Ronald Dickson Woodroof (February 3, 1950 – September 12, 1992) was an American man who created what would become known as the Dallas Buyer's Club[9] in March 1988, one of several such AIDS buyers clubs that sprang up at the time. After learning he had contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 1985 and being diagnosed with having AIDS, he created the group as part of his efforts to find and distribute drugs to treat AIDS at a time when the disease was poorly understood.[10]
He sued the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over a ban on peptide T, a drug he was using.[11] Woodroof's final years became the basis of the 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club, in which he was portrayed by Matthew McConaughey.
^Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1995
^Texas, Death Index, 1964-1998
^Texas Marriage Certificate Number 067216
^Texas Divorce File Number 009120
^Texas Marriage Certificate Number 055738
^Texas Divorce File Number 020049
^Texas Marriage Certificate Number 156836
^Texas Divorce File Number 014037
^New Source Dallas Buyers Club. NEW Source, December 1991, periodical, December 1991; Dallas, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc271479/m1/2/: accessed April 16, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.
^Ron Woodroof Archived 2014-06-23 at the Wayback Machine The Biography.com website. Retrieved 2014-07-09
^"The Dallas Cowboy Behind The Real 'Buyers Club'". NPR. 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
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