claim: Uta Hagan passed away on June 12th, 1919.
evidence: Nozipho Bhengu -LRB- 1974 -- 19 May 2006 -RRB- was a South African woman whose death from an AIDS-related illness intensified the controversy about how AIDS is treated in South Africa .. South Africa. South Africa. AIDS. AIDS. Nozipho was well known in South Africa for her openness about her illness as well as her refusal to take conventional medical treatment for AIDS in favour of alternative and controversial natural treatment .. South Africa. South Africa. AIDS. AIDS. Diagnosed as HIV positive in 1998 , Nozipho Bhengu underwent treatment using antiretroviral drugs until 2001 .. At that point she was persuaded by health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang and nutritionalist Tine van der Maas that standard pharmaceutical drugs have dangerous side effects and it would be more beneficial to her condition to try a controversial lemon and garlic diet .. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. Tine van der Maas. Tine van der Maas. The health minister was quoted in saying `` I do not know of any side effects of eating proper food '' .. Bhengu 's mother , Ruth Bhengu , as an African National Congress legislator spoke of her daughter 's beliefs in a speech in Parliament .. Ruth Bhengu. Ruth Bhengu. African National Congress. African National Congress. After the speech Nozipho Bhengu 's efforts to treat her illness became common knowledge in South Africa .. South Africa. South Africa. Bhengu died on the 19th of May , 2006 .. At the time of her death she was working on a book , From Victim to Victor , which detailed her experience that was left unfinished .. Upon her death the Treatment Action Campaign praised her openness about her illness while at the same time calling her death `` unnecessary '' .. Treatment Action Campaign. Treatment Action Campaign. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was invited to her funeral on 24 May .. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. She sent a representative who was subsequently booed by some of the funeral 's attendees .