“The toughest thing was to tell her”: Magic Johnson on the emotional toll of his HIV diagnosis on his marriage with Cookie Johnson

Magic Johnson, the NBA legend, has turned into a popular spokesperson for surviving healthily for decades with an HIV diagnosis for the last few decades.While Magic Johnson took an early retirement in 1991 when he was only 32 years old, the NBA legend has been public about what he felt when he had to inform his wife, Cookie, about his diagnosis.

“The toughest thing was to tell her”: Magic Johnson on the emotional toll of his HIV diagnosis on his marriage with Cookie Johnson
Magic Johnson, the NBA legend, has turned into a popular spokesperson for surviving healthily for decades with an HIV diagnosis for the last few decades.While Magic Johnson took an early retirement in 1991 when he was only 32 years old, the NBA legend has been public about what he felt when he had to inform his wife, Cookie, about his diagnosis.