“In addition he obviously had dementia prior to his death. This is common with end stage HIV infection. His skin was also very mottled, and had the look of Kaposi Sarcoma which is also common with near end stage HIV infection.”
Thats exactly what I was thinking. Although I’ve never heard of Kaposi Sarcoma, I have seen identical behavior from dementia prior to HIV death, and I remember that news video when they were preparing to fly him to France when he struggled to raise his head and smile/wave to the crowd.