French researcher and Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier, who led the team that identified HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and who more recently spread misinformation about the coronavirus, died Tuesday at age 89
Researcher won Nobel Prize in 2008 for work identifying the virus that causes AIDS, more recently has made false claims about the coronavirusPigi Cipelli/Mondadori Portfolio/Zuma PressPARIS—French researcher Luc Montagnier, who won a Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and who more recently spread false claims about the coronavirus, has died at age 89, according to local government officials in France.
He died Tuesday at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a western suburb of the capital, the area’s city hall said. No other details have been released.
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