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A new HBO documentary explor the public and private worlds of the actor who was Hollywood's epome of heterosexual sire while livg a closeted gay liftyle, who 1985 beme the first celebry to die of AIDS.

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ROCK HUDSON'S 'TE LOVE' SPEAKS: HOW WE KEPT OUR GAY LIFE SECRET

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"He was the biggt movie star the world, and the mors were that he was gay, " he says. But now, his new HBO documentary, "Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed, " Kijak explor Hudson's whole life, as a global star, and closeted gay man. "In real life, Hudson was datg men, like Lee Garlgton, who the documentary relled, "We were orred never to have our picture taken together, bee somebody would know that we were gay.

WAS ROCK HUDSON GAY? HERE IS HOW HE INDIRECTLY REVEALED HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN

In an archival terview Day said, "Many, many people would ask me, you know, 'Is Rock Hudson really gay? However, the two stars hid a secret om the pair were both gay but hid their sexuali throughout their liv until they were much olr. | Source: Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collectn/Getty ImagAcrdg to Griff, the star was also a gay man who tried beg everythg people expected om him.

ROCK HUDSON: THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIV OF A GAY HOLLYWOOD IDOL

In the mid-century, the star suffered om harassment and blackmail attempts as a closeted gay man often posed for photographs wh female iends like actrs Cldia Cardale to shut down the mors. | Source: Earl Leaf/Michael Ochs Archiv/Getty ImagAcrdg to Meaww, Hudson's -stars knew about his homosexualy. "The Advote published a story claimg Gat was a lbian and knew about Hudson beg gay.

After her ath, allegatns me out that she had been blackmailg Hudson that she would out NABORS' CHALLENGES AS A GAY MAN IN HOLLYWOODJim Nabors a promotnal stud portra cir 1965. | Source: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagOn the other hand, Nabors revealed that his "The Andy Griffh Show" -stars knew about him beg homosexual, but Ronny Howard relled how the crew lled him gay slurs behd his back, "And not wh any ht of kdns. Speakg about the natnal bate over gay marriage, the actor shared his personal views notg he wasn't an activist and sayg:“I thk every sgle human beg has the right to choose the person they want to spend their life wh, ” and “That’s not even an argument, ’s jt a God-given right.

| Source: ABC Photo Archiv/Disney General Entertament Content/Getty ImagThe mor was started by a group of Huntgton Beach middle-aged homosexuals who sent out joke vatns for their annual get-together. In 1991, he allegedly won a multiln-dollar settlement om the actor's tate for knowgly exposg him to AIDS, wh Tammy Bce statg:“It was the first public acknowledgment that gay relatnships are plited, important, and that rponsibily is attached to them.

ROCK HUDSON’S WIFE SECRETLY RERD HIS GAY CONFSN

On January 21, 1958, Rock Hudson‘s wife nonted him, mandg to know if he was gay and grillg the actor about a Rorschach tt he had taken.

PHOTOS: Marilyn and JFK, Rock Hudson’s Gay Confsn, Lana Turner: The Fred Otash Fil. Among the s he reportedly worked on were Confintial‘s outg of Liberace and a gay pajama party wh Tab Hunter. See the transcript of Rock Hudson’s gay nfsn below:.

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