The first person to be “cured” of HIV and referred to as the Berlin Patient has died due to complications with cancer. Timothy Ray Brown died at his home in Palm Springs, California US aged 54.
His partner Tim Hoefgen was with him. “It is with great sadness that I announce that Timothy passed away…surrounded by myself and friends after a five month battle with leukaemia,” Tim posted on Facebook. “Tim committed his life`s work to telling his story about his HIV cure and became an ambassador of hope.”Timothy was working as a translator in Berlin when he was diagnosed with HIV and then leukaemia.