Editing Rock Hudson (section)

===Later years===
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In the early 1980s, following years of heavy drinking and smoking, Hudson began having health problems which resulted in a heart attack in November 1981. Emergency quintuple heart bypass surgery sidelined Hudson and his new TV show ''[[The Devlin Connection]]'' for a year, and the show was canceled in December 1982 soon after it aired. His health problems forced him to turn down the role of Col. Sam Trautman in ''[[First Blood]]''. Hudson was the first to narrate for [[Disney's Candlelight Processional]] at [[Magic Kingdom]] in [[Walt Disney World]] for its opening year in 1971. His final appearance as narrator was in 1984.<ref>[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2022/12/15/a-look-at-prolific-candlelight-processional-narrators-and-a-few-surprises/ ''Orlando Sentinel'' Rock Hudson Prolific Narrators] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731052707/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2022/12/15/a-look-at-prolific-candlelight-processional-narrators-and-a-few-surprises/ |date=July 31, 2023 }} accessed 07-31-23</ref>

Hudson recovered from the heart surgery but did not quit smoking. He continued to work, appearing in several TV movies such as ''[[World War III (miniseries)|World War III]]'' (1982). He was in ill health while filming the action-drama ''[[The Ambassador (1984 American film)|The Ambassador]]'' in Israel during the winter months from late 1983 to early 1984. He reportedly did not get along with his co-star [[Robert Mitchum]], who had a serious drinking problem and often clashed off-camera with Hudson and other cast and crew members.<ref>Server, Lee ''Baby, I Don't Care'' (2001)</ref>

From December 1984 to April 1985, Hudson appeared in a recurring role on the prime time soap opera ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'' as [[Daniel Reece (Dynasty character)|Daniel Reece]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Rock Hudson, George Hamilton and more notable 'Dynasty' stars |url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/rock-hudson-george-hamilton-and-more-notable-dynasty-stars-u32674 |website=Newsday|date=October 2, 2017 }}</ref> a wealthy horse breeder and a potential love interest for [[Krystle Carrington]] (played by [[Linda Evans]]), and biological father of the character [[Sammy Jo Carrington]] ([[Heather Locklear]]). While Hudson had long been known to have difficulty memorizing lines, resulting in his use of cue cards, his speech began to visibly deteriorate on ''Dynasty.'' He was slated to appear for the duration of the second half of its fifth season; however because of his progressing ill health, his character was abruptly written out of the show and died off-screen.