The Death of Jennay
Forrest’s love interest from his childhood and well into his adult years was Jenny Curran (Jennay). But sadly, she fell victim to an unknown virus and died just one year after the two got married. The virus was never named but the fact that it took place during the AIDS crisis, the audience safely assumed that she died of the AIDS virus.
Source: ign.com
And it’s only fair that a film that highlighted key moments in American history would include the AIDS epidemic in some way. But apparently, the author who wrote the book in which the movie was based on (“Forrest Gump” by Winston Groom), didn’t have that in mind. In Groom’s sequel novel, “Bubba & Co.,” he reveals that Jenny was rather infected with hepatitis C as a result of her drug usage.