothelioma, a rare cancer of the lungs. In addition to his awareness efforts, he had been working as a pastry chef at RIS restaurant in Washington, D.C.\r\n\r\nSasser found fame in the early &amp;apos;90s for his relationship with Pedro Zamora, who starred on The Real World: San Francisco. Their commitment ceremony was one of the first ever shown on national television -- and it was done a decade before any same-sex couples could legally marry in the United States. (Zamora died of AIDS at age 22 on Nov. 11, 1994.)\r\n\r\nNews of Sasser&amp;apos;s passing quickly spread online. &amp;quot;My heart breaks. Another beacon of light in our community is darkened tonight with the passing of AIDS activist Sean Sasser,&amp;quot; GLAAD activist Wilson Cruz, who played a bisexual teen on the &amp;apos;90s MTV series My So-Called Life, wrote on Facebook. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ll never forget your kindness, your smile, the joy you brought into every room you stepped into. In your name we fight on. Rest now, my friend.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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