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Roger and Christine Bessey had been married for 27 years and were the parents of six children when he learned he had AIDS. According to his family, Roger had been living a double life for decades.
Christine was then diagnosed with AIDS and soon after left her husband.
Roger died in 1990 and Christine died in 1994.
Two of their daughters, Claudia Anton and Diana Keough, came to StoryCorps to remember what it was like to lose both parents to AIDS.
Originally aired November 29, 2015 on NPR’s Weekend Edition.