Editing Anthony Perkins (section)

==Death==
During the filming of ''[[Psycho IV: The Beginning]]'', Perkins was undergoing treatment for [[facial palsy]]. He was tested for [[HIV]] after an article in ''National Enquirer'', a tabloid newspaper, said he was [[HIV-positive people|HIV-positive]]. Berenson said her husband had not been tested for HIV but had been given a series of blood tests in Los Angeles for the palsy on the side of his face. Ms. Berenson said she assumed that someone had tested her husband's blood for the virus and leaked the results to the tabloid.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weinraub |first=Bernard |date=September 16, 1992 |title=Anthony Perkins's Wife Tells of 2 Years of Secrecy |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/16/arts/anthony-perkins-s-wife-tells-of-2-years-of-secrecy.html |access-date=July 3, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Perkins hid the fact that he had AIDS from the public for two years, going in and out of hospitals under assumed names. During this time, his wife and children were regularly tested; they all always came back negative. It was not until a few weeks before his death that he went public with the disease, although he had been working on movies during the time of his illness. He died at his Los Angeles home on September 12, 1992, from AIDS-related<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.com/archive/one-final-mystery-vol-38-no-13/|title=One Final Mystery|website=People|first=Mark|last=Goodman|version=Vol. 38, No. 13|date=September 28, 1992|access-date=August 22, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Weinraub"/><ref name="Ferrell">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-13-mn-1407-story.html|title=Anthony Perkins, 60, Dies; Star of 'Psycho' Had AIDS|work=Los Angeles Times|first=David|last=Ferrell|date=September 13, 1992|access-date=August 22, 2013}}</ref> pneumonia aged 60.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/anthony-perkins/bio/140397|title=Anthony Perkins|website=TV Guide|access-date=August 22, 2013}}</ref> In a statement prepared before his death, Perkins said, "I chose not to go public about [having AIDS] because, to misquote ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'', 'I'm not much good at being noble,' but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of one old actor don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding from the people I have met in this great adventure in the world of AIDS than I ever did in the cutthroat, competitive world in which I spent my life."<ref name="Ferrell"/>

His urn, inscribed "Don't Fence Me In", is in an altar on the terrace of his former home in the Hollywood Hills.<ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 36782-36783). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.</ref>