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Wilhelmina would love all of this. But she wound up
doing a lot of hooking, a lot of prostitution, and then she got AIDS - this was at the beginning
of the epidemic - and wound up in bad shape. I heard she was sleeping
under somebody's stairwell. That's really... That's about as rough as it gets without being actually
in the gutter. And she was addicted to crack.
That was another thing. She looked bad. And then she went home and she died.
That was the end of her. You know, if Wilhelmina Ross today
knew the extent that she is visible and known,
and people know her name and
doing a lot of hooking, a lot of prostitution, and then she got AIDS - this was at the beginning
of the epidemic - and wound up in bad shape. I heard she was sleeping
under somebody's stairwell. That's really... That's about as rough as it gets without being actually
in the gutter. And she was addicted to crack.
That was another thing. She looked bad. And then she went home and she died.
That was the end of her. You know, if Wilhelmina Ross today
knew the extent that she is visible and known,
and people know her name and
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Wilhelmina would love all of this.
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But she wound up
doing a lot of hooking,
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a lot of prostitution,
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and then she got AIDS -
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this was at the beginning
of the epidemic -
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and wound up in bad shape.
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I heard she was sleeping
under somebody's stairwell.
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That's really...
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That's about as rough as it gets
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without being actually
in the gutter.
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And she was addicted to crack.
That was another thing.
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She looked bad.
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And then she went home and she died.
That was the end of her.
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You know, if Wilhelmina Ross today
knew the extent that
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she is visible and known,
and people know her name and...
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Movie Summary
He was a pioneering artist and cultural icon and his work is a history of 20th-century America. A country reinventing itself as seen through an artist's eye. 3 part documentary looking at 20th century America through the life of W...
