{"id":19292,"date":"2019-02-19T18:13:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T18:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.wordpress.com\/?p=19292"},"modified":"2019-02-19T18:13:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T18:13:51","slug":"karl-lagerfeld-dead-designer-gave-up-sex-for-30-years-after-losing-love-of-his-life-to-aids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/19\/karl-lagerfeld-dead-designer-gave-up-sex-for-30-years-after-losing-love-of-his-life-to-aids\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl Lagerfeld dead: Designer gave up sex for 30 years after losing love of his life to AIDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"outer\" style=\"background:transparent;border:0;font-size:16px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;color:#141414;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;\">\n<div class=\"mod-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article14020646.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_PAY-Karl-Lagerfeld-Paris-1972.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"background:#ffffff;border:0;font-size:16px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#141414;line-height:1.8;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;\"><span class=\"caption\" style=\"background:transparent;border:0;font-size:14px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-weight:bold;color:#2c2c2c;\">Kalr Lagerfeld, pictured here in 1972, with Jacques de Bascher in the background<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"credit\" style=\"background:transparent;border:0;font-size:11px;margin:0 0 0 2px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#141414;\">(Image: Focus \/ eyevine)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background:#ffffff;border:0;font-size:16px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#141414;line-height:1.8;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;\">Late fashion icon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/karl-lagerfeld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karl Lagerfeld<\/a>\u00a0gave up sex for 30 years following the tragic death of his longterm partner Jacques de Bascher.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background:#ffffff;border:0;font-size:16px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#141414;line-height:1.8;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;\">The German designer was left heartbroken when his boyfriend of 18 years, Jacques de Bascher, died of complications from AIDS in 1989 at the age of 38.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-vip-slot\" class=\"gpt in-article gpt-no-ad-label\" style=\"background:#ffffff;border:0;font-size:16px;margin:0;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:hidden;z-index:1;color:#141414;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;height:8px;max-height:8px;\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/5293\/mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news_2__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"background:#ffffff;border:0;font-size:16px;margin:0 0 23px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-weight:400;color:#141414;line-height:1.8;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;\">Lagerfeld,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/breaking-karl-lagerfeld-dead-85-14019724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who passed away today at the age of 85<\/a>\u00a0, never had another relationship after the tragic loss of his partner. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/karl-lagerfeld-dead-designer-gave-14020633\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Kalr Lagerfeld, pictured here in 1972, with Jacques de Bascher in the background\u00a0(Image: Focus \/ eyevine) Late fashion icon\u00a0Karl Lagerfeld\u00a0gave up 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