1958, Hollywood icon Rock Hudson dies of AIDS
1985年，好莱坞偶像洛克·哈德森因艾滋病去世
On October 2, 1985, actor Rock Hudson, 59, becomes the first major U.S. celebrity to die of complications from AIDS. Hudson’s death raised public awareness of the epidemic, which until that time had been ignored by many in the mainstream as a “gay plague.”
1985 年 10 月 2 日，59 岁的演员洛克·赫德森（Rock Hudson）成为美国第一位死于艾滋病并发症的知名『明星』️。 赫德森的去世提高了公众对艾滋病的认识。在此之前，艾滋病一直被许多主流媒体视为“同性恋瘟疫”，并被忽视 。
Hudson, born Leroy Harold Scherer Jr., on November 17, 1925, in Winnetka, Illinois, was a Hollywood heartthrob whose career in movies and TV spanned nearly three decades. With leading-man good looks, Hudson starred in numerous dramas and romantic comedies in the 1950s and 60s, including Magnificent Obsession, Giant and Pillow Talk. In the 1970s, he found success on the small screen with such series as McMillan and Wife. To protect his macho image, Hudson’s off-screen life as a gay man was kept secret from the public.
哈德森，本名小勒罗伊·哈罗德·谢勒，1925 年 11 月 17 日出生于伊利诺伊州温尼特卡，是好莱坞万人迷，其影视生涯长达近三十年。凭借着男主角🎭️般的英俊外表，哈德森在 20 世纪 50 年代和 60 年代出演了众多剧情片和浪漫喜剧，包括 《天老地荒不了情》 、 《巨人》 和 《枕边细语 》。20 世纪 70 年代，他凭借 《麦克米兰与妻子》 等电视剧在小荧幕上大放异彩。为了维护自己硬汉形象，哈德森的同性恋身份一直对公众保密。
In 1984, while working on the TV show Dynasty, Hudson was diagnosed with AIDS. On July 25, 1985, he publicly acknowledged he had the disease at a hospital in Paris, where he had gone to seek treatment. The news that Hudson, an international icon, had AIDS focused worldwide attention on the disease and helped change public perceptions of it.
1984 年，在拍摄电视剧 《豪门恩怨》（Dynasty） 期间，哈德森被诊断出患有艾滋病。1985 年 7 月 25 日，他在巴黎一家医院公开承认自己患有艾滋病，当时他正在那里就医。国际巨星哈德森患上艾滋病的消息引起了全世界对艾滋病的关注，并帮助改变了公众对艾滋病的看法。
The first cases of AIDS were reported in 1981 and the earliest victims were gay men who often faced public hostility and discrimination. As scientists and health care officials called for funding to combat the disease, they were largely ignored by President Ronald Reagan and his administration. Rock Hudson was a friend of Reagan’s and his death was said to have changed the president’s view of the disease. However, Reagan was criticized for not addressing the issue of AIDS in a major public speech until 1987; by that time, more than 20,000 Americans had already died of the disease and it had spread to over 100 countries.
首例艾滋病病例于 1981 年被报道，最早的受害者是男同性恋者，他们经常面临公众的敌意和歧视。尽管科学家和卫生官员呼吁拨款抗击艾滋病，但罗纳德·里根总统及其政府却在很大程度上忽视了他们的呼吁。洛克·哈德森是里根的朋友，据说他的去世改变了总统对艾滋病的看法。然而，里根却因直到 1987 年才在一次重要的公开演讲中提及艾滋病问题而受到批评；那时，已有超过 2 万名美国人死于艾滋病，艾滋病已蔓延至 100 多个国家。
heartthrob: n. 心跳; 感伤或脆弱的情感; 迷恋; 情人,爱人; 偶像(尤指异性的歌手、演员等)
