Magic Johnson



Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. BORN August 14, 1959) is a former professional basketball player. He played with the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA for all of his 13 seasons and has won five championships.

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 * I think sometimes we think, "Well, only gay people can get it; it's not going to happen to me", and here I am saying that it can happen to anybody.
 * Johnson on who can get HIV, from his official announcement about living with HIV (7 November 1991)
 * Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
 * Then & Now: Magic Johnson