21 Celebrities Who Have Lived With HIV

Eazy-E, Magic Johnson and more.

A Positive Outlook - There are over 30 million people in the world living with the HIV virus, and celebrities such as Magic Johnson, Pedro Zamora and Eazy-E have used their celebrity status to raise awareness and de-stigmatize the disease by bringing the topic into the mainstream. In honor of World AIDS Day, we look back at past celebrities who have lived with HIV/AIDS.(Photos from left: Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images, Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated)
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T1668046_03Glenn Burke - Major League Baseball star Glenn Burke made history, becoming the first professional baseball player to publicly come out of the closet. He, unfortunately, passed away of AIDS-related causes in 1995. He was 43. (Photo: Mark Hundley/AP/REX/Shutterstock)

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Magic Johnson - The all-star NBA player and entrepreneur famously announced his positive HIV status during a press conference right before the 1991-1992 NBA Season. He found out after a routine physical and claimed that he was unaware of how he contracted the virus, though hr later admitted that he had multiple extramarital affairs during his basketball career. Since his diagnosis, he has been an avid HIV activist and even created the Magic Johnson Foundation to help combat the disease. (Photo: Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

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