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Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. ( Lansing, 14 de agosto de 1959) é um empresário e comentarista esportivo norte-americano. É mais conhecido pela sua carreira como basquetebolista na National Basketball Association (NBA), na qual foi armador e, posteriormente, presidente de operações desportivas do Los Angeles Lakers .
18 de jul. de 2020 · Com a doença controlada, astro do Los Angeles Lakers e do Dream Team dos EUA conta que recebeu suporte da esposa e da família desde que descobriu doença em 1991. Por GloboEsporte.com — Rio de Janeiro. 18/07/2020 07h00 Atualizado há 3 anos. Os anos se passam e Magic Johnson segue vencendo o seu maior adversário: o HIV.
- She Was Born in Alabama
- She Met Magic in College
- She and Magic Got Married in 1991
- She Shares Two Children with Magic
- She and Magic Were Born The Same Year
- She Takes An Annual Yacht Trip with Magic
- She Was by Magic's Side When He Was Diagnosed with HIV
- She Was Supportive When Her Son Ej Came Out as Gay
- She's A Best-Selling Author
- She's A Philanthropist and Businesswoman
Cookie was born in Huntsville, Alabama, as Earleatha Kelly. She is the middle child of two siblings, an older sister and a younger brother. According to AL.com, she was named after her father Earl, and her mother, Cora, who originally nicknamed her "Kookie" after Edd Byrnes' character from the 77 Sunset Strip series. She later changed the spelling ...
Magic and Cookie met as students at Michigan State University in the late '70s. Magic, a freshman, was already a well-known local athlete when the two crossed paths at a party on campus before Christmas break. "I never asked her to dance," he said in his 2016 interview with PEOPLE. "I just watched her dance, and I said, 'I've got to get to know tha...
The longtime couple wed in an intimate ceremony in Lansing, Michigan — Magic's hometown — on Sept. 14, 1999. Their road to the altar was not an easy one, though. Over the course of their decades-long relationship, Magic and Cookie broke up and reconciled several times before Magic proposed. He almost broke off the engagement as well because he had ...
Cookie gave birth to the couple's son, Earvin "EJ" Johnson III, in 1992, and in 1994, the couple adopted their daughter, Elisa Johnson. Cookie is also stepmom to Magic's oldest child, Andre Johnson, whom he welcomed in 1981 with ex-girlfriend Melissa Mitchell while he and Cookie were on a break. The family is known for their public appearances toge...
Cookie is six months older than Magic — she was born on Jan. 20, 1959, and Magic was born on Aug. 14 of the same year. In 2019, the two hosted a weekend-long party for their joint 60th birthday in St. Tropez, France, featuring celebrity guests like Jennifer Lopez, Spike Lee and Angela Bassett and her husband Courtney B. Vance. Cookie shared a glimp...
Magic and Cookie are known for their annual lavish yachting trips with famous friends, such as Samuel L. Jackson and LL Cool J. In 2021, the group traced a route from Greece to Italy, stopping at ports in Capri, Sorrento and Sardinia. Their 281-foot yacht was decked out with seven guest suites, a gym, a hair salon and two massage rooms. It also fea...
Shortly after Magic and Cookie tied the knot, Magic announced that he tested positive for HIV during a press conference. Cookie was pregnant with their first child at the time. "There was no greater pressure than driving home to tell her," Magic later told CBS Mornings' Gayle Kingin a joint interview with Cookie in November 2021. She proceeded to b...
EJ initially came out as gay to his mom in his early teens before coming out to Magic about a year later. Cookie said accepting her son's sexual orientation in light of her Christian faith was "a very hard thing for [her]," as she told Oprah Winfreyin 2016. After much thought, she decided, "'This child is innocent. He was like this when he was a ba...
Cookie shared the story of Magic's HIV diagnosis from her perspective in her 2016 best-selling memoir, Believing in Magic. In it, she detailed how she supported Magic after his diagnosis and shared how his health battle shaped their marriage.
The same year he was diagnosed with HIV, Magic founded the Magic Johnson Foundation to help raise awareness of the disease and educate people on prevention and treatment. Cookie has served as a board member since its founding and often speaks to women's groups, community events and local schools about HIV/AIDS, according to her website. She is also...
7 de nov. de 2021 · A 30 años del día que Magic Johnson anunció que tenía VIH: la reacción de su esposa y cómo se convirtió en símbolo de la lucha contra la enfermedad. En 1991, uno de los mejores...
22 de jan. de 2024 · Magic Johnson Says Wife Cookie ‘Looks So Good’ as They Celebrate Her 65th Birthday in Turks and Caicos. The couple marked the milestone with fireworks, food and dancing amid the picturesque and...
5 de mar. de 2024 · Magic Johnson é casado com Earlitha Cookie Kelly Johnson desde 1991. Além de empreendedora e romancista, Cookie também desenha roupas. Por seis anos, ela projetou e vendeu a popular linha de jeans CJ da Cookie Johnson em lojas de departamentos sofisticadas.
17 de jul. de 2020 · 17/07/2020 18h45. Um dos maiores nomes da história do basquete, Magic Johnson afirmou que o diagnóstico de HIV positivo recebido no início dos anos 1990 mudou sua vida. Durante participação em um evento da XP Investimentos, o norte-americano disse ter se tornado "muito comprometido" com a causa após a descoberta da doença.
