Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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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 |
7 comments:
am too sleep from the meds... but i heard something... and it was nice :)
take care mate... cheers...
Ok, I admit it – I kinda like that song.
Hey Arv,
Aw, hope you're feeling better today! :)
Chris,
haha-I know, it's good! :D
I was just going to listen to a little bit of it, to get the feel, but I LIKED the feel, and enjoyed the whole thing. Never heard her before. Thanx!
Hi Ferd,
I'm glad you liked it! :) Nice to see you. I hope all is well.
good song!!! love it, will have to add that one to my list on facebook...it is my theme song for the last month, lol
Hi Lina,
lol, yeah it's a good one!
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