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Ronald Dickson "Ron" Woodroof (February 3, 1950 – September 12, 1992) was an American who created what would become known as the Dallas Buyers Club in March 1988. Contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the 1980s, he created the group as part of his efforts to find and distribute drugs to treat HIV at a time when the disease was poorly understood.〔(Ron Woodroof ) The Biography.com website. Retrieved 2014-07-09〕 He sued the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over a ban on a drug he was using. ==Biography== Woodroof was born in Dallas, Texas, on February 3, 1950,〔 to Garland Odell Woodroof (March 17, 1917, in Texas - December 3, 1983, in Dallas)〔 and Willie Mae Hughes (November 25, 1917, in Oklahoma - November 19, 1996, in Dallas).〔〔〔1940 United States Census: District 255-224, Family Number 207, Sheet Number and Letter 8A〕 His first marriage was to Mary Etta Pybus on June 28, 1969, in Dallas;〔 and they had a daughter Yvette Lynn Woodroof (born February 1, 1970).〔 They divorced on March 23, 1972.〔 On May 6, 1972, he married Rory S. Flynn in Dallas.〔 They divorced on May 21, 1973.〔 He then married Brenda Shari Robin on October 4, 1982, in Lubbock.〔 They divorced on March 4, 1986,〔 after he was diagnosed with HIV. He had a mercurial personality. One reporter writes that "Woodroof took guns to his doctor’s office, prompting Dr. Steven Pounders to 'fire him as a patient.'" Woodroof later sent the doctor roses, and the doctor took him back. Some of his friends told reporters he was gay or bisexual. Accounts differ on whether he made homophobic comments. Reporter and screenwriter Craig Borten has said Woodroof was "as racist and homophobic as they come" while friends reportedly claim the opposite.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ron Woodroof」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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