
(FILES) Brazilian basketball star and sport secretary for the State of Sao Paulo Oscar Schmidt(L) jokes with US basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson 23 April during a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Johnson, who found out he was carrying HIV in November 1991, is touring Latin America to speak out for AIDS prevention. Brazilian basketball legend Oscar Schmidt died on April 17, 2026, at the age of 68, the Brazilian Basketball Confederation (CBB) and his family announced. (Photo by VANDERLEI ALMEIDA / AFP via Getty Images)


