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Dec 6, 2022 · 12/6/22. Ronald and Nancy Reagan refused to help their old pal, long-closeted actor Rock, Hudson get into an experimental AIDS treatment program before his death, according to the new book ...
Oct 20, 2019 · Though Rock hated politics, he indentified as a conservative Republican and was good friends with Ronald and Nancy Reagan. One of Rock’s closest friends was actress Marilyn Maxwell. Their friendship even turned romantic for a moment and they discussed marriage, but Marilyn could not agree to an open relationship.
Nov 24, 2009 · As scientists and health care officials called for funding to combat the disease, they were largely ignored by President Ronald Reagan and his administration. Rock Hudson was a friend of...
Sep 30, 2021 · The Reagans were once friends of Hudson’s, and could have helped him gain access to a better hospital, but Nancy Reagan famously refused to intervene. Rock Hudson with ‘friends’ Ronald and Nancy Reagan. The Reagans’ legacy is one of callous indifference to those who were lost to HIV.
Oct 23, 2023 · In fact, it was Nancy Reagan who urged a noticeably gaunt looking Rock Hudson to get a mole on his neck checked after she was shocked by his appearance at a White House ball in May 1984.
Oct 1, 2015 · One-time Hollywood colleagues, President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan invited Hudson to a White House state dinner in May 1984. Hudson found out he had AIDS a month later, a...
Nov 14, 2003 · When Rock Hudson, a friend and colleague of the Reagans, was diagnosed with AIDS and died in 1985 (one of the 20,740 cases reported that year), Reagan still did not speak out as president.
