I was checking to see if the Rock ‘outing’ fit in my ‘loose time frame’ and it turned up that someone was getting ready to out Rock and Rory had the same agent and the agent OUTED Rory first...it supposedly didn’t hurt his ‘image’ as he was considered a ‘bad boy’ anyway while Rock was playing virile he men...
https://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/secret-deal-rock-hudson-closet-rory-calhoun-tab-hunter/
I realize it is the National Enquirer but they have been right on occasion and since they ‘named’ (real and stage) everyone involved there probably is - at the very least - a dash of truth and since no one ‘died’ or got ‘sued to death’ probably true enough where no one could really ‘fight’ it..
AT least we realize HALF of it was true but even though he died of AIDS, did Rock every TRULY come out or was it just speculation?
I seem to remember at the time that yes, he did come out just before he died.