Phyllis Gates was the secretary for Hudson�s talent agent when she met the actor in 1954. After a few dates they moved in together and were married the following year after Hudson finished filming �Giant� with James Dean.
According to MSN, Gates wrote in her autobiography, �My Husband, Rock Hudson� about their relationship.
She wrote: "I couldn't believe that this was really happening to me, that Phyllis Gates of Montevideo, Minnesota, was marrying Rock Hudson, the movie star,"
On their honeymoon Hudson said to her: "We must always stick together and not let anyone try to pull us apart. Hollywood is full of a lot of vicious people who spread rumours. You must never believe any of them".
Gates eventually figured out that their marriage was a sham to get rid of homosexual rumours about Hudson; however, she could not ignore the number of gentleman callers Hudson had.
Finally a friend of hers told her that her husband had been sleeping with another actor during the filming of �A Farewell To Arms�.
The coupe divorced in 1958 and allegedly never set eyes on one another again, Hudson died of Aids in 1987�Gates died at her home in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles aged 80.
Her lawyer Mark Waldman said of his client, "She was a lovely, very dignified woman."
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