Child AIDS Icon Nkosi Johnson Dies at Home in South Africa

385499 07: FILE PHOTO: Nkosi Johnson, age 12, is covered in a small blanket February 4, 2001 at his home in Melville a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa as his adopted mother Gail Johnson holds his hand in her own. Nkosi, who was the oldest surviving AIDS orphan in South Africa and a National icon in this country''s struggle against the AIDS epidemic, died June 1, 2001 at his family home. He was adopted by Gail Johnson, a white South African woman 9 years ago after his birth mother died of AIDS and left him in an orphanage. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
385499 07: FILE PHOTO: Nkosi Johnson, age 12, is covered in a small blanket February 4, 2001 at his home in Melville a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa as his adopted mother Gail Johnson holds his hand in her own. Nkosi, who was the oldest surviving AIDS orphan in South Africa and a National icon in this country''s struggle against the AIDS epidemic, died June 1, 2001 at his family home. He was adopted by Gail Johnson, a white South African woman 9 years ago after his birth mother died of AIDS and left him in an orphanage. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
Child AIDS Icon Nkosi Johnson Dies at Home in South Africa
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