@Regranned from @theaidsmemorial - . . Dack Rambo (November 13, 1941 – March 21, 1994) was an actor, most notable for appearing as Walter Brennan's grandson Jeff in #TheGunsofWillSonnett, as #SteveJacobi in #AllMyChildren, as cousin #JackEwing on #Dallas. . Rambo died at the age of 52 of AIDS. . Rambo spoke out about the discomfort he felt back in 1985 when he began a two-year stint on Dallas as J.R. Ewing's cousin Jack. . Although Rambo said he had been "discreet" about his sexual preferences, he believed the cast found out and that #LarryHagman ostracized him. . Though Dallas insiders say it was "common knowledge" Rambo was gay, they denied he was ever shunned by Hagman. "People say Larry is a non-homophobic person, and that he may be," says Rambo. "But he's not my kind of person, and I wasn't his, and that was that." Rambo also believed his character's romance with Bobby's girlfriend, #JennaWade (#PriscillaPresley), was shelved so that Presley wouldn't have to do love scenes with him. . Rambo said that he was looking forward to working on "Dallas." But Larry with whom he had already worked on "Sword of Justice" -- turned out to be "not a particularly nice person," Rambo recalls. "I didn't like him very much. And I think the feeling was probably very mutual. I didn't really fit into the mold of what he considered male or macho. It was just very clear to me I wasn't going to be part of the family." And he knew it from the first day. "I was on the set with Larry and #PatrickDuffy and #SteveKanaly. They all went to lunch. I was standing right there and nobody said anything about me going to lunch. I thought, 'Gee, this just doesn't feel real good.' That was to me an indication of what it was going to be like from that point on." . While working on Another World in 1991, Rambo learned that he was HIV positive. He quit the series shortly and retired from acting. Rambo then publicly announced that he was HIV positive, and revealed that he was bisexual. He said going public with his condition was “like freedom to me.” . #whatisrememberedlives #aidsmemorial #endaids #neverforget #lgbthistory . - #regrann
