After thousands and thousands had died from it, Magic Johnson was the first person to ever survive AIDS. He supposedly had some special treatment that they, for whatever reason, didn’t think about trying on anybody else… Remember what happened after it was publicly announced that Magic had AIDS? 1991 - He retired (officially).1992 - MVP in the NBA All Star game.1992 - U.S. Olympic Team Gold.1995-96 - At age 36, carrying 25 more pounds than when he retired, he unretired for 32 games (going 22-10)