A former Washington Post staff writer, Peter Mikelbank has served as People Magazine’s Special Correspondent in Paris since 1987. Here he recounts his time in Paris with the late Jerry Lewis, who died Sunday at the age of 91.
Walking with Jerry Lewis in Paris gave a glimpse of what it was to stroll the gardens at Versailles with kings. To be at Le Bourget when Lindbergh landed. To sit on a tack.
He was a king, a crowned head, whose subjects swarmed him with adulation. He didn’t speak their language (beyond “sandwich jambon”). Unable to return their adoration with words,...
Walking with Jerry Lewis in Paris gave a glimpse of what it was to stroll the gardens at Versailles with kings. To be at Le Bourget when Lindbergh landed. To sit on a tack.
He was a king, a crowned head, whose subjects swarmed him with adulation. He didn’t speak their language (beyond “sandwich jambon”). Unable to return their adoration with words,...
- 8/21/2017
- by Peter Mikelbank
- PEOPLE.com
On this day, July 25, 1985, HIV/AIDS was given a global spotlight when it was announced that screen icon Rock Hudson was suffering from the disease.
Looking gaunt and almost unrecognizable, rumors began to circulate about his health earlier in the summer when the actor had made a public appearance to promote a new cable series of his friend and former co-star Doris Day.
After collapsing in Paris in July 1985, he was diagnosed with AIDS and given treatment with the drug Hpa-23, which at the time was unavailable in the United States. It was while he was in the hospital that it was announced to the public that Hudson had AIDS:
"According to publicist Yanou Collart, who acted as his spokeswoman in Paris, the decision was Hudson's. 'The hardest thing I ever had to do in my life was to walk into his room and read him the press release,' says Collart.
Looking gaunt and almost unrecognizable, rumors began to circulate about his health earlier in the summer when the actor had made a public appearance to promote a new cable series of his friend and former co-star Doris Day.
After collapsing in Paris in July 1985, he was diagnosed with AIDS and given treatment with the drug Hpa-23, which at the time was unavailable in the United States. It was while he was in the hospital that it was announced to the public that Hudson had AIDS:
"According to publicist Yanou Collart, who acted as his spokeswoman in Paris, the decision was Hudson's. 'The hardest thing I ever had to do in my life was to walk into his room and read him the press release,' says Collart.
- 7/25/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Rock Hudson Rock Hudson: Dark And Handsome Stranger Documentary The synopsis below of Andrew Davies and Andre Shafer's Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger is from the Berlin Film Festival website: Rock Hudson was a dream of a man; the epitome of masculinity: tall, slim and muscular, with a deep, mellifluous voice. His glossy black hair, sparkling eyes, high cheek bones and sensuous lips made Rock Hudson one of the sexiest film stars that Hollywood has ever produced. Twenty-five years ago, shortly before his sixtieth birthday, Rock Hudson died of Aids-related illnesses. He was the first Hollywood celebrity to succumb to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. But who was Rock Hudson really? This documentary sheds light on a famous actor star who performed a clandestine balancing act between his private and public lives; between the heterosexual world of an extremely manly looking screen idol and a darker side of forbidden...
- 6/26/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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