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Ron Woodroof

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American AIDS patient who created what would become known as the Dallas Buyers Club (1950-1992)

United StatesFoundersLived 1950 to 1992 · aged 42
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Ronald Dickson Woodroof was an American man who created what would become known as the Dallas Buyers Club in March 1988, one of several such AIDS buyers clubs that sprang up at the time.

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Ronald Dickson Woodroof was an American man who created what would become known as the Dallas Buyers Club in March 1988, one of several such AIDS buyers clubs that sprang up at the time. After learning he had contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 1985 and being diagnosed with AIDS, he created the group as part of his efforts to find and distribute drugs to treat AIDS at a time when the disease was poorly understood.

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United States
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Lived 1950 to 1992 · aged 42
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