
Wednesday, September 24, 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 |
14 comments:
Welcome back Jess! By the way, the photo you posted is superb!
some one's bac with with a bang..:)..cool pic...it shows a lit in the darness of life..:)..super..
urs..hemu..
Hi Jessica...
welcome back :)
beautiful sunset :)
hope all is well... talk to ya soon... take care...
cheers...
Nice to see a new post. Hope you are doing well.
What a beautiful photo to tribute your grandma with! Welcome back!
Welcome Back!!! I love that beautiful sunset! Hope you are well...
Ah sunsets. My most favorite thing to photograph. This is lovely color.
Welcome home.
Glad you're back. You were missed!
thats so beautiful, Jessica!
Welcome back!
Lovely photo, Jess. I missed you. Glad you're back. Hope you are doing okay.
great picture...where did you take that?
Oh, that's beautiful...
Aw, thanks Malcolm!
Thanks Hemu!
Arv thanks so much!
Lauren,
Thanks I'm doing really well! :)
Lori,
Thank you--she would have loved it. :)
Fortune,
Thank you, thank you! :)
Vixen,
Thanks! :)
Sherry,
Thank you! :)
Thanks Lena! :)
Barb,
Thanks--I feel good! :)
Whisper,
Isn't it great? I took it in VA as we were driving home. :)
Thanks Gary! :)
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