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Apr 23, 2024 · Rock Hudson, American actor noted for his good looks and movie roles during the 1950s and ’60s, including Magnificent Obsession, Giant, and Pillow Talk, and for the TV series MacMillan and Wife in the 1970s. He was one of the first known Hollywood celebrities to die of AIDS-related complications.
Rock Hudson. Actor: Giant. Rock Hudson was born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. in Winnetka, Illinois, to Katherine (Wood), a telephone operator, and Roy Harold Scherer, an auto mechanic. He was of German, Swiss-German, English, and Irish descent. His parents divorced when he was eight years old.
Rock Hudson. Actor: Giant. Rock Hudson was born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. in Winnetka, Illinois, to Katherine (Wood), a telephone operator, and Roy Harold Scherer, an auto mechanic. He was of German, Swiss-German, English, and Irish descent. His parents divorced when he was eight years old.
Jun 3, 2023 · Rock Hudson’s double life as a midcentury romantic leading man who was gay is the subject of a new documentary, “Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed.”. Lee Garlington/HBO. By David...
Jun 29, 2021 · What Makes a Man: Rock Hudson’s Laborious Life. A gay man with major ambitions in a prejudiced world, Hudson valiantly tried to be all things to all people—as Mark Griffin writes in All That...
May 1, 2020 · Bettmann // Getty Images. Rock Hudson was born in Winnetka, Illinois. A former truck driver from Illinois, he briefly joined the U.S. Navy between 1944 and 1946, then moved to Los Angeles and ...
Jan 8, 1990 · Having spent most of his life trying to keep his homosexuality secret, Rock Hudson ended up having his AIDS-related death sensationalized internationally. No more hiding. The all-American guy, the ...
