#CapCut Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. born on July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993 was an American professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles in singles and two in doubles. Ashe was the first black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team, and the only black man ever to win the singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open. He retired in 1980. in 1975. That year, Ashe was awarded the 'Martini and Rossi' Award, voted for by a panel of journalists, and the ATP Player of the Year award. In March 1950, Ashe's mother Mattie died from complications related to a toxemic pregnancy (now known as pre-eclampsia) at the age of 27. Ashe and his brother were raised by their father who worked as a handyman and salaried caretaker In October 1976, Ashe met photographer and graphic artist Jeanne Moutoussamy. In December 1986 they adopted a daughter and named their daughter Camera after her mother's professional instrument. In July 1979, at the age of 36, Ashe suffered a heart attack. In view of his high level of fitness as an athlete, his condition drew attention to the hereditary aspect of heart disease; his mother already had cardiovascular disease at the time of her death, aged 27, and his father had suffered a first heart attack, aged 55, and a second, aged 59, just a week before Ashe's own attack. He underwent a quadruple bypass operation performed by John Hutchinson on December 13, 1979. Ashe is believed to have acquired HIV from a blood transfusion he received during heart bypass surgery in 1983. He publicly announced his illness in April 1992, and began working to educate others about HIV and AIDS. 🕊️🥀 On February 6, 1993, Ashe died from AIDS-related pneumonia at age 49. #famousdeaths🥀 #celebritydeaths #famousdeathstoday #arthurashe #tennisplayer #wimbledon