I was reading in some magazine that Rock Hudson was gay….I cannot believe that! Has anyone else heard this rumor?
2007-02-20 00:51:54 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
Oh, that is so funny!!!
What rock have you been hiding under?
Rock!!
Ha ha!!
Geddit????
Rock??!!
2007-02-20 00:55:17 · answer #1 · answered by Skidoo 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Later years
In 1985, Hudson joined his old friend Doris Day for the launch of her new cable show, Doris Day's Best Friends. His gaunt visage, and his nearly-incoherent speech, was so shocking that it was broadcast again all over the national news shows that night and for weeks to come. Doris Day herself stared at him throughout their appearance together.
Hudson was diagnosed with HIV on June 5, 1984, but when the signs of illness became apparent, his publicity staff and doctors told the public that he had liver cancer. It was not until July 25, 1985, while in Paris for treatment, that Hudson issued a press release announcing that he was dying of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
In a later press release, Hudson speculated that he may have contracted HIV through transfused blood from an infected donor during the multiple blood transfusions he received as part of his heart bypass procedure. At the time of his operation, blood was not tested for the then-unknown HIV antibody. Hudson lived out the remainder of his life with dignity, withstanding the ravages of his illness and the intrusions of the tabloid press.
Shortly before his death Hudson stated, "I am not happy that I am sick. I am not happy that I have AIDS. But if that is helping others, I can at least know that my own misfortune has had some positive worth." After Hudson's death in 1985, Doris Day, widely thought to be a close off-screen friend, said she never knew that he was gay. Carol Burnett, who often worked on television and in live theatre with Hudson, was a staunch defender of her friend, telling an interviewer that she knew about his sexuality and did not care. As Morgan Fairchild said, "Rock Hudson's death gave AIDS a face." Hudson's death is said[citation needed] to have pushed his long time friend and then Republican President Ronald Reagan to change his tune on efforts to fight and publicize the epidemic.
Hudson was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea. [3] Following the funeral, his partner Marc Christian sued Hudson’s estate on grounds of "intentional infliction of emotional distress." Christian tested negative, but according to Christian, Hudson continued having sex with him for a year after Hudson knew he had AIDS. Hudson biographer, Sara Davidson, later stated that by the time she had met Rock Hudson, Christian was living in the guest house (a converted garage made into a play room - living room [4]) and Tom Clark, who had been Hudson's life partner for many years before, was living in the house.
2007-02-20 18:20:35 · answer #2 · answered by mystic rain 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where have you been man? What planet were you living on??
After Rock Hudson went public about having AIDS he admitted that he was gay!!!
Being married and dating all those women was just a public relation gimmick to keep his career going. Remeber now , back then it wasn't socially accepted to be gay as it is now.....
2007-02-20 09:00:27 · answer #3 · answered by Larry J. 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes, he died on the 2th of oct 1985,of aids
i am suprised you missed that,it was big in the news.
it send a shock trough the gay community,of fear for the decease.
in those days people still thought that aids was
only related to gay people.
2007-02-20 09:12:22 · answer #4 · answered by Nanno D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are a couple of decades late. That rumor was rampant for decades & was confirmed when he died of AIDS in 1985.
His longtime boyfriend Marc Christian sued his estate and won because he continued to have sex with him without telling him he had the AIDS virus
2007-02-20 09:38:34 · answer #5 · answered by jordan_30241 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are kidding right? The man died like 20-some years ago from AIDS.
2007-02-20 08:59:55 · answer #6 · answered by Sunidaze 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes i have. He was in fact gay. He hid his sexuality because he was a leading actor and it could've ruined his career.
2007-02-20 08:54:51 · answer #7 · answered by Amber 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not a rumor, it is 100% true.
2007-02-20 08:54:36 · answer #8 · answered by Important 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and he was gay and none of his co-actors knew he was gay until his death!!
2007-02-20 08:55:55 · answer #9 · answered by linda bug 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He passed away with HIV, whether or not he was bi sexual is anyones guess. You can read about him here. www.answers.com/topic/rock-hudson
2007-02-20 08:58:11 · answer #10 · answered by fluffyflo_1999 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I also heard that Michael Jackson was a little eccentric.
2007-02-20 08:59:37 · answer #11 · answered by Jeffrey 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋