Editing Gia Carangi (section)

==Death==
Carangi spent most of her modeling earnings on drugs, and spent the final three years of her life with various lovers, friends, and family members in [[Philadelphia]] and [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]]. She was admitted to an intense drug treatment program at [[Eagleville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Eagleville]] Hospital in December 1984.{{sfn|Fried|1994|p=324}} She was in intense therapy and was able to stay sober for 7 months. After treatment, she got a job in a clothing store, which she eventually quit.{{sfn|Fried|1994|p=352}} She later found employment as a checkout clerk and then worked in the cafeteria of a nursing home. By late 1985, she had begun using drugs again and was engaging in prostitution in Atlantic City.{{sfn|Fried|1994|pp=356–357}} She had cancelled the meetings with her therapist, bought as much heroin as she could, and attempted suicide.<ref name="phillymag.com">{{Cite web |last=Fried |first=Stephen |date=2008-02-29 |title=Thing of Beauty |url=https://www.phillymag.com/news/2008/02/29/thing-of-beauty/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=Philadelphia Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

In December 1985, Carangi was admitted to Warminster General Hospital in [[Warminster, Pennsylvania]] with bilateral [[pneumonia]]. A few days later, she was diagnosed with [[AIDS-related complex]].{{sfn|Fried|1994|pp=360–361}} Carangi was hospitalized in October 1986, feeling weak.<ref name="phillymag.com"/> On October 18, she was admitted to [[Hahnemann University Hospital]] in Philadelphia.{{sfn|Fried|1994|p=381}} Carangi died at the Hahnemann Hospital of AIDS-related complications one month later, on November 18, 1986, at the age of 26.{{sfn|Fried|1994|p=387}}<ref name=independent/> Her funeral was held on November 23 at a small funeral home in Philadelphia. No one from the fashion world attended.<ref name="www.divamag.co.uk"/> However, weeks later, fashion photographer [[Francesco Scavullo]], Carangi's friend and confidant, sent a [[Mass card]] when he learned of her death.{{sfn|Fried|1994|pp=389–390}}