- It was 30 years ago this week that federal health officials first reported on a rare and deadly illness they called AIDS. Since then millions have died of it, including these celebrities.
A leading man in the romantic comedies of the 1950s and 1960s, actor Rock Hudson was among the first celebrities to die of AIDS-related diseases. His Oct. 2, 1986, death, just before his 40th birthday, led his friend and "Giant" co-star Elizabeth Taylor to spend the rest of her life raising funds for AIDS research.Credit: AP Photo
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