Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

After 52 years, Archerd calls it a day

|
|
 
  
Published: Aug. 5, 2005 at 6:36 AM

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Daily Variety's Army Archerd is retiring his 52-year-old celebrity gossip column to concentrate on writing a book.

Archerd's final "Just for Variety" column will run in the Sept. 1 issue, Daily Variety announced Thursday. He will, however, cover certain events and news for the entertainment industry newspaper while he writes his memoirs.

Archerd hated the term "gossip columnist" and never considered himself among that crowd, Variety said.

It was Archerd who broke the news in 1985 that Hollywood heartthrob Rock Hudson was being treated for AIDS. His revelation -- which was picked up and reported world wide -- was credited by many with putting a familiar face on the disease.

He has appeared as a celebrity expert on numerous TV shows, played himself in about 100 movies and has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

Archerd and actress Selma Archerd have been married more than 30 years.

Topics: Rock Hudson
© 2005 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
Today's utterly OMFG newspaper front page brought to you by the Liverpool Echo
Man robs payday loan store and flees to a nearby KFC... where he tries to flush the money down a...
It's very easy to get a Canadian passport. Unless you happen to be a Canadian citizen
Who here can honestly say they've never gotten drunk and decided to throw a Molotov cocktail at...
Sometimes classic car restoration can be challenging. On other occasions you find all the component...
Punching, spitting, and pepper spray. Behold the power of BACON