Chelsea.His cause of death was recorded as pneumocystis pneumonia – which would later be recognised a sign of HIV/Aids.While doctors did not know what Aids was at the time,the public were aware of a mystery illness which they believed was only killing gay men.
The term Aids (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) was first used by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1982.
But before the illness was given a name it had already claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. John has now been named as the first person to die of Aids in the UK, an ITV investigation has revealed.