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Nov 7, 2019 · On this day in 1991, basketball star Earvin “Magic” Johnson shocked the world when he announced he was HIV-positive.Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979, Johnson became one of the sport ...
Nov 7, 2011 · Magic Johnson stunned the sports world 20 years ago Monday by announcing he had contracted HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Back then, many believed the basketball Hall of Famer wouldn't be around ...
Nov 2, 2021 · It was 30 years ago, on November 7, that basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr. announced he’d acquired HIV. No other HIV disclosure has had such a reverberating impact before or since. From the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles, where he achieved era-defining success with the LA Lakers,
Nov 30, 2016 · When NBA superstar Magic Johnson announced his HIV diagnosis to the world 25 years ago, the virus was considered an imminent death sentence. But progress in the treatment of HIV/AIDS has been remarkable by any measure.
Feb 23, 2022 · FILE - Earvin “Magic” Johnson stands before a room crowded with journalists at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Nov. 7,1991. Johnson told the journalists he was retiring from the Los Angeles Lakers after learning he had tested positive for the AIDS virus.
Earvin „Magic” Johnson, Jr. (Lansing, 1959. augusztus 14. –) amerikai kosárlabdázó, aki az NBA-ben szereplő Los Angeles Lakers irányítója volt. Számos középiskolai és főiskolai bajnoki címmel a háta mögött 1979-es drafton első választottként szerződtette le a Los Angeles Lakers. Újonc szezonjában már bajnok lett és az NBA nagydöntőjének MVP-jévé ...
May 2, 2022 · Magic Johnson announces his HIV diagnosis and retirement from the Lakers on Nov. 7, 1991, with NBA Commissioner David Stern and teammate Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at his side.
