Jamie Lee Curtis was just one of the celebrities remembering some friends lost to the AIDS epidemic on World AIDS Day, and she did it by posting on Instagram a stunning throwback photo of herself wearing a red, crisscross halter top that was sure to grab her followers’ attention.
Alongside the eye-caching, midriff-bearing photo, featuring Curtis wearing shades, the actress shared a message on Dec. 1, World AIDS Day.
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“To my friends, Rick and George and all their friends and families and all of yours and all who we lost, all over the world. We will continue the fight. #worldaidsday2025@ejaf@childrenaffectedby,” she wrote.
Curtis is referencing Richard “Rick” Frank and his husband George Lowe. Frank was an actor who worked with Curtis on the sitcomAnything but Love, which aired on ABC from March 1989 through June 1992 and co-starred the late Richard Lewis. Frank was a regular on the show portraying the character, Jules Kramer.
ANYTHING BUT LOVE - "Ch-Ch-Changes" - Air September 27, 1989. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) L-R: RICHARD FRANK;JAMIE LEE CURTIS;RICHARD LEWISAside from his work in TV and film, Frank was also known for portraying Donald Trump’s mentor Roy Cohn in the play Angels in America. Frank died in Los Angeles of complications from AIDS. Lowe, as well as Cohn, also died of AIDS-related complications.
In a 2019 interview with Salt Lake Magazine, Curtis explained how the deaths of Frank and Lowe turned her into an advocate for the LGBTQ community.
“Rick became, honestly, one of my best friends,” she said. “That experience with both Rick and George was a galvanizing moment for me, and I have tried to honor him more than anything with trying to keep that focus.”
“You don’t have to have your own experience in order to feel compassion and the need for justice and equality,” she added. “In the LGBTQ world, certainly I have friends and family, but I don’t have to have the direct experience in order to feel the compassion that I truly feel for acceptance and equality in all areas.”
While most of the comments on Curtis’ Instagram post reacted to only her photo, some also acknowledge the message she was trying to share.
“Lowkey a great top for World AIDS DAY,” one fan wrote.
“Forgive me but I thought that’s what you nicknamed your girls for a sec and thought this was a breast cancer awareness post,” added another. “I get it now.”
But there were a few who thanked Curtis for her post with sincerity.
“George was my husband's uncle. Thank you for remembering him,” another person wrote.
“It touches my heart that you memorialized my Uncle George and Rick today. I was in eighth grade when he passed and will never ever forget him. Bless you,” added another.
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