Magic Johnson
He retired from pro-basketball three times: 1991, 1992 and 1996. During his career, he won three NBA MVP Awards, played in nine NBA Finals and 12 All-Star games, and bagged 10 All-NBA First and Second Team nominations.
He got called up into The Dream Team – the 1992 United States men’s Olympic basketball team which won the Olympic gold medal that year.
Johnson has been an advocate for HIV/AIDS prevention and safe sex as well as an entrepreneur, philanthropist, broadcaster and motivational speaker. He was named by Ebony magazine as one of America’s most influential black businessmen in 2009.
Last year, the 60-year-old legend received the 2019 NBA Lifetime Achievement Award
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