In Memoriam: Tom McBride (World AIDS Day Posting)  Tom McBride,
played "Mark", the wheelchair bound camp counselor in Friday
they 13th 2. Fans will recall how he was killed via a machete to
the head, he and his wheelchair bouncing down the steps of his
cabin during a lightning storm.  Sadly, in the real world,
McBride actually met his end in September of 1995 due to AIDS
complications. He was 43 years old.  After Friday the 13th 2,
McBride appeared in several other films as well as television.
He was also a "Marlboro Man" and appeared in cowboy drag on many
billboards across the country.  Perhaps McBride's greatest role
was as himself in the documentary, Life and Death on the A-List,
where filmmaker,Jay Corcoran, follows McBride for about two
years, slowly showing his degeneration from the disease that was
killing him. This is a powerful and difficult film to watch, but
something everyone should see.  Take a break from the trashy
horror that we all love so much and take a look at something
much more terrifyin