# 'The Man Who Can't Catch AIDS' Took His Own Life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-cant-catch-aids-took-his-own-life/668922 "2013-09-15T18:38:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-cant-catch-aids-took-his-own-life/668922/1 "2013-09-15T18:38:08Z")
[Stephen Crohn helped care for his partner while he was dying from a disease that didn’t even have a name yet. In was 1978, and AIDS had just begun sweeping through New York City. Several of Crohn’s friends were dying, except he never got sick. He was immune to HIV. After years of helping scientists gain a better understanding of the disease by studying his genetic make-up, Crohn committed suicide on August 23rd. He was 66.](http://crosstalk.kinja.com/rip-stephen-crohn-the-man-who-cant-catch-aids-1316911977/1319689093@MaxRivlinNadler) Having lost friends and relatives to this disease, I find this very sad. I hope whatever information researchers were able to glean from his body will someday lead to a cure. It’s way past time. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-cant-catch-aids-took-his-own-life/668922/2 "2013-09-15T23:35:02Z")
Sad. But I was rolling my eyes throughout all the wording re: his name, until I come to the line where his relative discovered Crohn’s disease, which is not the same as this Crohn’s non-disease. :smack: Sounds like he helped with some research already, though.