Ai Iijima (飯島愛) Passed Away
Ai Iijima (飯島愛) (October 31, 1972 – c. December 24, 2008) was found dead at her Tokyo Apartment att about 3:30 p.m. on December 24, 2008 (JST). The Japanese Police is currently investigating her death. For those of you who doesn’t know who she is. You can read more of her here. Truly a sad lost to the Japanese Entertainment Industry and at such a young age! Alot of her fans are devastated by the news of her death.
“There were few signs of foul play. We will conduct a post mortem tomorrow to determine if the cause of her death was an illness, suicide or something of a criminal nature,” a police spokesman said.
Well known even across 
the rest of Asia, gained popularity at home as a straight-talking character since her debut on television variety shows in the 1990s.
Her AIDS awareness campaign started around the time she published the autobiographical “Platonic Sex” in 2000, describing her younger days as a porn actress and club hostess.
The book has sold some two million copies and been made into a movie and a television drama.
Citing kidney problems and a lack of motivation, Iijima retired from the show and television business world but continued her AIDS campaign.
“In Japan, HIV-positive patients are increasing year by year and many people’s lives are lost,” she wrote on her blog on December 2. “Is your boyfriend alright? Is your girlfriend alright? Why don’t you take an AIDS test to know yourself.”
She stopped writing her blog on December 5 and was seen at an AIDS seminar in a provincial city the following day.
In a recent interview with the weekly Asahi, Iijima said she had just borrowed money from an investment bank and would “open a shopping site dealing with cosmetics.”
It was indeed a sad news to hear especially on this festive day. May she rest in peace.
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ah pity. it seems this year has quite a number of stars died. sigh …. her death reminds me of zard and another music composer…