I'm participating in NaBloPoMo this month! Thought it would help me get back my blogging Mojo. Check back everyday for a new post!
  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 |
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i am waiting :)..
urs..hemu..
gogogoGO!
Thanks for visitng my page and your comments.
And, so far so good! :D
That's a good idea. I'm either posting too much or not posting at all. I'd like to do a post everyday for the month.
Hi John! You should go for it! :)
WOOT!
Yay! :D
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