Declining Health and Death
Blake, a one-time two-pack-a-day cigarette smoker, had surgery for oral cancer in 1977, and afterward made appearances throughout the country for the American Cancer Society. In 1984, she was the recipient of the society's annual Courage Award."
According to the New York Times, Amanda Blake died on August 16, 1989, from complications of AIDS. There was some confusion over the exact cause of her death. When she died at Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento, California, a statement by the hospital and some of her friends reported the cause of death as cancer. Blake's death certificate, however, listed the immediate cause as cardiopulmonary arrest due to liver failure and CMV hepatitis. CMV (cytomegalo virus) hepatitis is AIDS-related. These facts of her death from AIDS related complications were also reported in People Magazine the same year she died, being detailed by other friends and her main doctor.
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