Jenny's true cause of death in Forrest Gump is widely believed to be HIV due to the AIDS pandemic at the time. Screenwriter Eric Roth confirmed that late-stage HIV was the illness Jenny died from ...

In the story of Forrest Gump, Jenny, his eternal love, dies from a strange disease that continues to generate controversy today ...

“He had nine surgeries to straighten his legs, [and] straighten his eyes, and he used to watch ‘Forrest Gump’ all the time ... in wake of son’s tragic death (Shelley Sykes) Despite facing ...