Magic Johnson’s Kids: Everything To Know About The NBA Legend’s 3 Children
hollywoodlife.comMagic Johnson is not only a legendary basketball player but a father of three. The 62-year-old was first drafted on the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979 and continued to play for them for 13 seasons.
The basketball legend won countless amounts of MVP Awards and helped his team win many finals. The professional athlete put his career, marriage and life at risk when he contracted HIV during the height of the AIDS epidemic in 1991, allegedly through unprotected sex. “It was hard because I loved her so much and I hated to hurt her,” he said during an interview with CBS Mornings’ Gayle King. “I’ve played against some of the best basketball players in the world, right?
I’ve been in championships. I’ve been in nine [NBA] Finals, so I know pressure. But there was no greater pressure than driving home to tell her.” She was pregnant with their son at the time.
Fortunately, she and her son hadn’t contracted the disease and he survived a time when the disease was a practically death sentence.
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