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[–] 18009702? ago 

You are correct. They don't die from AIDS itself.

AIDS is simply the catalyst - the disease that precipitates death. It weakens the immune system to the point that other viruses can easily invade the body without the body having the ability to fight back. That is why so many who have had AIDS and die don't have AIDS listed as being the cause of death but rather the cause of death is typically something like pneumonia, etc. AIDS leads to the demise of people who have it but is not the actual cause of death.