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Rock Hudson: Linda Evans
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Man's man Rock Hudson heats up the screen in a three-disc, five-film set! When a rich, old man (Charles Coburn) leaves a fortune to the family of a woman he once loved, a soda jerk (Hudson) finds he's no longer the perfect lad for the clan's daughter, in "Has Anybody Seen My Gal?" (1952). Piper Laurie, Gigi Perreau co-star. Rock flexes his pecs in the Arabian-flavored costume epic "The Golden Blade" (1953), journeying to Baghdad on a mission of vengeance. Laurie, Gene Evans co-star.
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Hudson’s deterioration and demise was played out for the public back in 1985. First there was his appearance on Dynasty. He looked gaunt and prematurely old frolicking on on a picnic blanket with Linda Evans. And then a few months later he showed up on Doris Day’s syndicated show, Doris & Friends. If he had been gaunt on Dynasty, now he was downright skeletal. Clips of the appearance were replayed endlessly on news shows and there was public speculation about what exactly was wrong with Rock Hudson.
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From 1984 to 1985, Hudson landed a recurring role on the hit ABC prime time soap opera Dynasty as "Daniel Reece," a love-interest for Krystle Carrington played by Linda Evans, and biological father of Sammy Jo Carrington played by Heather Locklear. While he had long been known to have difficulty memorizing lines, on Dynasty, Hudson's speech itself began to deteriorate.
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Evans herself was about the only person who wasn't angry with Hudson. She knew something was a tad off in Hudson's performance — his kisses just weren't so hot — and then after his AIDS announcement decided that he was holding back because he was afraid of infecting her.
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