Tab Hunter: how Hollywood’s boy next door became a gay icon.

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American actor Tab Hunter on a beach, circa 1955. Photograph: Archive Photos/Getty Images

The actor, who died on Sunday at the age of 86, kept his sexuality a secret at a time when the industry wasn’t ready for an openly gay heartthrob.

Hollywood heartthrob Tab Hunter, the beloved boy-next-door of 1950s Warner Brothers classics like Battle Cry, The Burning Hills and Damn Yankees, died on Sunday at the age of 86. A blonde, square-jawed and…