Luc Montagnier, Virologist Who Discovered HIV and Critic of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, Dies at 89

French scientist Luc Montagnier poses in the courtyard of the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on Oct. 8, 2008. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Luc Montagnier, a Nobel Prize-winning virologist who discovered HIV and a critic of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, has died at the age of 89.

The professor died at the American Hospital of Paris, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, “surrounded by his children,” reported French outlet FranceSoir on Feb. 9. The death was later confirmed by the area’s city hall. No information about the cause of death was released.