Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 - October 2, 1985) was a popular American film and television actor, noted for his splendid, virile looks and most remembered as a romantic leading man during the 1950s and 1960s. Hudson was voted "Star of the Year," "Favorite Leading Man," or any number of similar titles by numerous movie magazines and was unquestionably one of the most popular and well-known movie stars of the time. Wikipedia
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They were worried about breathing the air from it, and I was privileged to have known him when he was Rock Hudson, and I don't make judgments on the illness. transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0106/07/lkl.00.html