Rock Hudson Andrew Davies and Andre Shafer's Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger was screened in the 2010 Berlin Film Festival's Panorama sidebar. [Rock Hudson documentary synopsis.] Universal star Rock Hudson, one of the top box-office attractions in the United States in the 1950s and early 1960s, died of AIDS complications in his Beverly Hills home in 1985. Hudson, who was gay, lived a closeted life; he was briefly married to his agent's secretary and reportedly managed to broker a deal with scandal sheet Confidential when the gossip rag threatened to expose him. Among Hudson's best-known vehicles are Douglas Sirk's Magnificent Obsession (1954) and All That Heaven Allows (1955), both co-starring Jane Wyman; George Stevens' Giant (1956), in which Hudson's co-stars were Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean, and for which he received his only Best Actor Academy Award nomination; Charles Vidor's poorly received but highly popular A Farewell to Arms (1957), with Jennifer Jones; Robert Mulligan's...
- 6/26/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Hudson's Ex-lover Dies
Rock Hudson's ex-lover, who won a multimillion-dollar settlement after arguing the actor had knowingly exposed him to AIDS, is dead.
Marc Christian passed away due to pulmonary problems at the age of 56 in June at the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California.
He first made headlines in 1985 after suing the Pillow Talk star's estate for $10 million (£6.25 million) over claims the actor put him at risk of contracting AIDS by hiding the disease and continuing their sexual relationship.
Christian, who never developed AIDS, also sued Hudson's secretary Mark Miller, alleging the employee had lied when asked if the actor had the disease.
Hudson died in 1985 - just three months after publicly acknowledging he was suffering from the illness.
Christian's sister, Susan Dahl, told the Los Angeles Times she kept her sibling's death quiet as he had wished for privacy.
Dahl insists his passing was the result of his smoking habit.
Marc Christian passed away due to pulmonary problems at the age of 56 in June at the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California.
He first made headlines in 1985 after suing the Pillow Talk star's estate for $10 million (£6.25 million) over claims the actor put him at risk of contracting AIDS by hiding the disease and continuing their sexual relationship.
Christian, who never developed AIDS, also sued Hudson's secretary Mark Miller, alleging the employee had lied when asked if the actor had the disease.
Hudson died in 1985 - just three months after publicly acknowledging he was suffering from the illness.
Christian's sister, Susan Dahl, told the Los Angeles Times she kept her sibling's death quiet as he had wished for privacy.
Dahl insists his passing was the result of his smoking habit.
- 12/7/2009
- WENN
By the Los Angeles Times
Marc Christian MacGinnis, who won a multimillion-dollar settlement in 1991 from the estate of his ex-lover, actor Rock Hudson, after convincing a jury Hudson had knowingly exposed him to AIDS, has died. He was 56.
Known as Marc Christian, he died of pulmonary problems June 2 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. The details were confirmed Friday by his sister, Susan Dahl, who said she did not publicly announce his death earlier because of her brother's wish for privacy.
Read more at the Los Angeles Times.
Marc Christian MacGinnis, who won a multimillion-dollar settlement in 1991 from the estate of his ex-lover, actor Rock Hudson, after convincing a jury Hudson had knowingly exposed him to AIDS, has died. He was 56.
Known as Marc Christian, he died of pulmonary problems June 2 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. The details were confirmed Friday by his sister, Susan Dahl, who said she did not publicly announce his death earlier because of her brother's wish for privacy.
Read more at the Los Angeles Times.
- 12/5/2009
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
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