Overview
- Magic Johnson posted a video slideshow on X and Instagram with a heartfelt message that quoted Proverbs 31:29 and called Cookie his “forever love.”
- Cookie Johnson shared photos from their anniversary celebration and thanked followers for the well wishes, saying they had an “amazing day.”
- The couple met at Michigan State in the late 1970s and married in 1991 just weeks before Magic publicly disclosed an HIV diagnosis that led to his initial retirement from the NBA.
- Magic has repeatedly said Cookie’s decision to remain with him after the diagnosis was central to his survival and to the shift that led him into business and HIV advocacy.
- The anniversary coverage ties the personal milestone to their public life and family, noting their son EJ (born 1992) and their adopted daughter Elisa (1994) and the role the marriage played in his later work with Magic Johnson Enterprises and the Magic Johnson Foundation.