20 famous gay people who were once married to the opposite sex

6. Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson was born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. He died in 1985 and was an actor in the United States, having shot to fame in the 1950s and 1960s in films like Magnificent Obsession and All The Heaven Allows. Hudson worked hard to keep his personal life private. In 1955, he was nearly exposed as a gay man by Confidential magazine. Soon afterwards, he married Phyllis Gates (both for love and for a cover-up.) The Advocate ended up publishing a report that Gates herself was a lesbian. Hudson later took the last name Nabors and engaged in a long-term relationship with Stan Cadwallader. They married when same-sex marriage became legal.