First person in world to be cured of HIV dies 13 years after groundbreaking recovery

Timothy Ray Brown has died from cancer[Photo: Timothy Ray Brown/Facebook]

The first person in the world to have been cured of HIV with a pioneering type of bone marrow transplant has died from cancer. American Timothy Ray Brown was cured in 2007 and dubbed "The Berlin Patient" because he lived in the city at the time - and was treated there.

Timothy's partner announced he had died from leukaemia in a Facebook post. Tim Hoeffgen said: "It is with great sadness that I announce that Timothy passed away ... this afternoon surrounded by myself and friends, after a 5-month battle with leukaemia.