Editing Reinaldo Arenas (section)

== Death ==
In 1987, Arenas was diagnosed with [[AIDS]]<ref name="New Yorker" /> but continued to write and speak out against the [[Cuban government]]. He mentored many [[Cuban exile]] writers, including John O'Donnell-Rosales. Arenas died on December 7, 1990, in [[New York City]].<ref name="post" /><ref name="dies">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/09/obituaries/reinaldo-arenas-47-writer-who-fled-cuba-dies.html |title=Reinaldo Arenas, 47, Writer Who Fled Cuba, Dies |last=McDowell |first=Edwin |date=December 9, 1990 |website=The New York Times |access-date=December 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831113933/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/09/obituaries/reinaldo-arenas-47-writer-who-fled-cuba-dies.html |archive-date=August 31, 2009}}</ref>  The cause of death was [[suicide]].<ref name="post" />

In 2012, Arenas was inducted into the [[Legacy Walk]], an outdoor public display that celebrates LGBT history and people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legacyprojectchicago.org/2012_INDUCTEES.html |title=2012 Inductees |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614154640/http://www.legacyprojectchicago.org/2012_INDUCTEES.html |archive-date=June 14, 2012 |access-date=August 11, 2021}}</ref>