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Writer, Who Disclosed Rock Hudson Had Aids, Dies

by Karen Grigsby Bates, NPR
September 10, 2009

Gossip columnist Army Archerd died this week in Los Angeles at the age of 87. He was the first journalist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. One of Archerd's biggest scoops was the revelation in 1985 that Rock Hudson had AIDS.

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