Terry Higgins

Terrence Lionel Seymour Higgins (10 June 1945 – 4 July 1982) was a Welsh DJ who was among the first people known to die of an AIDS-related illness in the United Kingdom.

Life Higgins was born in Priory Mount Hospital, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He lived with his mother Marjorie at 13 Priory Avenue in Haverfordwest and attended the local all-boys grammar school from 1956 to 1960. Higgins left Haverfordwest as a teenager due to feeling alienated because of his sexuality.

Higgins was a self-taught piano player and wrote a book inspired by his fascination with astrology, it was published by Marshall Cavendish in 1974, titled The Living Zodiac.

Higgins moved to London and worked as a Hansard reporter in the House of Commons during the day (Higgins started a trade union there)

Legacy Martyn Butler, Rupert Whitaker and Tony Calvert initiated the formation of the Terry Higgins Trust in 1982 with a group of concerned community-members and Terry's friends, including Len Robinson and Chris Peel; it is dedicated to preventing the spread of HIV, promoting awareness of AIDS, and providing supportive services to people with the disease.