&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michael Jeter: The Tony &amp;amp; Emmy Winner Who Broke HIV Silence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You Are As Sick As Your Secrets&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://cms.goodbyehiv.com/Files/Pai/Celebrities%20with%20HIV%20%E2%80%93%2031%20%E2%80%93%20Michael%20Jeter%20The%20Tony%20and%20Emmy%20Winner%20Who%20Spoke%20Openly%20About%20HIV%20Goodbye%20HIV%2004.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Celebrities with HIV &amp;ndash; 31 &amp;ndash; Michael Jeter The Tony and Emmy Winner Who Spoke Openly About HIV Goodbye HIV 04.jpg (110 KB)&quot; width=&quot;550&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808080;&quot;&gt;Image&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: #808080;&quot;&gt;source:&amp;nbsp;Right Photo (Tuxedo):&lt;!--TgQPHd|||[]--&gt; Taken by &lt;span class=&quot;&quot; data-sfc-cp=&quot;&quot; data-sfc-root=&quot;ep&quot; data-complete=&quot;true&quot; data-sfc-inited=&quot;2&quot; data-copy-service-computed-style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif, &amp;quot;Noto Color Emoji&amp;quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(22, 23, 26);&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;H23r4e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/alan-light/211274858&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; data-ved=&quot;2ahUKEwis1byym_WWAxVzh68BHduVEzEQy_kOeggIAggBCBEQAw&quot; data-hveid=&quot;CAIIAQgREAM&quot; aria-label=&quot;Alan Light via Flickr. ตัวอย่างลิงก์ เว็บไซต์: Flickr ชื่อ: Michael Jeter | Michael Jeter (1952-2003) Photo taken at the ... URL: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alan-light/211274858&quot; aria-owns=&quot;action-menu-parent-container&quot; data-copy-service-computed-style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif, &amp;quot;Noto Color Emoji&amp;quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(21, 88, 214); border-bottom: 0px rgb(21, 88, 214);&quot;&gt;Alan Light via Flickr&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;/ Left&amp;nbsp;Photo (Glasses): &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;&quot; data-sfc-cp=&quot;&quot; data-sfc-root=&quot;ep&quot; data-complete=&quot;true&quot; data-sfc-inited=&quot;2&quot; data-copy-service-computed-style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif, &amp;quot;Noto Color Emoji&amp;quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(22, 23, 26);&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;H23r4e&quot; href=&quot;https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/actor-michael-jeter-attends-the-friars-club-roasts-burt-news-photo/156113030&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; data-ved=&quot;2ahUKEwis1byym_WWAxVzh68BHduVEzEQy_kOeggIAggBCBEQBQ&quot; data-hveid=&quot;CAIIAQgREAU&quot; aria-label=&quot;Ron Galella via Getty Images. ตัวอย่างลิงก์ เว็บไซต์: Getty Images ชื่อ: Actor Michael Jeter attends The Friars Club Roasts Burt ... URL: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/actor-michael-jeter-attends-the-friars-club-roasts-burt-news-photo/156113030&quot; aria-owns=&quot;action-menu-parent-container&quot; data-copy-service-computed-style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif, &amp;quot;Noto Color Emoji&amp;quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(21, 88, 214); border-bottom: 0px rgb(21, 88, 214);&quot;&gt;Ron Galella via Getty Images&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Michael Jeter had a saying that he shared with young people he counselled about HIV:&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;You&amp;rsquo;re as sick as your secrets.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The words reflected something deeply personal for Jeter. He was a gay man working in Hollywood during the height of the AIDS crisis, and he had received an HIV diagnosis at a time when HIV was surrounded by fear, misinformation, and stigma.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In 1997, Jeter disclosed his HIV-positive status in an interview with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Entertainment Tonight&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. He was 44 years old and already an accomplished performer, having won both a &lt;strong&gt;Tony Award&lt;/strong&gt; and a &lt;strong&gt;Primetime Emmy Award&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;His decision to speak publicly about HIV became part of a much larger story: not simply the story of an actor living with HIV, but of a person who continued to work, perform, advocate, and build meaningful relationships while refusing to let a diagnosis become the whole story of his life.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Michael Jeter died on March 30, 2003, aged 50, following an epileptic seizure at his home in &lt;strong&gt;Los Angeles&lt;/strong&gt;. He had recently completed work on &lt;em&gt;The Polar Express&lt;/em&gt;, which was released the following year and is dedicated to his memory.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Born in Tennessee, Made for the Stage&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Robert Michael Jeter was born on August 26, 1952, in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. His father, William Claud Jeter, was a dentist, while his mother, Virginia Raines, was a homemaker. He grew up in a large family with one brother and four sisters.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jeter initially enrolled at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005052/bio/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Memphis State University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, now the University of Memphis, intending to follow his father into medicine. Theatre, however, soon became his calling.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He began performing in Memphis before moving to Boston and eventually New York, where he pursued a career in theatre. Like many young performers, he supported himself with other work while building his acting career. At one point, he worked as a secretary at a law firm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;His first television appearances followed in the 1980s, including a role on &lt;em&gt;Designing Women&lt;/em&gt; in 1987. It was the beginning of a career that would eventually span Broadway, television, film, and children&#39;s entertainment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://cms.goodbyehiv.com/Files/Pai/Celebrities%20with%20HIV%20%E2%80%93%2031%20%E2%80%93%20Michael%20Jeter%20The%20Tony%20and%20Emmy%20Winner%20Who%20Spoke%20Openly%20About%20HIV%20Goodbye%20HIV%2008.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Celebrities with HIV &amp;ndash; 31 &amp;ndash; Michael Jeter The Tony and Emmy Winner Who Spoke Openly About HIV Goodbye HIV 08.jpg (172 KB)&quot; width=&quot;550&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808080;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;A colourful ensemble of amateur thieves plans a heist on a city rooftop in a promotional still from the 2002 comedy Welcome to Collinwood.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808080;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;From left to right: Andrew Davoli, Isaiah Washington, Patricia Clarkson, Sam Rockwell, Michael Jeter, and William H. Macy.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808080;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image source:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271259/mediaviewer/rm1126674432/&quot;&gt;Jamie Trueblood / &amp;copy; 2002 Warner Bros. Pictures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Grand Hotel and the Tony Award&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Jeter&#39;s major theatrical breakthrough came in 1990 when he played Otto Kringelein in the Broadway musical &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Grand Hotel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kringelein is a meek, terminally ill bookkeeper who arrives at the Grand Hotel determined to experience life more fully. The role allowed Jeter to combine physical comedy with vulnerability and emotional depth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;His performance earned him the &lt;strong&gt;Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical&lt;/strong&gt;. He also received the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, and the Clarence Derwent Award for the role.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://cms.goodbyehiv.com/Files/Pai/Celebrities%20with%20HIV%20%E2%80%93%2031%20%E2%80%93%20Michael%20Jeter%20The%20Tony%20and%20Emmy%20Winner%20Who%20Spoke%20Openly%20About%20HIV%20Goodbye%20HIV%2016.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Celebrities with HIV &amp;ndash; 31 &amp;ndash; Michael Jeter The Tony and Emmy Winner Who Spoke Openly About HIV Goodbye HIV 16.jpg (152 KB)&quot; width=&quot;550&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808080;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image source:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/p/DchdJ1Eo9cC/&quot;&gt;Instagram / @didyoucatchthistv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The success established Jeter as one of Broadway&#39;s most distinctive performers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following year, he joined the cast of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Evening Shade&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, the CBS sitcom starring Burt Reynolds. Jeter played Herman Stiles, an eccentric mathematics teacher and assistant football coach.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The role brought him three Primetime Emmy nominations, and in 1992 he won the &lt;strong&gt;Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe src=&quot;//www.youtube.com/embed/euCvQ4ikZZQ&quot; width=&quot;550&quot; height=&quot;314&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808080;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Living proof that hope wins. Witness Michael Jeter&amp;rsquo;s iconic 1990 Tony Award win and his moving words on overcoming life&#39;s darkest battles. A true pioneer who chose love and honesty over fear and secrets.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A Career of Extraordinary Range&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jeter&#39;s film career was defined by versatility. He rarely needed to be the lead character to make a lasting impression.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;His credits included &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Fisher King&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Miller&#39;s Crossing&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Tango &amp;amp; Cash&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Waterworld&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Air Bud&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;MouseHunt&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Patch Adams&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Green Mile&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;Jurassic Park III&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In &lt;em&gt;The Fisher King&lt;/em&gt;, he played a character living with AIDS, while in &lt;em&gt;The Green Mile&lt;/em&gt; he portrayed Eduard Delacroix, a death-row prisoner whose relationship with a small pet mouse became one of the film&#39;s most memorable storylines.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;His performance in &lt;em&gt;The Green Mile&lt;/em&gt; also earned him a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.actorawards.org/node/2225&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Screen Actors Guild Award nomination&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; as part of the film&#39;s ensemble.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jeter also found a completely different audience through children&#39;s television.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://cms.goodbyehiv.com/Files/Pai/Celebrities%20with%20HIV%20%E2%80%93%2031%20%E2%80%93%20Michael%20Jeter%20The%20Tony%20and%20Emmy%20Winner%20Who%20Spoke%20Openly%20About%20HIV%20Goodbye%20HIV%2005.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Celebrities with HIV &amp;ndash; 31 &amp;ndash; Michael Jeter The Tony and Emmy Winner Who Spoke Openly About HIV Goodbye HIV 05.jpg (136 KB)&quot; width=&quot;550&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808080;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image source:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://disneyfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Jeter&quot;&gt;Richard Termine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From 2000 until his death in 2003, he appeared on &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sesame Street&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; as Mr. Noodle&#39;s brother, &lt;strong&gt;Mister Noodle&lt;/strong&gt;, in the &lt;em&gt;Elmo&#39;s World&lt;/em&gt; segments. The character relied heavily on physical comedy and almost no dialogue, giving Jeter another opportunity to demonstrate his remarkable control as a performer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Away from his professional work, Jeter was in a long-term relationship with &lt;strong&gt;Sean Blue&lt;/strong&gt;. The two met in 1995 and remained together until Jeter&#39;s death in 2003.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaking Openly About HIV&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;In 1997, Jeter publicly disclosed that he was HIV-positive during an interview with &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jeter&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Entertainment Tonight&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He was not simply sharing a private medical fact. He was speaking about HIV at a time when stigma could have significant personal and professional consequences, particularly for people working in the public eye.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jeter subsequently used his experience to counsel young people about HIV prevention and encouraged them to protect themselves from infection.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://cms.goodbyehiv.com/Files/Pai/Celebrities%20with%20HIV%20%E2%80%93%2031%20%E2%80%93%20Michael%20Jeter%20The%20Tony%20and%20Emmy%20Winner%20Who%20Spoke%20Openly%20About%20HIV%20Goodbye%20HIV%2013.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Celebrities with HIV &amp;ndash; 31 &amp;ndash; Michael Jeter The Tony and Emmy Winner Who Spoke Openly About HIV Goodbye HIV 13.jpg (127 KB)&quot; width=&quot;550&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808080;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image source:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005052/mediaviewer/rm480067329/&quot;&gt;Sam Emerson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One of the messages associated most closely with his advocacy was:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;You&amp;rsquo;re as sick as your secrets.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The phrase reflected his belief in the importance of honesty and openness around HIV. Rather than allowing silence and stigma to surround the subject, Jeter spoke about his experience and encouraged younger people to take HIV seriously and protect their health.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;His openness was also remembered by actress &lt;strong&gt;Annette Bening&lt;/strong&gt;, who worked with Jeter and later helped preserve his story as part of &lt;a href=&quot;https://aidsmonument.org/remember/annette-bening-michael-jeter&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The AIDS Monument&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bening remembered him as someone who counselled young people about protecting themselves from HIV and carried a strong message about honesty.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Final Years&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Jeter continued working throughout the final years of his life.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He appeared in &lt;em&gt;Jurassic Park III&lt;/em&gt; in 2001 and continued his work on &lt;em&gt;Sesame Street&lt;/em&gt;. He also appeared in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Open Range&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, directed by and starring Kevin Costner, and completed work for Robert Zemeckis&#39;s &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Polar Express&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://cms.goodbyehiv.com/Files/Pai/Celebrities%20with%20HIV%20%E2%80%93%2031%20%E2%80%93%20Michael%20Jeter%20The%20Tony%20and%20Emmy%20Winner%20Who%20Spoke%20Openly%20About%20HIV%20Goodbye%20HIV%2011.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Celebrities with HIV &amp;ndash; 31 &amp;ndash; Michael Jeter The Tony and Emmy Winner Who Spoke Openly About HIV Goodbye HIV 11.jpg (133 KB)&quot; width=&quot;550&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808080;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image source:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/pictured-is-michael-jeter-in-a-cbs-television-pilot-crime-news-photo/1232592837&quot;&gt;CBS Photo Archive / Getty Images&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On March 30, 2003, Jeter died at his home in Los Angeles following an epileptic seizure. He was 50 years old.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;His death came while several projects were still connected to his recent work. &lt;em&gt;Open Range&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The Polar Express&lt;/em&gt; were subsequently released with dedications to his memory.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sesame Street&lt;/em&gt; also honoured Jeter. The Season 35 premiere, &lt;em&gt;The Street We Live On&lt;/em&gt;, was dedicated to him, recognising the performer who had brought his distinctive physical comedy to generations of children.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What He Left Behind&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Michael Jeter&#39;s legacy cannot be reduced to HIV.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He left behind a career that moved effortlessly between Broadway, television, film, and children&#39;s entertainment. He won a &lt;strong&gt;Tony Award&lt;/strong&gt; and a &lt;strong&gt;Primetime Emmy Award&lt;/strong&gt;, appeared in major Hollywood films, performed for children on &lt;em&gt;Sesame Street&lt;/em&gt;, and continued working after publicly disclosing that he was living with HIV.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://cms.goodbyehiv.com/Files/Pai/Celebrities%20with%20HIV%20%E2%80%93%2031%20%E2%80%93%20Michael%20Jeter%20The%20Tony%20and%20Emmy%20Winner%20Who%20Spoke%20Openly%20About%20HIV%20Goodbye%20HIV%2001.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Celebrities with HIV &amp;ndash; 31 &amp;ndash; Michael Jeter The Tony and Emmy Winner Who Spoke Openly About HIV Goodbye HIV 01.jpg (123 KB)&quot; width=&quot;550&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #808080;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image source:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Elmo%27s_World:_Ears&quot;&gt;Muppet Wiki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He also left behind a message about openness that became part of the story of his life:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;You&amp;rsquo;re as sick as your secrets.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For Jeter, speaking openly about HIV was one way of challenging the secrecy and stigma surrounding the condition. His public disclosure helped make space for conversations about HIV at a time when many people were still afraid to speak.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Michael Jeter died in 2003, but his work continues to be seen by new generations. From Otto Kringelein on Broadway to Herman Stiles on &lt;em&gt;Evening Shade&lt;/em&gt;, Eduard Delacroix in &lt;em&gt;The Green Mile&lt;/em&gt;, Mister Noodle on &lt;em&gt;Sesame Street&lt;/em&gt;, and his many other roles, his career demonstrated the extraordinary range of his talent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He was an actor, a Tony and Emmy winner, an openly gay man, an HIV-positive advocate, and a performer whose work reached audiences across generations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Most importantly, his life showed that living with HIV was only one part of who he was &amp;mdash; never the entirety of his story.&lt;/p&gt;

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