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Post by Hulkamaniac on Sept 2, 2013 11:56:48 GMT -5
Sad. Family isn't giving the cause of death, but you can bet it's AIDs related even though he denies he had HIV in the first place. Kind of sad to see what happened to him. Guy was Heavyweight champ and sitting on top of the world going toe to toe with George Foreman and Lennox Lewis. Now he's dead of AIDs at 44. Tragic really.
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Post by LA Times on Sept 2, 2013 13:43:06 GMT -5
It was funny when he went into MMA and demanded his own set of rules which included being allowed to wear shoes and limited time on the ground. The guy had HIV for 17 years which is amazing, but not Magic Johnson-like.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Sept 2, 2013 13:50:48 GMT -5
I hadn't thought of Magic Johnson in a long time. I surprised he's still alive and apparently in relatively good health.
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Post by Nivro™ on Sept 2, 2013 16:12:26 GMT -5
He was cell-mates with my worthless older brother a few years ago...Hope the ol bro didnt drop the soap haha
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Post by LA Times on Sept 2, 2013 16:48:57 GMT -5
I hadn't thought of Magic Johnson in a long time. I surprised he's still alive and apparently in relatively good health. Magic Johnson is part owner of the LA Dodgers now, and yes, it is $u$pect how he is so healthy
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2013 16:55:14 GMT -5
Great boxer, sad the way things ended up for him. RIP.
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Post by WMDman on Sept 2, 2013 17:20:36 GMT -5
RIP
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Sept 2, 2013 18:03:17 GMT -5
I hadn't thought of Magic Johnson in a long time. I surprised he's still alive and apparently in relatively good health. Magic Johnson is part owner of the LA Dodgers now, and yes, it is $u$pect how he is so healthy Well, to be fair, Morrison denied having AIDs to begin with so he probably didn't take his meds or seek out treatment the way Johnson did.
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Post by mrassbillygunn on Sept 2, 2013 18:27:54 GMT -5
He was cell-mates with my worthless older brother a few years ago...Hope the ol bro didnt drop the soap haha Really? Did your brother have any stories about him? I dont think he got aids from being gay, he said it was due to his reckless lifestyle with drugs etc...most likely a dirty needle.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Sept 2, 2013 19:09:15 GMT -5
He was cell-mates with my worthless older brother a few years ago...Hope the ol bro didnt drop the soap haha Really? Did your brother have any stories about him? I dont think he got aids from being gay, he said it was due to his reckless lifestyle with drugs etc...most likely a dirty needle. I'm pretty sure there were some hookers involved as well. Numerous places he could've picked it up.
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Post by jeffro2000 on Sept 2, 2013 19:11:27 GMT -5
Guy once had a promising career, but he ultimately crumbled. Pressure, lifestyle, whole "white hope" hype machine at a time when Heavyweight boxing was still massively popular all were too much for him. I don't think he was ever going to be great, but he could have made a better career out of it.
RIP.
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Post by JC Motors on Sept 2, 2013 19:26:40 GMT -5
He was great in Rocky V
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Post by Nivro™ on Sept 2, 2013 20:00:29 GMT -5
He was cell-mates with my worthless older brother a few years ago...Hope the ol bro didnt drop the soap haha Really? Did your brother have any stories about him? I dont think he got aids from being gay, he said it was due to his reckless lifestyle with drugs etc...most likely a dirty needle. No he actually didnt recognize him until he said who he was (which makes sense if you look at the pictures) He (Morrison) was locked up on drug charges and my brother was locked up for back child support on a kid that wasnt his (go figure)...I think they were only together a couple days and then Morrison was shipped out.
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Post by That 80s Guy on Sept 3, 2013 9:00:46 GMT -5
-- Man I remember his fights with Foreman and Mercer, I always marked for Tommy. Just seen a photo of him from 2011 and it looked nothing like he used to, sad ending for a great fighter.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2013 9:27:17 GMT -5
He should have been one of the greats, a true tragedy.
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Post by JC Motors on Sept 3, 2013 14:35:05 GMT -5
Really? Did your brother have any stories about him? I dont think he got aids from being gay, he said it was due to his reckless lifestyle with drugs etc...most likely a dirty needle. No he actually didnt recognize him until he said who he was (which makes sense if you look at the pictures) He (Morrison) was locked up on drug charges and my brother was locked up for back child support on a kid that wasnt his (go figure)...I think they were only together a couple days and then Morrison was shipped out. Was that back in 1999?
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Post by Nivro™ on Sept 3, 2013 15:16:27 GMT -5
No he actually didnt recognize him until he said who he was (which makes sense if you look at the pictures) He (Morrison) was locked up on drug charges and my brother was locked up for back child support on a kid that wasnt his (go figure)...I think they were only together a couple days and then Morrison was shipped out. Was that back in 1999? 2011 or 2012 I believe. It wasnt long ago.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Sept 3, 2013 15:46:44 GMT -5
2011 or 2012 I believe. It wasnt long ago. Yeah, he got busted for DUI or something in Oklahoma a year or so ago. It's sad really. If he hadn't been in such denial about being HIV positive he'd probably still be alive today.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2013 16:40:32 GMT -5
Here's a pretty good interview with him for anyone interested. You can tell here that he's in pretty poor health and this was 2-3 years ago.
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Post by JC Motors on Sept 3, 2013 17:37:21 GMT -5
2011 or 2012 I believe. It wasnt long ago. I know Tommy Morrison went to jail in 1999 for drugs and firearms violation
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