“ I just watched her dance, and I said, ‘I’ve got to get to know that woman. ” These were words Lakers legend Magic Johnson told himself, over four decades ago, when he first laid eyes on his future wife, Earleatha Kelly, a.k.a. Cookie. And he did just that, as the NBA icon who was in college back then asked her for her number, and the two immediately hit it off. Since then, they’ve gone from college sweethearts to a married couple. Although they’ve gone through several ups and downs, most prominently during Magic’s HIV diagnosis in 1991, when Cookie was reportedly even brought to the extent of worrying about her both her and her unborn child’s lives.

While that did greatly test the couple’s relationship, both stood firm and continued to be the rock in each other’s lives. So much so tha

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