1985 - Rock Hudson "Mystery Illness"

In 1985, AIDS as a disease was not something all too familiar to the general American public. All that many people knew was that, if they thought about it at all, it was considered a shameful thing to have. It was in this context that this brief news segment from 1985 can be viewed, where we see that film star Rock Hudson, who would die of AIDS, was only reported to suffer from some vague illness.