her suit when it was originally filed), but she received no compensation from his estate because the actor had very little money. Sharkey died of complications from AIDS at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, on June 11, 1993, at age 40. He is interred in Saint Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York. In June 1993, shortly after Sharkey's death, a Beverly Hills graphic designer who said she had an on-and-off relationship with Sharkey from 1985 to 1991 announced that she was suing Sharkey's estate. The woman, who was only identified as "Joyce", cared for Sharkey in his final months and said that she believed that she also had contracted HIV from Sharkey after she was diagnosed with the virus in April 1992. Filmography Awards and nominations References External links 1952 births 1993 deaths Male actors from New York City AIDS-related deaths in New York (state) American male film actors American people of Irish descent American people of Italian descent American male stage actors American male television actors Best Musical or Comedy Actor Golden Globe (film) winners Burials at Saint Charles Cemetery People from Red Hook, Brooklyn 20th-century American male actors Burials in New York (state)