Arthur Ashe death

Title

Arthur Ashe death

Genre

Tribute; Obituary

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:04:02

Description

Report on the death of tennis player Arthur Ashe and his announcement last year he had AIDS (heard at press conference); his other health problems including heart surgery where blood transfusion gave him HIV virus; and his fundraising work with fellow AIDS sufferer basketball player Magic Johnson-Ashe speaks about it. Includes tributes from close friend, New York Mayor David Dinkins and President of the Eastern division of the US professional tennis association Kay Kennow(?).

Contributors

David Dinkins; Arthur Ashe; Kay Kennow(?)

Keywords

Deaths; Fundraising; New York; AIDS; Sportsmen; Lawn tennis; HIV; Blood transfusion; Arthur Ashe; Earvin Johnson; Magic Johnson

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