<p class="title">Actor Tab Hunter, Hollywood heart-throb of the 1950s famous for films "Damn Yankees", "Pandemonium" and eponymous series "The Tab Hunter Show", has died. He was 87.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The news of the actor's death was shared by Facebook page Tab Hunter Confidential which stated that he died three days before his 87th birthday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Tab passed away tonight three days shy of his 87th birthday. Please honour his memory by saying a prayer on his behalf. He would have liked that," read the post.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The actor was born as Arthur Andrew Kelm in New York City in 1931 and later raised in California.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, it was his agent Henry Willson, who gave him his on-stage name Tab Hunter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His first film was 1950's "The Lawless" and he followed it up with "Island of Desire", "Gun Belt" and "Track of the Cat".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hunter rose to prominence with 1955's "Battle Cry", in which he played a World War II soldier. His other major films were 1956's "The Burning Hills" and 1958 musical "Damn Yankees".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The actor later found a younger cult audience when he played opposite the drag queen Divine in John Waters' 1981 film "Polyester" and Paul Bartel's 1985 film "Lust in the Dust".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Apart from his hit movies, his recording of "Young Love" topped the Billboard pop chart in 1957.</p>.<p class="bodytext">For years, his personal life was a subject of media speculation with many reports claiming that the actor was gay.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He came out in his 2005 autobiography, "Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star" and confessed to a relationship with "Psycho" star Anthony Perkins. PTI RB RB RDS RDS</p>
<p class="title">Actor Tab Hunter, Hollywood heart-throb of the 1950s famous for films "Damn Yankees", "Pandemonium" and eponymous series "The Tab Hunter Show", has died. He was 87.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The news of the actor's death was shared by Facebook page Tab Hunter Confidential which stated that he died three days before his 87th birthday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Tab passed away tonight three days shy of his 87th birthday. Please honour his memory by saying a prayer on his behalf. He would have liked that," read the post.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The actor was born as Arthur Andrew Kelm in New York City in 1931 and later raised in California.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, it was his agent Henry Willson, who gave him his on-stage name Tab Hunter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">His first film was 1950's "The Lawless" and he followed it up with "Island of Desire", "Gun Belt" and "Track of the Cat".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hunter rose to prominence with 1955's "Battle Cry", in which he played a World War II soldier. His other major films were 1956's "The Burning Hills" and 1958 musical "Damn Yankees".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The actor later found a younger cult audience when he played opposite the drag queen Divine in John Waters' 1981 film "Polyester" and Paul Bartel's 1985 film "Lust in the Dust".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Apart from his hit movies, his recording of "Young Love" topped the Billboard pop chart in 1957.</p>.<p class="bodytext">For years, his personal life was a subject of media speculation with many reports claiming that the actor was gay.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He came out in his 2005 autobiography, "Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star" and confessed to a relationship with "Psycho" star Anthony Perkins. PTI RB RB RDS RDS</p>