Steve Moore

Steven Spencer Moore was an American stand-up comedian, best known for his 1997 HBO comedy special Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragi-Comedy): The Power of HIV-Positive Thinking, about his experiences living with HIV/AIDS.

Biography Born and raised in Danville, Virginia,

Although gay, he was in a lavender marriage to Canadian comedian Lois Bromfield from 1980 to 1995 which ended after they both decided to publicly come out as gay. Moore frequently performed as the warm-up comedian for tapings of Roseanne, on which Bromfield was a writer;

Diagnosed HIV-positive in 1989, he came out about both his sexuality and his HIV status in the mid-1990s, and had supporting roles in the film Love Kills and the sitcom Ellen. and as a speaker on AIDS and HIV issues.

Moore died on May 24, 2014, at his residence in Danville, Virginia, aged 59.