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| First Name |
Robert
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| Last Name |
Rayford
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| Alternative Name |
Robert R.
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| Birthday |
3rd February, 1953
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| Birthplace |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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| Died |
15th May, 1969
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| Place of Death |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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| Cause of Death |
AIDS (-related complications)
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius
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| Sexuality |
DISPUTED
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| Ethnicity |
Black
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| Nationality |
American
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| Claim to Fame |
Alleged first known AIDS death in the United States
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Robert Rayford (February 3, 1953 – May 15 or 16, 1969), sometimes identified as Robert R. due to his age, was a teenager from Missouri who has been suggested to represent the earliest confirmed case of HIV/AIDS in North America based on evidence which was published in 1988 in which the authors claimed that medical evidence indicated that he was "infected with a virus closely related or identical to human immunodeficiency virus type 1." Rayford died of pneumonia, but his other symptoms baffled the doctors who treated him. A study published in 1988 reported the detection of antibodies against HIV. Results of testing for HIV genetic material were reported once at a scientific conference in Australia in 1999; however, the data has never been published in a peer-reviewed medical or scientific journal.
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