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Magic Johnson announced his retirement from professional basketball due to HIV infection.

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Magic Johnson

American basketball player and entrepreneur (born 1959)

Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. Often regarded as the greatest passer and point guard of all time, Johnson spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After…
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HIV

Human retrovirus, cause of AIDS

The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of Lentivirus that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers…
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