But it’s Jenny, not Forrest, who delivers one of the movie’s most iconic lines: “Run Forrest, run!” Whether you’re an avid “Gump” fan or just trying to stay hip with one of America ...

Jenny's true cause of death in Forrest Gump is widely believed to be HIV due to the AIDS pandemic at the time. Screenwriter Eric Roth confirmed that late-stage HIV was the illness Jenny died from ...