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From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN)
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Subject: Rock Hudson
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Date: Wed, 9-Oct-85 03:07:29 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  9 03:07:29 1985
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I suppose I'm as guilty as anyone, but I'm surprised that no one has commented
on Rock Hudson's death last week.

Hudson has had a poor rep for the last 20+ years because of his "Doris Day
movie" period. It's too bad that he'll be remembered as a frivolous actor
because of those films. On the contrary, I've always liked Hudson as an
actor. He was never outstanding, but I feel that most of the time (no one
hits 100%) he put in a good, solid performance. If anything was lacking in
his career, it was that he appeared in a few real dogs (n.b. I don't include
the Doris Day movies in this category; I rather liked them).

His death was untimely and tragic, but the publicity about his condition has
helped an uncounted number of people by bringing serious attention to a
serious disease. It's too bad that he had to die for Congress to double its
expenditure for AIDS research, but if some good comes of it, it won't be so
bad.

R.I.P., Rock.


--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA)

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