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Woodroof, Ron, 1950-1992

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Personal name headingWoodroof, Ron, 1950-1992
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Variant(s)Woodroof, Ronald Dickson, 1950-1992
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date19500203
Death date19920912
Place of birthDallas (Tex.)
Place of deathDallas (Tex.)
Profession or occupationCowboys AIDS activists
Found inDallas Buyers Club, c2014: container (Ron Woodroof; Texas cowboy diagnosed as HIV-positive, events of whose life inspired the film)
Wikipedia, December 3, 2014 (Ron Woodroof; Ronald Dickson "Ron" Woodroof; American who contracted HIV and started what became known as the Dallas Buyers Club; born Dallas, Texas, February 3, 1950; died Dallas, Texas, September 12, 1992; his final years became the basis for the film Dallas Buyers Club)