Magic Johnson Theatres Magic Johnson Theatres Magic Johnson Theatres is a chain of movie theaters, originally developed in 1994 by Johnson Development Corporation, the business holding of basketball player-turned-entrepreneur Magic Johnson, and Sony Pictures Entertainment through a partnership with Sony-Loews Theatres. A 1998 merger between Sony-Loews and Cineplex Odeon Corporation caused them to become part of the new Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp. Currently the chain's former locations are owned by AMC Theatres, after Sony-Loews was acquired by that company in 2006. Although they are still branded Magic Johnson Theatres, they are solely controlled by AMC. Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr., is no longer actively
Ralph S. Johnson A daughter, Janet J. Rowe, died of cancer prior to her parents' deaths. In 2008, Purdue University conferred on Johnson an honorary doctorate in aeronautical engineering. Johnson donated one of his Lockheed PV-2s to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. Johnson's friend Billy Walker said on the aviator's death: "Captain Ralph S. Johnson was the Best of the Best. He was a mentor's mentor and left those of us in aviation an unparalleled legacy. For all of us, if we followed his example of personal values, we could solve much of what is wrong in our world.