Tennis Legend Arthur Ashe Dies at 49; AIDS Claims Star Who Rose From Segregated Richmond Courts to World FameMartin Weil
Among those reacting to Ashe’s death Saturday was former Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson, who was forced to retire from basketball after he tested HIV-positive. “Arthur Ashe’s passing away makes this a very sad day, not only for the world of sports but the entire world in general...
Death Ashe died in New York City on February 6, 1993, from AIDS-related pneumonia. Four days later, he was laid to rest in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia. Some 6,000 people attended the service. Legacy In addition to his pioneering tennis career, Ashe is remembered as an inspiration...
The soft-spoken but highly principled Ashe has been showered with honors, tributes, and accolades in life and death. Among the most prominent came in 1993 when he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton. ESPN’s ESPY Awards presents the Arthur Ashe ...
Arthur Ashe contracted the HIV virus through a blood transfusion and died of AIDS in 1993,aged 50. While since his death he has become revered and respected ,in the 1980snear the end of his life he was unpopular for his ideas. However,his combination of political campaigning and athletic ...
Arthur Ashe contracted the HIV virus through a blood transfusion and died of AIDS in 1993,aged 50. While since his death he has become revered and respected,in the 1980snear the end of his life he was unpopular for his ideas. However,his combination of political campaigning and athletic pro...
For Ashe, being Black in the segregated South left him “a marked man,” a feeling he described as being, “forever aware of a shadow of contempt that lays across my identity and my sense of self-esteem… the shadow is always there; only death will free me, and Blacks like me, from...
25. “I don’t want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.”– Arthur Ashe Which of these Arthur Ashe quotes is your favorite? In 1979, he retired after a heart attack. He contracted AIDS in 1988 and only told the public in 1992. ...
Ashe underwentcoronary bypassoperations in 1979 and 1983. In April 1992 he revealed that he had become infected with the virus that causes AIDS, probably through ataintedblood transfusionreceived during one of those operations. For the remainder of his life, Ashe devoted considerable time to efforts...
Although this book was nearly complete before Arthur’s death, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe has worked heroically since then to try to ensure not only its timely publication but also its accuracy and general soundness. I am grateful to her for ...