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On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS.

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Ryan White
Age: 18 †
Born: 1971
Born: December 6
Died: 1990
Died: April 8
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