Jenny's true cause of death in Forrest Gump is widely believed to be HIV due to the AIDS pandemic at the time. Screenwriter Eric Roth confirmed that late-stage HIV was the illness Jenny died from ...

"Forrest Gump ... as a family, Jenny dies at age 32. Her illness is never explicitly stated, though screenwriter Eric Roth confirmed in a 2019 interview that she died of AIDS.

Memory has reduced “Forrest Gump” to a few lines of dialogue and the ubiquitous meme of Tom Hanks ... girl he’s always loved, Jenny (Robin Wright), to AIDS. Remembering the 1994 movie ...

Robin Wright touched on fan opinions that her 'Forrest Gump ... a child together before Jenny grows terminally ill. "I don’t think it’s a punishment that she gets AIDS. She was so promiscuous ...

Are you one of the “Forrest ... guy and then gets AIDS and then says ‘I’m gonna die. Can I come be with you?’ Now, that’s not very kind.” (Wright is referencing Jenny dating a abusive ...

Robin Wright has hit back at critics who branded her Forrest Gump character Jenny as “anti-feminist ... I don’t think it’s a punishment that she gets AIDS. She was so promiscuous ...

Robin Wright defended her character Jenny ... to Forrest. I wouldn’t choose that as a reference, but she was kind of selfish. I don’t think it’s a punishment that she gets AIDS.