Lot 370
Rock Hudson's U.S. Navy Card, Yearbook & Personal Papers. U.S. Navy Certificate of Satisfactory Service for Roy Harold Fitzgerald, Ship's Service Man L Third Class, certifying that he served on active duty from February 9, 1944 until May 14, 1946, when he was discharged. His right index fingerprint is on the card, which is laminated, and Fitzgerald signed his full name. Accompanied by Fitzgerald's U.S. Navy yearbook, which contains his photograph, along with all of the other young men listed as "Transient personnel." Fitzgerald was 21 when he was discharged in 1946. In 1947, Henry Willson, a talent scout for Selznik Studio, would change Fitzgerald's name to Rock Hudson. This lot also contains a dispensary form Roy Harold Fitzgerald filled out for the Navy in 1944, to be sent to his mother when he was admitted for "possible pleurisy." Also, the results of Hudson's 1946 Civil Service exam with his name and address printed in his hand.
Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
Property of Martin Flaherty, Rock Hudson's estate manager from 1975 until Hudson's death in 1985.
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| Realized $920 |
