USA/SOUTH AFRICA: TEN YEARS AGO MAGIC JOHNSON STUNNED THE WORLD WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS HIV POSITIVE

Record ID: 970935

  • Title: USA/SOUTH AFRICA: TEN YEARS AGO MAGIC JOHNSON STUNNED THE WORLD WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS HIV POSITIVE
  • Date: 8th November 2001
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (FILE) (NBC-NO ACCESS CNN/USA. NO INTERNET/LIBRARY USE) 1. MAGIC JOHNSON ANNOUNCING HIS RETIREMENT DUE TO TESTING POSITIVE FOR HIV LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (RECENT) (NBC-NO ACCESS CNN/USA. NO INTERNET/LIBRARY USE) 2. JOHNSON PLAYING IN PICKUP BASKETBALL GAME 3. JOHNSON (SOUNDBITE)(ENGLISH) saying "Free of it means nothing in your body and I'm not saying that I'm HIV free because I'm not. Its just laying asleep and it could be asleep forever you know so we're just going to keep our fingers crossed and keep praying and keep doing what I'm doing." UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION, SOUTH AFRICA. (FILE) (REUTERS) 4. JOHNSON DURING GOODWILL TOUR OF SOUTH AFRICA LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (RECENT) (NBC-NO ACCESS CNN/USA. NO INTERNET/LIBRARY USE) 5. JOHNSON PLAYING IN PICK-UP BASKETBALL GAME 6. JOHNSON (SOUNDBITE)(ENGLISH) saying "People don't get to have two lives or three lives like me. I'm having my second life.My second life has been business. I wouldn't like to do anything else." 7. JOHNSON IN GYM Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 22nd November 2001 12:00
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  • Location: LOS ANGELES AND VARIOUS, UNITED STATES/SOUTH AFRICA
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  • Country: USA United States South Africa
  • Reuters ID: LVA9INOWAIMLA98F355KJIRD2B4T
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