Magic Johnson Announces Positive HIV In Today's History, November 7, 1991

World basketball star, Earvin 'Magic' Johnson Jr. resigned on November 7, 1991 due to contracting the HIV virus. (Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - Today's memory, 32 years ago, November 7, 1991, world famous basketball star, Earvin 'Magic' Johnson Jr. announced that he was positive for the HIV virus. The announcement caused the whole world to be hit by a furore.

This condition made Johnson have to hang up his boots from the NBA basketball club that made his name, Los Angeles (LA) Lakers. Previously, he had played for the LA Lakers for a dozen seasons. His presence at the Lakers was so decisive. LA Lakers can become the NBA champion five times.

Parents have a big role in the development of their child's career. Magic Johnson has felt it. His father became Johnson's main gateway to basketball. The figure of his father is able to be anyone in the game. Sometimes he becomes a coach. Sometimes he becomes Johnson's opponent.

The result was brilliant. Johnson grew up as an aggressive and fast basketball player. Andil's father also made Johnson idolize many basketball players in NBA competitions. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Dave Bing, for example.

Johnson's love for basketball is increasing day by day. Johnson dares to give the dream of becoming a world's top basketball player. His talent in playing basketball began to amaze many people when he entered high school.

Johnson became the backbone of his team. He transformed like a basketball field artist. His works are important points that bring the team to victory. This success made Johnson choose to continue his dream of becoming a professional basketball player by entering the University of the State of Michigan.

Conditions are not much different. He became the backbone of his college basketball club. The pinnacle of being loved by scholars arrived. Johnson was also able to win a professional contract from his favorite basketball team, LA Lakers in 1979. He began to trace history at the LA Lakers.

He and his friends were able to bring LA Lakers to the NBA competition five times -- 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1988. This popularity makes the name Magic Johnson hailed by LA Lakers fans all over the country.

This is the 'Showtime' era when LA Lakers revived the NBA with a fast-paced and flamboyant ball game. They were able to win five titles. Johnson is the highest point guard in NBA history (2.06 meters; 6 feet 9 inches), whose adaptability, field vision, and creativity are fundamentally a mainstay.

He was able to color the LA Lakers game. His shot, an invisible pass, a number of celebrity fans, and of course a beautiful woman. Everyone who lived in the 1980s should at least be present to watch the LA Lakers. That's what makes Magic Johnson Skyrocket," Oliver Laughland wrote in his article on The Guardian's page entitled Magic Johnson (2021).

Success and wealth follow every Johnson shortage. However, unfortunate. Johnson's sexual life is too wild. He was forced to accept his own consequences for his actions. Johnson announced himself that he had contracted HIV.

The decision was announced to the public on November 7, 1991. The presence of HIV AIDS forced him to hang up his boots from the LA Lakers. Johnson's confession then shocked the whole world. Moreover, HIV is a disease that at that time was considered a disgrace.

This famous basketball player surprisingly withdrew from the world of sport. The reason is AIDS. AIDS spread indiscriminately. After attacking well-known actor Rock Hudson, now AIDS is visiting famous basketball player Earvin "Magic" Johnson. In a press conference last Thursday, Magic Johnson officially withdrew from the LA Lakers club because it was positive for the HIV virus, the cause of the AIDS law.

At the age of 32, Johnson is the ambassador of the United States to the rest of the world. His agility bounced off the ball, threw it at other players without looking, and his flexibility to rebound, so it was an interesting spectacle for basketball fans around the world. He turned basketball games into showtime, "explained Liston P. Siregar in his article in Tempo Magazine entitled AIDS because AIDS (1991).