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Imposter and con artist David Hampton

From a long line of such characters in real life, and literature.

I wonder why he lost his early 90s lawsuit against Playwright John Guare. It seems to me that Guare did take Hampton's life story and made a lot of money off of it.

Hampton had AIDS and died of it in 2003. That was years after tritherapy so David must have been quite a mess. Probably could have used some cash in the 90s, even if he was a despicable character.

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by Anonymousreply 22October 29, 2024 1:32 AM

Guare wasn't about to give his stalker compensation for writing about the criminal escapades of a public figure.

by Anonymousreply 1October 27, 2024 10:21 PM

That’s basically Will Smith’s character in 6 degrees.

by Anonymousreply 2October 27, 2024 10:27 PM

[quote]That’s basically Will Smith’s character in 6 degrees.

Another penetrating glimpse into the obvious.

by Anonymousreply 3October 27, 2024 10:31 PM

Do you guys think the male celebs who gave him money were closeted/bisexual?

by Anonymousreply 4October 27, 2024 10:32 PM

Well wiki says Guare's requested restraining order on Hampton was denied. So how much of a threat was Hampton?

Also, you have a point that Guare wouldn't want to pay off Hampton. But it wasn't for Guare to decide! It was a point for justice to decide. I guess I shouldn't be so lazy and search for the judgement as to why Hampton's lawsuit was dismissed.

by Anonymousreply 5October 27, 2024 10:46 PM

Seems like it could make a good series and include some fresh angles on Hampton.

by Anonymousreply 6October 27, 2024 10:50 PM

He died in 2003. Isn’t it odd to die of AIDS-related condition when the anti retro virals came out in 1996

by Anonymousreply 7October 27, 2024 11:02 PM

R7 that's a point I made. He must have been quite a mess and unable to take care of himself or pay a doctor and meds to take care of him. This OBIT has almost no details of his life in the 90s other than he kept up petty scams.

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by Anonymousreply 8October 27, 2024 11:18 PM

The NYT Obit has some more anecdotes from later in his life, but not much detail on how he "died alone"

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by Anonymousreply 9October 27, 2024 11:23 PM

I thought Laura Webber killed him but her mother Leslie went on trial for murdering him to protect her daughter.

by Anonymousreply 10October 28, 2024 12:04 AM

This would make a great storyline for a Ryan Murphy series on Netflix.

by Anonymousreply 11October 28, 2024 1:11 AM

R8: the early antiretrovirals had lots of side effects and people started out taking lots of pills/day. And some people who tolerated all of that still died, esp. if they already were showing signs of premature aging like cardio vascular disease.

by Anonymousreply 12October 28, 2024 1:12 AM

Surely there are homeless dying of AIDS somewhere in the US?

by Anonymousreply 13October 28, 2024 1:19 AM

[quotee died in 2003. Isn’t it odd to die of AIDS-related condition when the anti retro virals came out in 1996.

If he took AZT, the new meds wouldn't work for him.

by Anonymousreply 14October 28, 2024 1:46 AM

[quote]I wonder why he lost his early 90s lawsuit against Playwright John Guare. It seems to me that Guare did take Hampton's life story and made a lot of money off of it.

Because Hampton had become a public figure due to his own actions which brought him widespread notoriety.

by Anonymousreply 15October 28, 2024 3:27 AM

I see why Will Smith got the part.

by Anonymousreply 16October 28, 2024 3:30 AM

I lost a friend that took AZT that basically ruined his organs and the new cocktail wouldn’t work.

by Anonymousreply 17October 28, 2024 8:26 AM

Conning rich liberals is fun. Why not get a free night in their Fifth Avenue apartments, drink their wine, enjoy the fine furniture, art, conversation, get laid too?

by Anonymousreply 18October 28, 2024 8:32 AM

I remember an interview with him where he tossed his drink in the interviewer's face (I wish I could find it so I could post it). He was deeply rooted in his fraud.

by Anonymousreply 19October 28, 2024 9:32 AM

Did they have to be liberals?

by Anonymousreply 20October 28, 2024 7:38 PM

[quote] If he took AZT, the new meds wouldn't work for him.

That's nonsense. Nearly everyone with late stage AIDS at that time was on AZT. The anti-retrovirals showed up and nearly everyone got better, leading to the closing of hospital AIDS wards all over the country.

by Anonymousreply 21October 28, 2024 9:24 PM

^It was eight years between AZT in 1987 and the first drug cocktails in 1995. The majority of people who began taking it in 1987, weren't alive in 1996.

I contracted HIV in April 1991, and the minute my T-cells dropped below 500, my doctor put me on AZT. After about two weeks, I stopped taking it. By the time I moved out to Los Angeles in Fall 1994, my viral load was over 250,000 and my T-cells were at 125. Fortunately, I wasn't sick, and I started at Cedars Siani in Feb 1996, where my doctor told me by NOT taking AZT, I would be more receptive to the new cocktail. I've been through four different combinations and have been undetectable for nearly 30 years.

by Anonymousreply 22October 29, 2024 1:32 AM
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