Multiple choice general knowledge sports

What famous tennis player died of AIDS on February 6, 1993?

  1. Bobby Riggs

  2. Vitas Gerulaitis

  3. Arthur Ashe

  4. Mathieu Montcourt
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Explanation

Arthur Ashe died from AIDS-related complications on February 6, 1993. He contracted HIV from a blood transfusion during heart surgery in the 1980s. Ashe was not only a tennis great (winning the US Open, Wimbledon, and Australian Open) but also a prominent civil rights activist. His death raised awareness about HIV/AIDS and helped reduce stigma.

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