French Discoverer of HIV Virus Luc Montagnier Dies at 89

Luc Montagnier died on Tuesday in the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, northwest of Paris, its mayor told reporters. (AFP)

French researcher Luc Montagnier, who won a Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the HIV virus and more recently spread false claims about the coronavirus, has died at age 89, local government officials in France said.

Montagnier 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.