... would have been much different. What haven't we seen with regard to cancer, heart conditions, renal failure, liver disease, pulmonary conditions and the like that those affected with illness in the past have kept under wraps?

The answer is nothing.

Mickey Mantle's battle with the bottle that ultimately left him with liver failure and then liver cancer was a spectacle of personal failure covered up by a life of success in sports. Prayer vigils were organized and the organ donor list was the most watched list in the country.

Magic Johnson battled AIDS on the national stage, one of the longest term survivors of the '80s-'90s epidemic. How more personal could it get for Magic?

His infidelity was exposed and his wife had...

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