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Article/ Nancy Reagan turned down Hudson's pleas for help (Original Post)
easttexaslefty
Mar 2016
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WhiteTara
(29,729 posts)1. Her motto
Just say NO. I don't mourn her passing. She lived to a ripe old age because she was rich and well cared for. Can't say the same for many, many Americans.
easttexaslefty
(1,554 posts)2. I agree. n/t
montanacowboy
(6,109 posts)3. She just said No
Unbelivable
appalachiablue
(41,184 posts)4. I remember reading this, horrible.
progressoid
(50,008 posts)5. Yeah, I have words for her.
But I'll keep it to myself for now.
erpowers
(9,350 posts)6. Could She Have Really Helped Him?
I am not a fan of the Reagans, but could she have really helped Rock Hudson at that point. If he died a few months later would the treatments have extended his life any farther. It seems that even if she had intervened and he had been transferred to the French hospital the disease had progressed too far for him to be helped.
easttexaslefty
(1,554 posts)7. Who knows?
But I think it speaks to the kind of person she was.