article_snippet.sent: Hudsonwas briefly married to Phyllis Gates (wedding photo above) from 1955 to 1958 .
article_snippet.sent: Hudson, who was briefly married to Phyllis Gates from 1955 to 1958, would never publicly come out of the closet before the actor death, though many of the actor closets friends, including Taylor and Marilyn Monroe, were said to have known about the actor lifestyle.
article_snippet.sent: Christian, who met Hudson in 1982, would later sue the actor's estate after his death and win $5.5million after claiming the actor never informed the actor that the actor had AIDs, and continued to have sexual contact with the actor after the actor was diagnosed.
highlights_snippet.sent: Hudson died in 1985 of AIDs .