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Phyllis L Gates was born 7 Dec 1925 in Montevideo, Minnesota. One-time secretary to [[Rock Hudson]]'s agent [[Henry Willson]], she married Rock on [[Nov 9]], 1955 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Santa Barbara, her friend Pat Devlin was her maid-of-honor. The marriage lasted a little less then three years, they divorced on [[Aug 13]], 1958 in the Santa Monica Superior Court. It was Rock Hudson's only marriage. Both prior and after this he had gay lovers. She died [[Jan 4]], 2006 at the age of 80. Her obituary appears in the ''Los Angeles Times''. Her funeral service was held January 10 in Montevideo, [[Minnesota]]. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/v3/01-17-2006.NMC_14GATESWEDDING.G1E1PRD9J.1.jpg ==Primary documents== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ssdi%2c&rank=0&gsfn=phyllis&gsln=gates&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=34&fh=20&recid=24951190&recoff=1+2 Social Security Death Index] showing : "Phyllis L Gates, born 7 Dec 1925, SSN issued by Minnesota, died 4 Jan 2006 last residence Marina Del Ray, Los Angeles County, California" ==Secondary sources== *[http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0602,musto,71644,15.html Michael Musto] in the Village Voice *[http://www.amazon.com/Rock-Hudson-His-Story/dp/0688064728 ''Rock Hudson, His Story''] at Amazon *[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2006_Feb_28/ai_n16107748 "Outing Mrs Rock Hudson..."], ''The Advocate'', Robert Hefler, [[Feb 28]], 2006 *[http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:aFBWXk86dvQJ:pgw.com/catalog/catalog.asp%3FDBKey%3D180%26CatalogKey%3D0%26Action%3DView%26Index%3DTitle%26Book%3D327279%26Order%3D145+%22jack+navaar%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us PGW Catalog, ''The Man who Invented Rock Hudson''], an excerpt. ==Further reading== *''My Husband, Rock Hudson'', memoir by Phyllis Gates. 1987. *''The Man who Invented Rock Hudson...'', Robert Hoffler. 2005. 325 pages. ISBN 0-7867-1607-X
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