‘Fame’ Star Debbie Allen Recalls Early Days of AIDS Epidemic: ‘I Lost Half of My Dance Company’
variety.comRance Collins Debbie Allen took center stage at Project Angel Food’s Angel Awards Sept. 29 in Hollywood, honored with only the second Humanitarian Angel Award in the nonprofit’s history.
Project Angel Food was launched by activist Marianne Williamson in 1989 to help bring healthy meals to those afflicted with HIV/AIDS in the Los Angeles area.
It has since expanded to provide medically tailored meals to people suffering for all types of illness and food insecurities. “Project Angel Food has a very special place in my heart, because ‘Fame’ is a big part of my life,” Allen said. “I lost half of my dance company to AIDS, and that was tough.
That was hard. And to have an organization that at its beginnings, that’s the focus and the core … to help those who are being treated like [they have] leprosy and not allowed to be part of the team.
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