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SF AIDS grove memorializes Brown, 1st person cured of AIDS

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The National AIDS Memorial Grove has memorialized Timothy Ray Brown, who was the first person cured of AIDS, with a boulder at the contemplative space in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

Brown, also known as the Berlin Patient, was remembered at a short gathering October 16. He died September 29, 2020 after battling a recurrence of leukemia.

Around 40 people showed up to honor Brown, who was the first person cured of AIDS through a stem cell transplantation. As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, in 2006, Brown was living in Berlin and had well-controlled HIV when he was diagnosed with leukemia, which would ultimately require two bone marrow transplants.

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