PASADENA, Calif. - The 2026 Rose Parade will have a hint of the Lake Show in January.

Legendary Los Angeles Laker and business executive Earvin "Magic" Johnson will serve as the grand marshal for the 2026 Rose Parade, it was announced Wednesday.

‘This was a thrill of a lifetime’

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Johnson was all smiles as he made a few remarks following the big reveal.

"What a blessing it is to first be here today and to get such an incredible, prestigious honor of being the grand marshal of the Rose Parade… I'm still in disbelief because, as a kid growing up in Lansing, Michigan, on New Year's Day, this was a thrill of a lifetime, just to wake up to see who was the grand marshal and watch the parade. And I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would one day become the grand

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