Ashe was the first African-American male to reach prominence in tennis and was thus a very public figure, even after his retirement, which followed a 1979 heart attack and quadruple-bypass surgery. In 1983, he contracted HIV from a blood transfusion during a second heart surgery. He kept it a secret until 1992, when a newspaper threatened to publish a story about his illness. His subsequent openness about AIDS helped combat the disease's stigma. What did he say about asking "Why me?" Discuss (http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst25527_Tennis-Player-Arthur-Ashe-Announces-He-Has-AIDS--1992-.aspx)
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