Rock Hudson: The Gentle Giant
by David Bret /
2017 / English / Kindle, EPUB
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“Do you want to know the secret of my second youth? Well, it must
have something to do with my being surrounded by men. Women put too
much of a strain on the heart!” Rock Hudson, 1984. Since David Bret
published his best-selling biography of Rock Hudson in 2004, two
key figures in Rock’s story—his wife Phyllis Gates and his last
lover, Marc Christian—have died, along with several others,
allowing a great deal to be told which could not be told whilst
they were alive. In this much-revised and extended biography, Bret
discusses every aspect of Rock’s life: parental abuse, discovering
his sexuality while in the US Navy, his scores of male lovers, his
prostitution to agents and talent scouts, the hidden truth behind
his lavender marriage, his battle to conceal his sexuality from the
media, his involvement with San Francisco’s gay scene, and the
tragedy of his final years as the first major celebrity to contract
AIDS. In Rock Hudson: The Gentle Giant, David Bret has produced a
rewarding portrait of a warm-hearted, wonderful man who, though
atrociously maligned by the tabloids and trash-mags back in 1985
when he died, remains revered by his millions of fans around the
world. Contains over 40 candid photographs, filmography, and
details of all of Rock’s stage and television appearances.
“Do you want to know the secret of my second youth? Well, it must
have something to do with my being surrounded by men. Women put too
much of a strain on the heart!” Rock Hudson, 1984. Since David Bret
published his best-selling biography of Rock Hudson in 2004, two
key figures in Rock’s story—his wife Phyllis Gates and his last
lover, Marc Christian—have died, along with several others,
allowing a great deal to be told which could not be told whilst
they were alive. In this much-revised and extended biography, Bret
discusses every aspect of Rock’s life: parental abuse, discovering
his sexuality while in the US Navy, his scores of male lovers, his
prostitution to agents and talent scouts, the hidden truth behind
his lavender marriage, his battle to conceal his sexuality from the
media, his involvement with San Francisco’s gay scene, and the
tragedy of his final years as the first major celebrity to contract
AIDS. In Rock Hudson: The Gentle Giant, David Bret has produced a
rewarding portrait of a warm-hearted, wonderful man who, though
atrociously maligned by the tabloids and trash-mags back in 1985
when he died, remains revered by his millions of fans around the
world. Contains over 40 candid photographs, filmography, and
details of all of Rock’s stage and television appearances.