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The Death of Rock Hudson

A Hollywood star dies of Aids, plus Buena Vista Social Club, Danish cartoons, Kabul's musicians' quarter and the birth of Karaoke.

Angie Dickinson remembers her friend, the Hollywood superstar who became the most high profile celebrity to acknowledge he was suffering from Aids; plus one of the founding members of Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club, the Danish cartoon controversy, remembering Kabul's musicians' quarter and the birth of Karaoke.

Photo: Rock Hudson at the BBC.

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