Washington, Dhu-AlHijjah 14, 1435, Oct 8, 2014, SPA -- Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian man who was the first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola outside of Africa, died of the disease in a US hospital Wednesday. "Mr Duncan succumbed to an insidious disease, Ebola," a statement from the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas said. The 42-year-old was infected with the Ebola virus in Liberia, but did not begin to show symptoms of the disease until a few days after his arrival in Texas on September 20. Duncan was the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola outside of Africa. --SPA 23:49 LOCAL TIME 20:49 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w