Rock Hudson – U.S. Navy

Rock Hudson enlisted in the United States Navy after he graduated from high school in 1943. He served during World War iI and became an aircraft mechanic after he received his training. He was discharged in 1946. Hudson then had a series of odd jobs to support himself while pursuing an acting career. He would then co-star with Doris Day on Pillow Talk and become one of the leading men of Hollywood of the ’50s and the ’60s. Hudson never had the chance to enter retirement; he was diagnosed with HIV and died of related complications on October 2, 1985, at the age of 59.