As one of Hollywood's celebrated leading men of the 1950s and '60s, he never revealed his sexuality. He went public with his AIDS diagnosis in July 1985 and died 10 weeks later at the age of 59.

Rock Hudson awakens in a scene from the film ‘A Farewell To Arms,’ 1957. Photo by 20th Century Fox/Getty Images After premiering at Tribeca Festival, the documentary Rock Hudson: All That Heaven ...

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This article includes links that may result in a small affiliate share for purchased products, which helps support independent LGBTQ+ media. Rock Hudson was one of the 20th century’s most sought-after ...

‘Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed’ premieres on HBO and Max on June 28 Herbert Dorfman/Corbis/Getty Secrets about Rock Hudson's "double life" have been revealed in a new documentary. Rock Hudson: ...

The excavation of gay history is fraught with the conflicting imperatives of the past and present. The former sought to obscure, often out of fear given the unaccepting climate, while the latter seeks ...

Correspondent. "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours" Tracy Smith is an award-winning correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours," who joined CBS News in 2000. Smith has covered a ...

In “Giant Love,” the novelist’s great-niece chronicles the Texas saga’s divisive reception and the epic film adaptation that’s now better known than the book. By Alexandra Jacobs Stephan Kijak’s new ...

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For Rock Hudson, life as an A-list hunk came about only through a lifetime of hard work and heartache. From his legendary pairings with his great friend Doris Day (he called her “Eunice Blotter,” she ...

New DVDs: Rock Hudson Collection The five films in Universal Home Video's Rock Hudson collection follow the course of Hudson’s career, from his humble beginnings to his triumphs in the late 1950s and ...