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Juan Suárez Botas (3 April 1958 – 24 August 1992) was a Spanish illustrator and film maker. His illustrations appeared on the covers of ''
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'', '' Fortune'', '' U.S. News & World Report'' and other magazines. His drawings appeared in ''
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'', ''
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'' and other publications. Botas moved to the United States from Spain in 1977. He studied at Syracuse University and studied and worked with the graphic designer
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. He died of AIDS in August 1992. He was directing a documentary about his AIDS treatment group at the time of his death, which was released as ''One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room''. He was a friend of '' The Silence of the Lambs'' director Jonathan Demme and his illness and treatment for AIDS were a major influence on Demme's decision to make the film ''
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''.


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* * 1958 births 1992 deaths Syracuse University alumni Spanish illustrators AIDS-related deaths in New York (state) Colegio de la Inmaculada (Gijón) alumni Spanish gay artists 20th-century Spanish LGBT people {{Spain-bio-stub