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Dec 23, 1985 Vol. 24 No. 26

Every Woman Wants His Body, Every Man Wants His Clothes

December 23, 1985

Cover Story

Every Woman Wants His Body, Every Man Wants His Clothes

That's Why Don Johnson is America's Hottest Friday Night Vice

Pg. 78

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Table of Contents

Articles

Bob Geldof

Moved by Scenes of Mass Starvation, This Scruffy Irishman Raised a Cry with a Song and Roused the World to Save the Hungry and the Helpless

Pg. 32

Joe Kennedy

The Best-Known Name in American Politics Surfaces Again as Bobby's Eldest Son Announces for the Congressional Seat Once Held by His Uncle Jack

Pg. 36

Corazon Aquino

As the Ghost of Her Assassinated Husband Haunts the Troubled Rule of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, a Housewife Rides An Emotional Swell to Political Prominence

Pg. 38

The Refrigerator

He Can Block, Run, Do Endorsements. At 308 Pounds, William Perry Is the Big Surprise of the Football Season

Pg. 40

Akira Kurosawa

Japan's Feisty Grand Old Man of the Movies Comes Back from Despair to Film Ran, a Feudal Version of King Lear That May Turn Out to Be His Greatest Triumph

Pg. 42

Nelson Mandela

Banished Behind Prison Walls Since 1964, a Legendary Black Leader May yet Save South Africa from the Horror of Racial War

Pg. 44

Steven Rosenberg

By Energizing the Body's Natural Defenses, a Surgeon at the National Cancer Institute May Have Made the Biggest Step in 30 Years Toward a Cancer Cure

Pg. 46

Rambo: the Formative Years

His Deeds Are Legend from Here to Haiphong, but to the Folks of One Small Western Town, He's Just a Local Boy with a Preposterous Set of Pecs. Come with Us Now as We Explore the Hard-to-Believe, Harder-to-Substantiate Story Of...Rambo

Pg. 50

Bernhard Goetz

He Acted Out Our Angriest Fantasies, but a Year Later the Questions Remain: Is He a Hero or a Villain, a Victim or a Criminal?

Pg. 57

William Hurt

His Risky Transvestite Role in Kiss of the Spider Woman Makes Him An Oscar Favorite as Best Actor, but He'd Rather Hide from the World Than Try to Be World-Famous

Pg. 58

Uli Derickson

A Flight Attendant's Bravery Makes Her the Heroine of a Hijacking

Pg. 60

The Springsteens

The Storybook Year of Beauty and the Boss Ends on a Harmonious Note with Bruce and Julianne—and a Gaggle of Trick-or-Treaters—at Ease at Last in New Jersey

Pg. 66

Cathleen Webb

The New Hampshire Housewife Said She Faked a Rape That Sent a Man to Prison for Years—and She Suddenly Found Herself An Unlikely Celebrity

Pg. 68

Rupert Murdoch

The Empire-Building Publisher and Freshly Minted American Citizen Takes on Television, Hollywood and Morality

Pg. 70

Dwight Gooden

Vulnerable Only to Kryptonite, Baseball's Best Pitcher Is Quiet but Deadly, Playing a Game He Hasn't Learned How to Lose

Pg. 77

Princess Diana

With a Personal Invitation to the Dance, a Songwriter and Three Movie Stars Stood in for Everyman on the Most Glamorous Night of 1985

Pg. 82

Mel Fisher

Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Bubbly: in a Season of Shipwreck Salvagings, Captain Audacious Pulls 34 Tons of Spanish Silver from the Drink

Pg. 84

Michael J. Fox

The Comedy Star of the Year's No. 1 Movie, Back to the Future, and No. 2 TV Show, Family Ties, Puts on the Dog as the Boy King of Hollywood

Pg. 86

Mengele's Bones

Discovery of the Moldering Remains of the Nazis' Infamous 'Angel of Death' Ends the Most Intense Manhunt of the Century

Pg. 88

Whoopi Goldberg

She's Been on Welfare and on Broadway; Now She's Onscreen In the Color Purple

Pg. 99

The Hulkster: Hulk Hogan

Pg. 107

Rock Hudson

His Name Stood for Hollywood's Golden Age of Wholesome Heroics and Lighthearted Romance—Until He Became the Most Famous Person to Die of Aids

Pg. 108

Gracie Mansion

A Hip Gallery Owner Brings World Fame to the Brassy, Flashy, Sometimes Trashy Art That Grows in Manhattan's Revitalized East Village

Pg. 112

Madonna

She's a Big Girl Now—Rich, Famous and Married-but Once Upon a Time, the Reigning Queen of All Things Pop Was Just Another Wanna Be

Pg. 114

Other Kinds of Heroes

Pg. 116

Click!

Neither Rain nor Snow nor Cranky Celebs Can Keep Paparazzi from Focusing on Fame. Herewith the Shock Troops of Photojournalism Present Some of Their Favorite Frames of '85

Pg. 124

O Liberty

Pg. 133

On Ground Zero

Pg. 141

Lighten Up, Sandy!

Pg. 147

Coming Distractions

A Preview of the Major Movies, Miniseries, Records and Reads You'll Be Deluged with in the 12 Months Ahead

Pg. 150

Sequels

What's New with '85's Newsmakers: Sasha Stallone Cares for Her Autistic Son, Ann Jillian Stars as Herself, and Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Loses His Paradise

Pg. 158

Vietnam Love Story

During the War, Thousands of GIs Promised Vietnamese Women the World. Ten Years After the Fall of Saigon, Nicholas Rock Delivered

Pg. 170

Also In This Issue

Publisher's Letter

Pg. 3

Mailbag

Pg. 6

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