Paris. I don t want to hear about Paris. It s cold there. I m sick and
tired of going to doctors. They don t know anything， they can t do
anything. I m not going to go to fucking Paris!
In July of 1985， Rock Hudson s health was sinking at an alarmiug
rate. James Wright， the butler， found his bedsheets soaked with sweat
every morning. Rock had dropped from 225 pounds to 170. He could
barely keep food down. His body was covered with rashes that itched
and drove him mad. He started to forget appointmetlts， and wan-
dered around the house and grounds in his jockey shorts.
Besides his doctors， only four people in the world knew Rock had
AIDS: Mark Miller， his secretary; George Nader， who lived with Mil-
ler; James Wright; and Dean Dittman， an actor friend whom Rock
had confided in shortly after learning he had the disease. For a year，
these four had watched helplessly as Rock faded before their eyes， yet
insisted on working and keeping up the illusion that nothing was
wrong.
Periodically， they urged him to go back to Paris， where he had
gone in 1984 for injections of the experimental drug HPA 23. It was
believed the drug could inhibit the AIDS virus， but it worked like
insulin--one had to take it continually. Without the injectious， the
virus would grow back. When Rock had left Paris， the treatment ap-
peared to have been successful. His blood was cultured and no AIDS
virus was found. Rock promised his doctor， Dominique Dormont， to
return in a few months， but almost a year had elapsed and Rock
would not go back. When friends suggested it， he said， \"I don t want
to hear about fucking Paris!\"
Instead， he appeared in nine episodes of Dynasty， and when Doris
Day asked him to be the first guest on her show， Doris Day s Best
Friends， on the Christian Broadcast Network， Rock accepted. Thc
night before he was to leave for Carmel， California， to tape the show.
Mark Miller said to Rook， \"I don t think you should go.\"
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