Child AIDS Icon Nkosi Johnson Dies at Home in South Africa

385499 03: FILE PHOTO: Nkosi Johnson, age 12, rests his head on a pillow in his home February 4, 2001 in Melville a suburb in Johannesburg, South Africa as his adopted mother Gail Johnson adjusts the feeding tube that must go through Nkosi''s nose. 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 03: FILE PHOTO: Nkosi Johnson, age 12, rests his head on a pillow in his home February 4, 2001 in Melville a suburb in Johannesburg, South Africa as his adopted mother Gail Johnson adjusts the feeding tube that must go through Nkosi''s nose. 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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