Sunday, December 13, 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 |
6 comments:
You just can't go wrong with Dylan. This one is a classic (as so many of his songs are).
nice :)
urs..hemu..
It can always be a Dylan type day :)
OK, I really like that song!
It's always a grand day to celebrate the Shakespeare of Rock & Roll. Thanks for sharing!
Yes, Barb, you are right! :)
Thanks Hemu! :)
John, yes :) in fact...I'm still listening today!
Chris,
I know, right? He rocks!:)
Hi Joe! Thanks for stopping by..I love that--"the Shakespeare of Rock & Roll." :)
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