| Monday, April 12, 2004 - 03:36 pm Housing-Works Mourns Loss of Co-Founder and Co-President Keith D. Cylar Keith Cylar was one of the leaders of the modern AIDS activist movement and founder and co-president of the nation's largest community-based AIDS service provider, Housing Works, Inc., died on April 5th. He was 45 years old. Keith had lived with HIV for over 20 years and was diagnosed with AIDS in 1989. In the last year Keith was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a serious enlargement of the heart. He died in his sleep early Monday morning of cardioarrythmia. The wake will be held on Monday April 12 from 6 - 9 PM at the Church of the Intercession at 550 West 155th St between Broadway and Amsterdam including a service from 7 - 8:30 PM The funeral will be held on Tuesday April 13th at 12 noon at the Church of the Intercession at 550 West 155th St between Broadway and Amsterdam. Following the funeral will be a motorcade to 14th Street and Union Square and at 4 PM hundreds will march from Union Square to Housing Works residence at 9th Street and Avenue D for the internment of Keith's ashes in the garden and a full southern dinner of Keith's favorite dishes. Folowing the reception at 6:30 - 10 PM Housing Works, as per Keith's instructions, is hosting a party for Keith at Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues. Further information is available at http://www.housingworks.org
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