A funeral was underway Friday in Montreal for a renowned HIV/AIDS researcher who died in Florida earlier this week.
Mark Wainberg drowned on Tuesday while swimming with his son in rough waters off Bal Harbour, Fla.
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He was 71.
Wainberg was part of the medical team that discovered the first antiviral drug to treat patients with the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV.
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More recently, he served as director of the McGill University AIDS Centre in Montreal.
He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2001.
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In 2008, Wainberg was named a Chevalier de Legion d’honneur, the highest honour given by France.
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