First Man in World to Receive Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Publicly Dies of Unrelated Illness

The first man to get publicly vaccinated for COVID-19 in the world died of an unrelated illness about six months after receiving the jab.

A nurse adminsters the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to patient William "Bill" Shakespeare (L), 81, at University Hospital in Coventry, England, on Dec. 8, 2020. Jacob King/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

The first man to get publicly vaccinated for COVID-19 in the world died of an unrelated illness about six months after receiving the jab, according to multiple reports.

William Shakespeare died of a stroke on May 20, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust told the BBC.