Secret: He gave up politics and stayed in acting.

Several decades ago, this permanent A list actor who is still alive and kicking and is someone all of you know, wanted to get into politics.

He really thought he could do it.

He started off running for union positions within SAG and other unions.

He did really well.

He did so with the help of a fellow actor. That actor had a secret, and that was he was dying of AIDS.

When our actor with political aspirations discovered this, the actor didn’t have concern for the guy who was dying, but how it would affect our A lister should he be associated with someone that closely who had AIDS.

So he gave up politics and stayed in acting.

Warren Beatty

Rock Hudson
In 1984, Hudson was diagnosed with AIDS. The following year, he became one of the first celebrities to disclose his AIDS diagnosis. Hudson was the first major celebrity to die from an AIDS-related illness, on October 2, 1985, at age 59, in Los Angeles, California.