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Friday, April 24, 2015

Rock Hudson's 'True Love' Speaks: How We Kept Our Gay Life Secret


Rock Hudson's 'True Love' Speaks: How We Kept Our Gay Life Secret

 

 

Rock Hudson's Boyfriend Lee Garlington: How We Kept Our Gay Life Secret
Rock Hudson (left) and Lee Garlington in New Orleans ca. 1963
COURTESY LEE GARLINGTON
BY ELIZABETH MCNEIL
 @lizmcneil
04/15/2015 AT 08:00 AM EDT
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At the height of his fame in the early '60s, few people were closer to Rock Hudson than Lee Garlington, who dated the actor from 1962 to 1965. 

"He was a sweetheart," says Garlington, 77, a retired stockbroker. "I adored him." 

Thirty years after Hudson's death from AIDS-related causes on Oct. 2, 1985, at age 59, Garlington and others who knew Hudson closely – including Dr. Michael Gottlieb, the immunologist who cared for Hudson after he was diagnosed with AIDS, his business manager, Wallace Sheft, and his Pillow Talk costar Doris Day – share their intimate memories of the friend they loved and lost in this week's issue of PEOPLE.

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