April 23, 1990

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Candle in the Wind

Here is the moving, untold story of the final hours of Ryan White, the boy whose battle with AIDS touched America's heart

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The Greening of Hollywood

As Earth Day Approaches, the Stars Are Queuing Up for Their Favorite Environmental Causes. Here's a Field Guide to Who's Who in the Rain Forest

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To a Reunited Eva Gabor and Eddie Albert, Green Acres Is More Than Just a Funny Farm

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Cowabunga! Unshelled, These Teenage Mutant Ninja Actors Kick Off the 1990 Silly Season

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Walt Zembriski's Fantasies Came True on the Senior Golf Tour

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Dueling Air Bags Allow Two Virginia Drivers to Walk Away from a Horrifying Head-on Collision

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Once Just a Name on the Music, Michael Bolton Gets a Grammy for Some Singing of His Own

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Don Aslett, the Man to Call When There's Dust on the Moosehead, Shares His Secrets

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Out from Undercover, An Ex-Cop Ex-Con Writes a Million-Dollar Novel About Drugs and Corruption

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Scaasi

Flattery (of Figures) Has Gotten the Famed Fashion Designer as Far as the White House

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Liquid Diets Make You Thinner but May Pose Big Fat Health Risks

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In Times of Coup and International Crisis, Margaret Tutwiler Tries to Clear the Air at Foggy Bottom

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Novelist Martin Amis Carries on a Family Tradition: Scathing Wit and Supreme Self-Confidence

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As a Chorus Line Prepares to Go Dark, the Original Cast Remembers What They Did for Love—and for Michael Bennett

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Celebrate LIFE's 73rd Birthday

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Candle in the Wind

Here is the moving, untold story of the final hours of Ryan White, the boy whose battle with AIDS touched America's heart

Table of Contents

Celebrate LIFE's 73rd Birthday

Katherine's Birthday Girl

J.Lo's Sound Check

Kim: A Real Cutie-Pie!

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

David Beckham's Boys Day Out

Adam Lambert: Here 'For Your Entertainment'