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Sunday, June 21, 2015
The dying elephants.
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Saturday, June 20, 2015
Rock Hudson
New Secrets of Rock Hudson's Heartbreaking Battle with AIDS
Who2
Biographies
Rock Hudson Biography
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Actor
Name at
birth: Leroy Harold Scherer, Jr.
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Rock Hudson and Bea Arthur
Sing About... What??
Rock
Hudson grew up as Roy Fitzgerald, the name he took after he was adopted by his
step-father. Tall and handsome, he was "discovered" and molded into a
virile, square-jawed movie star, appearing as Rock Hudson in films such as the
western Gun Fury (1953,
with Donna Reed), the melodramaMagnificent Obsession (1954, with Jane Wyman) and the
classic Giant (1956,
with Elizabeth Taylor, and with Hudson receiving an Oscar
nomination). Hudson then turned to romantic comedy and became one of the top
box office stars of the late 1950s and early '60s, frequently appearing in
films with Doris Day. Hudson became a TV star in the 1970s,
starring for six seasons as the police commissioner of San Francisco in McMillan and Wife (1971-76). In the 1980s Hudson began
to look increasingly gaunt and unwell; in 1985 it was announced that he was
dying as a result of AIDS. Hudson was the first major movie star to admit to
having AIDS, and his death, along with that of entertainer Liberace in 1987,
helped bring AIDS to the forefront of the public mind.
One of the most famous actors of his day, Rock Hudson was a leading man
straight out of central casting, 6'4" and dark-haired, sweet and
"unbelievably sexy," says Esther Shapiro who later cast the actor in Dynasty.
On screen, he wooed leading ladies such asElizabeth Taylor in Giant, Doris
Day in Pillow Talk and Dynasty's Linda
Evans. Positioned as a heterosexual heartthrob, Hudson, a gay man, was forced to live a double life. "It was career suicide to reveal you were gay," says his boyfriend Lee Garlington, 77, who dated him in the early '60s. "We all pretended to be straight."
And yet it was Hudson's acknowledgement in 1985 that he had AIDS that was a turning point for the world to finally pay attention to those who were dying from the disease. Thirty years later, in this week's issue of PEOPLE, those close to the star reveal new details of his fight to survive, his decision to go public and his emotional last goodbyes.
"People talk about AIDS before Rock Hudson and after Rock Hudson," says Dr. Michael Gottlieb, who first identified AIDS as a new disease in 1981 and who cared for Hudson in the last year of his life. "I never could have imagined he would be the pivotal person in the history of the AIDS epidemic, the single most influential patient ever."
After he was first diagnosed in 1984, Hudson kept his diagnosis a secret from all but his closest friends. But the world discovered the truth when he collapsed July 21, 1984, in his suite at the Paris Ritz, where he had gone for undercover treatments of the antiviral HPA-23, then unavailable in the United States.
A French publicist, Yanou Collart, who was also a friend of Hudson's, was called in to help with the press frenzy and reveal the news of his diagnosis. When she entered his hospital room to speak with him, she recalls, "Rock must have lost 70 pounds since I had last seen him. He was so thin under the white sheet. I read him the statement. I was crying. He was too weak to make a decision. He said 'That's what they want. Go and give it to the dogs.' "
Once he was back home in Los Angeles, Hudson was visited by Elizabeth Taylor, a lifelong friend. "She asked if it was okay to kiss and hug him," recalls Gottlieb, now on the advisory board of The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. "She was worried about his immune system. Not hers."
An intensely private man, Hudson "was not a man who revealed much," says Gottlieb, who visited him at his house in Beverly Hills towards the end of his life. Still, he adds, "He was well aware of the publicity. He had a sense it was worthwhile. He expressed he was glad he had gone public. Maybe he knew it was doing some good, that his disclosure was making a difference."
His friends spoke out in this week's PEOPLE because they felt it was important to remember his legacy. "Some 6,000 people had died of AIDS before Rock Hudson," says Gottlieb, "but their deaths went unnoticed whereas Rock made all the difference in terms of the public's acceptance."
The Mantovani Orchestra, Strauss Waltzes
Full Album
https://youtu.be/3au5qDRlWTk
Mantovani
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mantovani was born in Venice,
Italy, into a musical family. His father, Bismarck, served as the concertmaster of La Scala opera house's orchestra in Milan, under the baton of Arturo Toscanini.
The family moved to England in 1912, where young Annunzio studied at Trinity College of Music in London. After graduation, he formed
his own orchestra, which played in and around Birmingham.
He married Winifred Moss in 1934, and they had two children: Kenneth (born 12
July 1935) and Paula Irene (born 11 April 1939). By the time World War II broke out, his orchestra was one of
the most popular British dance bands, both on BBC radio broadcasts and in live
performances.[3]
He was
also musical director for a large number of musicals and other plays, including Noel Coward's Pacific 1860 (1946) and Vivian Ellis's
musical setting of J. B. Fagan's And So to Bed (1951).[4] After the war, he concentrated on
recording, and eventually gave up live performance altogether. He worked with
arranger and composer Ronnie Binge,
who developed the "cascading strings"
effect (also known as the "Mantovani sound").[5] His records were regularly used for demonstration
purposes in stores selling hi-fi stereo equipment, as they were produced and
arranged for stereo reproduction. He became the first person to sell a million
stereophonic records.[6] In 1952, Binge ceased to arrange for
Mantovani but the distinctive sound of the orchestra remained.
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Annunzio
Paolo Mantovani (1970)
Mantovani
recorded for Decca until the mid-1950s, and then for London Records.
He recorded in excess of 50 albums on that label, many of which were Top 40 hits.
His single tracks included "The Song from The Moulin Rouge", which
reached Number One in the UK Singles Chart in 1953;[2] "Cara Mia"
(with him and his orchestra backing David Whitfield)
in 1954; "Around the World" in 1957; and
"Main Theme from Exodus (Ari's Theme)" in 1960. In the United States,
between 1955 and 1972, he released more than 40 albums with 27 reaching the
"Top 40", and 11 in the "Top Ten". His biggest success came
with the album Film Encores,
which attained Number One in 1957.[4]
Similarly, Mantovani Plays Music From 'Exodus'
and Other Great Themes made
it to the Top Ten in 1961, with over one million albums sold.[4]
In
1958, Mantovani and his family bought a holiday home in Bournemouth in Durley Chine Road, and then in 1961
acquired a new property in Burton Road (now part of Poole). He moved, finally,
to a new home in Martello Road in Poole.
Mantovani
starred in his own syndicated television
series, Mantovani, which was produced in England
and which aired in the United States in 1959. Thirty-nine episodes were filmed.[7] Mantovani made his last recordings in the
mid-1970s.[8]
He died
at a care home in Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent.[1] His funeral was held at the Kent and Sussex Crematorium and
Cemetery on 8 April
1980.[9]
Weakness and strength.
Forwarded email from Prof. Najumdeen.
> lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons
> with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he
> couldn't understand why, after three months of training the master had
> taught him only one move.
> > "Sensei," the boy finally said, "Shouldn't I be learning more
> moves?" "This is the only move you know, but this is the only move
> you'll ever need to know," the Sensei replied. Not quite
> understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training.
> >
> > Several months later, the Sensei took the boy to his first
> tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two
> matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some
> time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy deftly used
> his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy
> was now in the finals. This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger,
> and more experienced.
> > For a while, the boy appeared to be overmatched. Concerned that the
> boy might get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was about to
> stop the match when the Sensei intervened.
> > "No," the sensei insisted, "Let him continue." Soon after the match
> resumed, his opponent made a critical mistake: he dropped his guard.
> Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match
> and the tournament.
> >
> > He was the champion. On the way home, the boy and Sensei reviewed
> every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage
> to ask what was really on his mind. "Sensei, how did I win the
> tournament with only one move?" "You won for two reasons," the Sensei
> answered. "First, you've almost mastered one of the most difficult
> throws in all of judo. And second, the only known defense for that
> move is for your opponent to grab your left arm." The boy's biggest
> weakness had become his greatest.strength.
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