Cookie Johnson is the beloved wife of former NBA star Magic Johnson . Cookie — whose real name is Earleatha Kelly — grew up in the city of Huntsville, Alabama, with her dad, Earl Kelly, her mom, Cora, her older sister, Pat, and her younger brother, Harold. When she was little, her mother called her "Kookie," inspired by a character on "77 Sunset Strip." Needless to say, the nickname stuck, though there was a change in spelling that was Cookie's own doing. By 1965, when Cookie was just 6 years old, the Kelly family had moved to Detroit. She attended public school, eventually graduating from Detroit's Chadsey High School in 1977 before enrolling at Michigan State University — a move that completely changed the course of her life.

Cookie earned a bachelor's degree in clothing and textiles

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