What Did Jenny On Forrest Gump Die From

The author reveals that jenny died from hep c.

The fans first guess was that jenny died from aids. 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. Fans of the book may be confused with the movie but directors usually have a license to take the characters where they see fit.

Her mother died when she was 5 years old. In the follow up novel gump and co while forrest played professional football jenny passes away. 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. She had many sexual partners and shared needles while using drugs.