64-year-old Magic Johnson is a former Los Angeles Lakers player, 5x NBA champion, and 12-time All-Star. Besides his role as a basketball player, he is a father too. He welcomed his first child, a son, Andre Johnson with his ex-girlfriend, Melissa Mitchell at the age of 22. Born in 1981, Andre was raised by his mother, Melissa, who frequently visited his father in the summers.
Andre is an entrepreneur and businessman, and currently an executive vice president at SimWin Sports. Besides this, he worked for his father’s investment company, Magic Johnson Enterprises. He also worked as a marketing director at Bash Sports company licensing Magic’s name on basketball products. Following in his father’s footsteps in basketball, Andre played basketball only till high school, averaging 12 points and 6 assists per game. He is also a father of two kids from his wife Lisa.
The NBA star’s next relationship was with Earlitha Cookie Johnson, who gave birth to Earvin Johnson III. The 30-year-old is an American personality, and actor and represents the LGBTQ community as a gay model. They also adopted a 3-year-old girl named Elisa.
Now a 28-year-old, Elisa Johnson is a Fashion and Business Management student at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology. She is a business owner of an eyewear brand Elisa Johnson Co. and a social media influencer with over 400,000 followers on Instagram.
Who is Magic Johnson’s wife?
With over 40 years of togetherness, Magic Johnson and Earlitha Cookie Kelly got married in 1981. Their relationship goes back to the time when they met in 1977 at a club as college freshmen, following their first date in 1978. Following Magic’s NBA draft in 1979, the news of his first son from his ex-girlfriend Melissa Mitchell broke out affecting his relationship with Cookie.
Overcoming it, the two eventually got married in 1991 in L.A. Their relationship got stronger from the hurdles they faced, including Magic’s HIV diagnosis in 1991. At that time Cookie was pregnant with their first child Earvin Johnson III but was unaffected. Receiving good health, the NBA star since then has been spreading awareness on the topic in events and formed his own HIV/AIDS foundation.
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As for Cookie Johnson’s professional life, she is a philanthropist and author of Believing in Magic. Besides this, she works as a Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Magic Johnson Foundation. Alongside her husband, Cookie has been a great spokesperson addressing issues like health and more.
Both Magic and Cookie have been great role models to their children. Cookie supported Magic through thick and thin making their married life stronger going forward.
