Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed' Review: HBO Doc Offers Authentic Look at A A new HBO documentary explores the public and private worlds of the actor who was Hollywood's epitome of heterosexual desire while living a... Rock Hudson Origine The Public And Private Rock Hudson - Paramount Plus Rock Hudson Mort For nearly four decades as a star of films and TV, Rock Hudson was Hollywood's epitome of heterosexual desire. But he also led a secret life as a closeted gay man, and in 1985 became the first celebrity to die of AIDS. Correspondent Tracy Smith looks back on the public and private lives of Hudson, and talks with Stephen Kijak, director of the new HBO documentary Rock Hudson: All That Heaven...