What Did Jenny From Forrest Gump Die From

There are two possible theories.

The theory that most fans agree with is that jenny died from aids. Though they never come right out and say it they leave a subtle hint that she s dies of aids. There isn t anything they can do about it. The fans first guess was that jenny died from aids.

If there was a climax to forrest gump it was probably the wedding of forrest and jenny 2 3 through. She was raised by her father a farmer who physically and sexually abused jenny and her sisters. During an interview via yahoo entertainment about the film s 25th anniversary roth discussed the details of a sequel that was cancelled after the 9 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. I have some kind of virus and the doctors don t know what it is.

Jenny died from hiv aids. Her mother died when she was 5 years old. In 2019 forrest gump screenwriter eric roth confirmed that jenny did indeed die from hiv aids complications. This speculation is backed by jenny s wild lifestyle.

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According to the book it is argued that she died from hepatitis c but in the movie it is thought to be aids due to how the entire movie was panned out. It s not specified in the film but in the sequel book gump co the author reveals that jenny dies from hepatitis c in the early 70s. Her high drug use and sex life could have exposed her to the disease. The film never says explicitly what the disease is.

She had many sexual partners and shared needles while using drugs. Aids is an obvious explanation as she did live in the era of free love and the start of the 1980s marks the aids outbreak in the world. Aids hiv if you look at the chronology of the movie how it is basically a travel through history as seen through the eyes of forrest. Toward the end of the movie they are in the early 80 s which is when aids first popped up and was still a mystery and didn t even have a name at the beginning of its outbreak.

Hepatitis c contracted from her drug abuse was an unknown disease until 1989. Jenny was actively involved in the promiscuous 1970s. It is arguable on what exactly jenny the love interest in the movie and book forrest gump dies from due to the different takes each medium showcases. Forrest gump the movie does not follow the regular movie format but flows at it s own pace.