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Ryan White

December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990

American AIDS spokesperson and "poster boy" (1971–1990)

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Ryan Wayne White was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after his school barred him from attending classes following a diagnosis of AIDS.

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  • Birthday · December 6
  • Anniversary · April 8

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