1. Norman Jay "Dack" Rambo was an American actor, widely known for his role as Walter Brennan's grandson Jeff in the series The Guns of Will Sonnett, as Steve Jacobi in the soap opera All My Children, as cousin Jack Ewing on Dallas, and as Grant Harrison on the soap opera Another World.
Norman Jay Rambo was born on November 13,1941, in Earlimart, California, to William Lester and Beatrice A Rambo.
Dack Rambo was a middle child in a family of four children.
Dack Rambo's siblings were William Donald Rambo; identical twin Orman Ray "Dirk" Rambo, and sister Beverly Jean Rambo.
On February 5,1967, Dirk Rambo was killed in a road accident at the age of 25.
Later that same year, Dack Rambo landed the role of Jeff Sonnett on The Guns of Will Sonnett and co-starred in the short-lived Gunsmoke spin-off Dirty Sally, with Jeanette Nolan.
Dack Rambo played Steve Jacobi on All My Children in the early 1980s.
Dack Rambo may be best remembered on television for playing Jack Ewing in 51 episodes of the soap opera Dallas from 1985 to 1987.
Dack Rambo played Wesley Harper on the 1984 short-lived TV series soap opera Paper Dolls.
Dack Rambo quit the series shortly thereafter and retired from acting.
Dack Rambo then made his HIV infection and his bisexuality public, revealing that he had been in relationships with both men and women since his 20s.
For most of his life, Dack Rambo was closeted about his bisexuality.
Dack Rambo learned he was HIV-positive on August 30,1991, while preparing to tape scenes for Another World.
Dack Rambo issued a press release on October 1,1991, publicly disclosing his seroconversion status.
Dack Rambo's announcement came three weeks after actor Brad Davis died of AIDS and a month before basketball star Magic Johnson announced he had HIV.
Dack Rambo came out as bisexual in an interview with The Washington Post on November 25,1991.
Dack Rambo entered the Betty Ford Center for treatment in the summer of 1991 and became sober.
Dack Rambo denied he had ever been an intravenous drug user.
Dack Rambo died on March 21,1994, at the age of 52 of complications from AIDS.