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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.

Magic Johnson

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Magic Johnson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: August 14
Actor
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Film Producer
Financier
Hiv Activist
Motivational Speaker
Lansing
Michigan
Earvin Magic Johnson Jr.
Earvin Johnson
Jr.
Earvin Johnson
Earvin Johnson Jr.
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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day. I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.
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