Magic Johnson Foundation
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The Magic Johnson Foundation is a charity that attempts to "address the educational, health and social needs of ethnically diverse, urban communities". The charity was set up by Magic Johnson
after he declared that he was HIV
positive.
Magic Johnson
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association . After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Lakers...
after he declared that he was HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
positive.