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Ventures in 1989 in partnership with a woman named Alexis Blass. It included a women's fashion line named "Invitation to the Dance," which Hudson described as aimed at women "from 200 to 1,000 pounds"; he also had plans to start a plus-sized men's
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stuck in the doorway to his bedroom. His family members were unable to remove him, and the
Hempstead Fire Department worked for four hours to cut the doorframe and extricate him. Afterwards, he decided to go on a diet with the assistance of comedian-turned-health activist
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