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    Hydeia Broadbent, who teamed up with Magic Johnson in HIV/AIDS fight, dies at 39

    Hydeia Broadbent started speaking publicly about her experiences as someone with HIV/AIDS when she was a young child. "I want people to know that we're just normal people," a 7-year-old Broadbent told Magic Johnson during a Nickelodeon news special that aired in March 1992, four months after the Lakers superstar announced he was retiring from basketball because he was HIV positive. Broadbent ...
    by Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times Feb 22, 2024 3 minutes
    Hydeia Broadbent attends the premiere of Apple' s "They Call Me Magic" at Regency Village Theatre on April 14, 2022, in Los Angeles.

    Hydeia Broadbent started speaking publicly about her experiences as someone with HIV/AIDS when she was a young child.

    "I want people to know that we're just normal people," a 7-year-old Broadbent told Magic Johnson during a Nickelodeon news special that aired in March 1992, four months after the Lakers superstar announced he was retiring from basketball because he was HIV positive.

    Broadbent never stopped speaking out about the virus and disease — and Johnson thanked her for her courage.

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