The AIDS activist Spencer Cox has died of AIDS-related causes at the age of 44. He was a spokesperson for ACT-UP — the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power — and early advocate for AIDS treatment. Cox was featured in the documentary, “How to Survive a Plague,” about the early days of AIDS activism in the United States. Film director David France posted a clip from his final interview with Spencer Cox after his death this week.

Spencer Cox: “I don’t know what’s going to happen. I don’t know what’s going to happen day to day. I don’t know what’s going to happen next year. I just know, you keep going. You keep evolving, you keep progressing, you keep hoping, until you die, which is going to happen someday. You make your life as meaningful as you can make it. You live it. You don’t be afraid of who’s going to like you, or, you know, are you being appropriate, or are you being — you worry about things like being kind.”