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Gia Carangi

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Birth Name: Gia Marie Carangi

Date of Birth: January 29, 1960

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Date of Death: November 18, 1986

Place of Death: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Ethnicity:
*Italian (father)
*English, Irish, Welsh (mother)

Gia Carangi was an American fashion model. She tragically died of AIDS at age 26, after becoming a heroin addict.

Gia was the daughter of Kathleen (Adams) and Joseph Carangi.

Gia’s paternal grandparents were Giovanni/John Carangi (the son of Andrea Caranci and Antonia DiDonato) and Lucy Menichella (the daughter of Donato Menichella and Carmela Cistone). Giovanni was Italian. Lucy was born in Pennsylvania, to Italian parents.

Gia’s maternal grandparents were George R. Adams and Helen Virginia Ball (the daughter of Charles C. Ball and Bertha F. Brewington).

Sources: Gia’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Gia’s maternal grandmother, Helen Virginia (Ball) Adams – http://www.legacy.com


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