Magic Johnson: Basketball's Smiling Superstar
- ISBN-10
- 0875185533
- ISBN-13
- 9780875185538
- Series
- Magic Johnson
- Category
- African American basketball players
- Pages
- 63
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Author
- Rick L. Johnson
Description
A biography of the star guard for the Los Angeles Lakers who shocked fans by retiring in 1991 because he had contracted the AIDS virus.
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