Overview

• Edmund White died on June 3, 2025, at his New York City home of natural causes at age 85, a passing confirmed by his agent Bill Clegg and husband Michael Carroll.
• Over a career spanning five decades, he authored more than 30 books, including landmark titles like A Boy’s Own Story and The Joy of Gay Sex.
• White co-founded the Gay Men’s Health Crisis in 1982 and lived with an HIV diagnosis from 1985, later surviving two strokes and a heart attack.
• He won a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Jean Genet and taught creative writing at prestigious institutions such as Princeton and Brown.
• White’s work bridged gay subcultures and mainstream audiences, leaving a profound influence on generations of LGBTQ+ writers and activists.