
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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![]() ![]() Tennis Player Arthur Ashe Announces He Has AIDS (1992)Ashe was the first African-American male to reach prominence in tennis and was thus a very public figure, even after his retirement, which followed a 1979 heart attack and quadruple-bypass surgery. In 1983, he contracted HIV from a blood transfusion during a second heart surgery. He kept it a secret until 1992, when a newspaper threatened to publish a story about his illness. His subsequent openness about AIDS helped combat the disease's stigma. How much longer did Ashe live? More... Discuss |
4 comments:
I've seen those feet!
Dad,
Thanks! :)
Lauren,
What? :) Really lol!
No comment !
Let's me just add that I know a thing or two about diplomacy..:)
India,
hmm...? :)
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