The New York Times reports. He had tested positive for the virus four days earlier.The Alabama-born Williams became a personal assistant to writer Daphne Merkin after he graduated from Columbia University in 2008, and he traveled around the world with her.
His love of travel endured, and on a vacation in India in 2017, he met Ayush Thakur. Williams moved to India to live with Thakur, and the two men became engaged.
They were trying to secure a visa for Thakur so they could be married in the U.S.They hoped to eventually work in entertainment in Los Angeles, but while in India, Williams focused on the media landscape there.