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    November 7, 1991 — Magic Johnson announces he has HIV and immediately retires from the Lakers. Johnson was one of the first professional athlete to go public about his HIV-positive status. Though initially retiring, he started in the 1992 NBA All-Star Game where he won MVP and also played for the 1992 Barcelona Games as part of the U.S. men’s basketball “Dream Team” where he won gold. In…

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