Higgins' friends talk about the man whose death was the catalyst for change for people with HIV.
No-one had heard of the virus HIV when he passed away aged just 37 at London's St Thomas hospital on 4 July 1982 - and very few people had heard of him.But those close friends who knew him so well were determined to not only change that, but also change the way the world dealt with an illness few then knew much about.
It's gestures and support like this, alongside work to help people with HIV and promote good sexual health, that has helped the organisation that carries Terry's name become a world-leading HIV charity.The journey began just before the end of World War Two, in June 1945 in west Wales.Terry was born in the old Haverfordwest workhouse when it became a unit of the local hospital
"He had this air about him, he wasn't repressed, he got on with life and seemed to enjoy everything he did - and by heck he had a lovely smile. He was a lovely boy. "I used to go to market hall and they'd turn it into a dance room and I can remember him dancing, he was out of this world. We were like farmers in boots but when he danced, he was light like a ballerina and used to sway his body."Terry also used to play the piano and Bill remembered "he was a very talented boy" who was a decent schoolboy athlete at the strict Haverfordwest Grammar Boys School, where he won the senior long-jump competition in the late 1950s.
After finishing school in the early 60s, Terry left Haverfordwest to join the Royal Navy and lost contact with his old school friends - but not before donating his books and stationary to the school library."We would often get visits from Terry when he was in the navy," said Terry's cousin Annie Oakley, who now lives in Australia.
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