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rame.net : faq : dead porn stars
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Here is a list of the porn performers who have come before us and have since shuffled off this mortal coil. It's kinda sad, but we all gotta go sometime. If the performer has a filmography in the Internet Adult Film Database there will be a link under their name. Names that are hotlinked have deeper articles attached to them. Special Thanks to Tim Evanson for most of the gay porn citations and to the readers of alt.sex.movies and rec.arts.movies.erotica for all the other references. Send corrections, clarifications, additions or deletions to faq@rame.net. We recommend these sites for further reading. We have some, but not all, of the information from these sites in our list: Charon's Ferry, Ken's Gallery of Deceased Actors Please note that faq@rame.net is an administrative address and is not intended or provided to be an 'answer-man' for general inquiries or 'do you know what happened to...' questions. We just don't have the time or manpower to answer individual questions; for those answers, we refer you to the exhaustive FAQ. Everything else we know and like can be found elsewhere on the site. |
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| Kevin Dean [IAFD Listing] |
Rumor | N/A | Not dead, as has been claimed on the Rad Video forums. |
| Tiffany Mynx [IAFD Listing] |
Rumor | 2/99 | Not dead; just a movie title. |
| Alicyn Sterling [IAFD Listing] |
IMDB sez so | N/A | No evidence of her (Carrie Bittner) death has turned up. The IMDB lists her as having perished in a car accident in Vegas in July 99, but no one has been able to turn up newspaper reports, etc. |
| Tamara Lee [IAFD Listing] |
Rumored | We have no confirmation of the death of Tamara Lee. Excalibur is the only source listing her as dead; so while some may consider that a "scoop" no one else has been able to verify it and run with it, so we remain skeptical. | |
| Bambi Woods [IAFD Listing] |
No proof | IMDb reports she died of an OD in 1986. There is no verifiable proof that Debbie DeSantos, aka Bambi Woods, died of a drug overdose. There is no verifiable proof that she is indeed deceased. | |
| Joey Morgan [IAFD Listing] |
Not dead | "I "retired" from the industry some time ago in the early 90's to persue a career in Pharmaceuticals,.. Latley I have been getting back in touch with all the folks and everyone has me listed as being Dead. The local Miami Gay Rag even said I was dead some time ago as a friend of mine said,... I called CHi CHi and she wsa shocked and also thought I was dead. While I Did battle a long year of chemo and radiation last year due to Hodgkins Lymphoma,. I am alive and kicking,.. SOmewhere somehow the rumor has spread. I thought maybe you might be interested in adding me to your rumors list" | |
| Meghan Chavalier [IAFD Listing] |
Still kickin, tho living in Indiana | "I just wanted to send an email because I keep hearing from people who think I've died in a car accident. I am not dead, although I do live in Indiana haha. Anyway, thanks if you post it for my fans." | |
| CJ Laing [IAFD Listing] |
N/A | C.J Laing is alive and well, currently residing in the Bay Area...She looks as good if not better than she did before she "died"... please remove her from your list as she still has a pulse :)... | |
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| Mark West [IAFD Listing] |
Accidental drowning in Hawaii. | 05/01/2008 | Popular, ruggedly handsome star active between 1992 and 1996. |
| Sheridan [IAFD Listing] |
Car Accident | 12/20/2006 | Eromaxx Blog: December 20, right after party shoot, only twenty years old model Sheridan died tragically in a car accident on D1 Czech national freeway on the way home. |
| Anna Malle [IAFD Listing] |
Car accident | 1/25/06 | According to Luke Ford: "Anna's husband Hank is fine. He wasn't in the accident, which was not alcohol related and Anna was not driving." |
| Julie Robbins [IAFD Listing] |
Car Crash | 9/22/2005 | Luke Ford reports: "[Julie] was involved in a car accident in her hometown on 9/22 around 2:15p.m ET. [Julie] was alone so her daughter, thankfully, was not in her vehicle. I'm sorry to tell you this but [Julie]'s car burst into flames as her vehicle hit a telephone pole. It is my belief that she may have fallen asleep. Many, many witnesses to the accident tried in vain to get her out of the vehicle but the heat was too intense. [Julie], God bless her, was burned over 95% of her body. She was alive when they were finally able to get her out of the car and airlifted her to Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. [Julie] passed on 9/22 @ 11p.m. with her family surrounding her. [Julie] will be laid to rest on Sunday, September 25th in Lexington, NC." |
| Livia Choice [IAFD Listing] |
Car accident | 6/9/2005 | Popular German actress. Obit article is in German. (German fetish model Livia Choice is dead. She died in a fatal car crash on June 9th on her way to BoundCon II.) |
| Britney Madison [IAFD Listing] |
Car Crash | 4/30/2005 | Madison (Real Name: Stacey Pfeiffer) was killed along with her boyfriend in a car crash in Las Vegas. |
| Jasmine Grey | Car Crash | 12/10/2005 | According to the Akron Beacon-Journal, at about 2 AM on Saturday the 10th, Jasmine Grey was driving a car which went off the side of the road, slid through a snow-filled ditch and struck a tree. (Memorial at: Glamourcon) |
| Holly Landers [IAFD Listing] |
Car crash | 1/1/2003 | Holly Landers was killed on New Years Day, 2003 after a collision with a drunk driver just outside San Jose, Costa Rica. AVN Obit |
| François Girard | Electricuted | 2002 | According to Falconstudios.com: The composer died as a result of an accidental electrical shock caused by faulty recording equipment. |
| Linda Lovelace [IAFD Listing] |
Car accident | 04/22/2002 | [Lovelace] was taken to Denver Health Medical Center with massive trauma and internal injuries after the April 3 automobile accident, hospital spokeswoman Sara Spaulding said. She was taken off life support Monday, Spaulding said. |
| Teri Diver [IAFD Listing] |
OD | 1/2/01 | "She had apparently taken too much of her headache medicine," Ren Savant [her husband] told AVN |
| Veronica Blue | Car accident | 6/22/2000 | She was a bondage perfomrer. |
| Kim Kitaine [IAFD Listing] |
Drowned | 4/1/99 | aka Kim Bailey |
| Dave Chandler [IAFD Listing] |
Accidental Head Injury, whilst on Valium | 3/5/99 | From Tim: Dave Chandler, R.I.P.: (aka Dave Kemple). Chandler was a newcomer to the industry, having just completed his first film for Studio 2000, titled "Night Riders." According to the Associated Press and local papers, Chandler was found dead in his home in Las Vegas on Friday, March 5th. Cause of death is unknown. His parents claimed the body, and took him home to Utah, said Chandler's agent, Peter Scott. Chandler was a property manager in his private life. He leaves behind a lover of 8 years. I'm not sure what Chandler died from, but a memory fragment in my mind says it was a heart attack. |
| Tiffany Rose [IAFD Listing] |
Car crash | 1998 | |
| Krysti Lynn [IAFD Listing] |
auto accident | 12/7/95 | Tribute page at http://www.krystilynn.com |
| Tommy Wilde [IAFD Listing] |
Auto accident | 4/94 | |
| Joey Stefano [IAFD Listing] |
Drug Overdose, HIV Positive | 11/21/94 | aka Nicholas Anthony Iacona Jr. |
| Tom Farrell [IAFD Listing] |
Hit and run as he urinated by a road at night | 9/2/93 | |
| Leilani [IAFD Listing] |
accident related to psychological turmoil | 2/4/93 | |
| Leo Ford | Motorcycle accident, hit by truck | 7/15/91 | |
| LeoFord [IAFD Listing] |
Injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident | 07/17/1991 | He died at the age of 34, a few days after being hit by a car while on a motorcycle with his lover, Craig Markle, who survived. |
| Laurien Wilde [IAFD Listing] |
Auto Accident | 1984 | A Bobby Hollander discovery only did a few films. a/k/a Tina Ross |
| Dick Fisk [IAFD Listing] |
car crash | 10/31/83 | Thanks to LEGENDS website for the heads up. |
| Bob Blount [IAFD Listing] |
motorcycle accident | 9/6/79 | appeared in a number of gay porn flicks, including L.A. Tool & Die and Inches |
| Sandy Dempsey [IAFD Listing] |
Boating Accident | Unknown | A fan writes: "She reportedly died in a boating accident in the Gulf of Mexico in 1975, as per Candy Samples' column in a late 1990's issue of JUGGS" |
| Marc Radcliffe [IAFD Listing] |
Accidental drowning in his bathtub | Unknown | He may have drowned because he was on drugs at the time and passed out in the water |
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| Tom Howard [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 2/27/07 | JC Adams: Our condolences to the COLT Studio Group on the loss of classic COLT Man Tom Howard, who died February 27 from AIDS. His partner David was at his side and notified COLT of the news. |
| Joe Romero [IAFD Listing] |
Complications from HIV | 10/30/07 | JC Adams: Gay Porn Times has confirmed the death of performer-activist-musician Joe Romero. He died October 30 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Mr. Romero’s partner, who notified the industry of his passing, told me he passed of “HIV complications; his body just couldn’t handle everything.” |
| Kristian Brooks [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | September 2006 | From JC Adams: "He passed from AIDS at a hospice in Colorado, according to a family friend. He was 35 years old. ... On a personal note, I worked with Kristian Brooks and got to know him on the set of DREAM TEAM. He was talkative, bright and always had an anecdote related to his sexcapades that had the cast and crew in stitches. That's how I'll remember him." |
| Brandy Dalton | AIDS | 8/4/06 | From JC Adams: Mr. Dalton in the 1980s began performing with his boyfriend Robert Woods, eventually forming the techno/electronica band Drance; Mr. Woods passed from AIDS in 1995. Together and separately, Mr. Dalton and Drance won numerous awards scoring many of gay adult's classic films, notably the acclaimed FALLEN ANGEL series for Titan Media, as well as many titles for MSR Videos, including the PROWL series. |
| Johnny Rey [IAFD Listing] |
Testicular Cancer and "advanced AIDS" | 1/18/06 | The Adams Report: I was able to confirm that week that performer and director Johnny Rey died on January 18th at just 42 years of age. Cancer and various illnesses related to AIDS was the cause. At the time of his death he was living with his family in Pomona, California and they were with him at the time of his death. Mr. Rey's ex-boyfriend Dino Phillips was able to visit with him prior to his passing, and confirmed some of these details. |
| Terry Mahaffey | AIDS | 10/30/05 | JC Adams: president of gay powerhouse Falcon Studios: Died 10/30/05, AIDS. |
| Troy Steele [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 09/26/2005 | Gay performer/AIDS activist |
| Karen Dior [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS complications (cirrhosis of the liver) | 08/25/2004 | (Real name Geoffrey Gann, changed real name to Geoffrey Karen Dior). Performer and director. |
| Mason Flynt [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 1/4/2002 | |
| Brett Ford [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS/HIV-related complications | 12/25/2001 | |
| Ron Pearson [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 12/10/01 | |
| Chuck Holmes | AIDS/HIV-related complications | 9/9/2000 | Founded Falcon Studios |
| Lisa Melendez [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 9/1999 | |
| Sparky O'Toole [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 8/1999 | aka Donald Keith Paton, shared the wrong needle. |
| Scott O'Hara [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS, lymphoma | 2/18/98 | A friend of Scott's has set up a web site in his memory: Pammie's Celebration Of Scott's Life |
| Kurt Houston [IAFD Listing] |
Liver failure | 8/23/97 | Hepatitis related |
| Bob Shane [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 7/1/97 | |
| Chet Thomas [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 3/23/97 | |
| Richard Locke [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 9/25/96 | aka Richard Holt Locke |
| Steve Kennedy [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 1995-97 | aka Luke Bender, Scott Plaisance; Exact date of death unknown |
| Eric Stone [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 12/24/96 | aka Roger John Zellner |
| Brad Braverman [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 1/10/96 | |
| Ben Barker [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 9/28/95 | |
| Lon Flexx [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 9/15/95 | |
| Pierce Daniels [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 7/8/95 | |
| Jon King [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 3/8/95 | a/k/a/ Jon Gaines |
| Chris Burns [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 2/26/95 | aka Danny Joe Burns |
| Jason Steele [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 2/25/95 | |
| Melchor Diaz [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 1995 | "Starred in a number of films including Dynastud. He was a great guy with a big heart, often taking in lost souls he met on the street. I lost touch, and only discovered his death upon contacting his family to find out where he was. Thanks for the ability to contribute to his memory". - DougeeBear |
| Kip Tyler [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 1995 | "A good friend of mine, Kip Tyler, passed away from AIDS in 1995. His real name was Jack Hawkins and ran in Radical Faerie circles as Billie Jack. His videos included Heat, Rings, Manscape I and II, Boys Will Be Boys, and 976. Kip/Jack was active in the gay community, volunteering with the Pasadena City College GLSU and Christopher Street West as well as other organizations." - E. Pruitt |
| Joe Simmons [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS complications | 10/2/95 | |
| Glenn Steers [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 9/17/94 | aka Rick Sommers |
| Ed Dinakos [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 7/6/94 | Colt model, star of Muscle Ranch; aka Michael Harris Glassman |
| Jeff Lawrence [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 7/31/94 | |
| Brad Peters [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 5/31/94 | aka Jeffrey Garrison Woodward |
| Jeremy Scott [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 5/28/94 | aka Troy Andrew Myers |
| Craig Markle | AIDS | 1994 | |
| Morelle DeKeigh [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 1994 | pre-op transsexual |
| Scott Taylor [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 12/22/94 | aka Scott Taylor Hampton |
| Zeff Ryan [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 1/94 | AKA Jeff Ryan |
| Clint Lockner [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 6/17/93 | |
| Luc Colton [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 5/18/93 | |
| Lei Lani | AIDS | 1993 | She-male star; verified AIDS death. Haron Masters wrote "I was friends with Rick Donovan, who was her lover, and was directly involved during the last 6 months of her life. For historical accuracy she did indeed die of AIDS. She was cremated and her ashes were spread up at the Russian River." |
| Lisa de Leeuw [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS complications | 11/11/93 | |
| Tyler Regan [IAFD Listing] |
Valley fever | 10/93 | |
| Paul Pellettieri | AIDS | 10/93 | |
| Scott Bond [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS complications | 10/29/93 | |
| Keith Ardent [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 9/9/92 | |
| Jake Corbin [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 9/27/92 | aka John M Aveno |
| Al Parker [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 8/17/92 | aka Robert Okun Drew |
| Glenn Dime | AIDS | 8/12/92 | |
| Roy Garret | AIDS | 4/3/92 | |
| Tim Kramer [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 4/15/92 | aka Douglas Murrell Cooper |
| Lucky Luc [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 3/2/92 | |
| Chris Williams [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 9/11/91 | aka Todd Dunning Bart |
| Darryl Weld [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 7/24/91 | |
| Lee Ryder [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 7/10/91 | Obit and other info available by clicking on his name |
| Lance [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 5/26/91 | aka David Alan Reis |
| Christopher Rage [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 4/24/91 | aka Frederick Mongue |
| Frank Vickers [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 2/24/91 | AKA Roger Koch |
| Bill Harrison [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 10/18/91 | |
| Chuck Vincent [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 09/23/91 | Popular film director |
| Keith Anthoni [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 07/22/1991 | Died on July 22 1991 in Marshfiled, Wisconsin from AIDS complications |
| Nick Elliot | AIDS | 9/2/90 | renowned cinematographer |
| Steve Craig [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 9/13/90 | aka George Joseph Dufour |
| Steve Kreig | AIDS | 9/13/90 | aka Steve Craig, George Dufour |
| Tony Bravo [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 7/25/90 | aka Michael Pietri |
| Bill Henson [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 1990 | |
| Chris Ladd [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 11/14/90 | aka Darwin Lee Moehle |
| Johnny Dawes [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 7/25/89 | aka Brian Lee |
| Luke [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 6/20/89 | aka Phillip Wagner |
| Marc Stevens [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 1989 | Per Patrick Riley: "[Drug theory snipped], however I have two other sources who say the cause was AIDS and I believe the latter two." |
| Ryder Hansen | AIDS | 10/18/89 | According to the May, 1990 issue of Manshots Wolfgang Praegert, aka Rydar Hansen, died Oct. 18th, 1989 in Ventura, CA of AIDS related complications. |
| John Holmes [IAFD Listing] |
Cardiac arrest, encephalitis and AIDS | 3/13/88 | |
| Eric Stryker [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 2/19/88 | Colt model Noel Kemp ("Not Just Friends", "Easy Entry", "Good Hot Stuff", "Wrestling Meat 2", "Bore 'N Stroke") died of KS in the early 80's. Just prior to his death he marched in the Christopher Street West parade in West Hollywood wearing shorts & a tank top. It was one of the first times a person with KS marched publicly in LA showing the symptoms of his disease. aka AKA Michael John Saunders, but originally Michael Skrzypcak |
| Jim Moore [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 11-28-88 | a/k/a Ken Joseph Savoie |
| Kyle Hazzard [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 1/16/88 | aka Edward Izzo |
| Casey Donovan [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 8/10/87 | aka John Calvin Culver |
| Beau Matthews [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 7/20/86 | aka Matthew Polchert Congelosi |
| J.W. King [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 12/5/86 | aka James Waldrop |
| Mike Davis [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 1/19/86 | Former Colt model and porn star Mike Davis's real name was Winn Strickland and he died of AIDS in "the early months of 1986", according to a biography of another gay porn star, Al Parker: "Clone: The Life and Legacy of Al Parker, Gay Superstar" by Roger Edmonson (Alyson Books: New York, 2000), page 169 |
| Joey Yale | AIDS | 1984-85 | |
| Wade Nichols [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS, not suicide as once thought | 01/28/85 | "Straight-for-Pay" pornstar; Was on "Edge of Night" a popular soap; had a disco recording career as "Dennis Parker" |
| Jeremy Brent [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | 1980s | AKA Erron |
| Marco Vassi | AIDS | Unknown | Gloria Leonard wrote "essentially a writer-journalist, Marco Vassi did the occasional porn film and was one of the most interesting, colorful characters I ever knew, in or out of the adult industry" |
| Gordon Grant [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | Early 90s | |
| David Rockmore [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | Early 1990s | |
| Ken Diamond [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | Unknown | |
| Jesse Koehler [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | Unknown | |
| Jim Ed Thompson | AIDS | Unknown | |
| Nick Rogers [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | Unknown | |
| Steve Taylor [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | Unknown | |
| Jaap Penrat | AIDS | Unknown | |
| Dave Connors [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | Unknown | |
| Arthur Bressan, Jr. | AIDS | Unknown | |
| Rydar Hanson [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | Unknown | |
| Val Martin [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | Unknown | |
| Lee Richards [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | Unknown | |
| Thom Katt [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS | Unknown | The original Thom Katt, who appeared in such films as CULT OF MANHOOD and SHOW IT HARD; there's another Thom Katt -- this ain't him. |
| Steve Loignon | AIDS | Unknown | |
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| Henri Pachard [IAFD Listing] |
Cancer | 9/27/2008 | AdultFYI: "Porn legend Ron Sullivan passed away this morning (9/25/2008) at 9:45 after a three year battle with cancer. Sullivan recently suffered a stroke and remained pretty much comatose. He had been under hospice care at home. Pachard, who had been treated in the past for squamous cell carcinoma in his jaw, was diagnosed in May with throat cancer." |
| Buck Adams [IAFD Listing] |
Heart failure | 10/28/2008 | AVN Hall of Famer; actor/director. He passed away with sister Amber Lynn, his daughter and a business associate by his side. |
| Gerard Damiano [IAFD Listing] |
Stroke | 10/25/2008 | The groundbreaking director of "Deep Throat" and "Devil in Miss Jones" passed away from complications from a stroke. |
| Sasha Gabor [IAFD Listing] |
Heart Failure | 06/27/2008 | Died while on vacation in Thailand. |
| Jean-Daniel Cadinot [IAFD Listing] |
Heart attack | 04/28/2008 | Heart attack at home in France. Influential director-photographer-activist, AVN Hall of Famer and one of only a few household name directors; considered perhaps the best all-around filmmaker gay adult ever produced. |
| Kenneth Keith Kallenbach [IAFD Listing] |
Pneumonia, complications from cystic fibrosis | 04/24/2008 | AP: "Kallenbach contracted pneumonia while in custody on a charge of attempted child abduction. He died Thursday at Riddle Memorial Hospital near Media, his mother, Fay Kallenbach, said Friday. She said her son suffered from the chronic ailment cystic fibrosis and officials at the Delaware County jail near Philadelphia had failed to properly care for him. A county official said he had been cared for promptly." |
| Lolly Pop [IAFD Listing] |
Probable Heart Attack | 02/06/2008 | aka Federica Gori; born Mary Besesti Federica; Natural causes, possibly a heart attack. |
| Jim Mitchell [IAFD Listing] |
Heart attack | 7/12/2007 | Half of the legendary team, the Mitchell Brothers. "He was sitting in his chair and doing something, I think watching TV, and he just, 'Ehhhh.' That was it. His heart quit him just like that," said family member Merle Lane. |
| Brett Mycles [IAFD Listing] |
congestive heart failure | 2/24/2007 | Mycles was a contract star for Jet Set from 2000-01 before he retired from making adult movies in 2002. |
| Alain Payet [IAFD Listing] |
Cancer | 12/13/2007 | He died in Paris of cancer |
| Haus Weston [IAFD Listing] |
Cardiac arrest | 11/6/07 | JC Adams: I’ve confirmed this morning that COD was cardiac arrest. Mr. Weston suffered a heart attack while traveling abroad. I’ll post more details when they become available and can be properly verified. |
| Cody Foster [IAFD Listing] |
Liver Cancer | 1/7/07 | Passed away in Colorado. |
| Holly One [IAFD Listing] |
Heart failure | 9/8/06 | Spanish star and director, did some movies with/for Rocco. |
| Kitty Fox [IAFD Listing] |
Complications from Stroke | 9/21/2006 | Passed away in Las Vegas. The first "MILF" pornstar. She was 64 when she passed. |
| Rocky [IAFD Listing] |
Cancer/AIDS | 12/7/2006 | The "Adams Report by JC Adams" has learned that performer Rocky died on Thursday, December 7th in Los Angeles. He was 26 years old. His agent David Forest notified the industry of his passing. Rocky was diagnosed with cancer in May, 2006 and was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood. When he died, he was undergoing chemotherapy as he battled the cancer and other AIDS-related illnesses. |
| Matt Sterling [IAFD Listing] |
Neuron disease | 12/6/06 | Per a report on GAYVN.com, the helmer died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood of "a motor neuron disease he was diagnosed with 18 years ago." |
| Andy Dill [IAFD Listing] |
Meningitis | 12/6/06 | Per the Lavendar Lounge blog, Mr. Dill "died at 3:00pm Wednesday. He spent only a few days in the hospital, but deteriorated quickly, and was gone." |
| Michael Morrison [IAFD Listing] |
Natural Causes | 12/22/2006 | AKA Milton Ingley. Sharon Mitchell in AVN: "Some say Milton grew tired of life; diabetes had left him blind. He ate too much, lived hard, fucked a lot, loved a lot, and laughed more. For a man like that to be inactive is like a death sentence, I think." |
| Robert McCallum [IAFD Listing] |
Cancer | 10/16/2006 | One of the most important directors of the Golden Age, Robert McCallum (real name: Gary Graver), passed away Thursday, October 16, succumbing to a battle with cancer. Graver unfortunately consistently denied ever being "McCallum", claiming he never used a pseudonym on his films, but every performer I've spoken to who worked with McCallum has confirmed his identity as Gary Graver. McCallum suffered from the "Traci Lords syndrome", I think. Or in other words, because he worked with the underage Traci Lords, that may have affected why he didn't admit to having done adult films. In any case, though he was ashamed of his porno past and apparently took his "secret" to the grave (even a couple weeks ago, as he was dying, he denied being McCallum), he should be remembered by adult film fans for his incredible work: 3AM, V THE HOT ONE, THE ECSTASY GIRLS, COED FEVER, AMANDA BY NIGHT, GARAGE GIRLS, CENTERSPREAD GIRLS, SOCIETY AFFAIRS, PRIVATE TEACHER, SUZIE SUPERSTAR, TRINITY BROWN, EROTIC CITY, TOWER OF POWER, CRAZY WITH THE HEAT, DOLL FACE, PEEPING TOM. |
| Candice Rialson [IAFD Listing] |
Liver Failure | 03/31/2006 | Died in Palmdale, CA of liver disease |
| Austin Black [IAFD Listing] |
liver cancer | 03/06/2006 | JC Adams: Austin was was 43 years old. Austin was one of the few gay performers whose career stretched over three decades, going all the back to the mid-'80s. |
| Ursula Cavalcanti [IAFD Listing] |
Cancer | 9/22/2005 | Via Einsiders: Italian adult film actress Ursula Cavalcanti died of cancer just one month after being diagnosed with the disease. Ms. Cavalcanti was very popular in her native country. She also worked in productions by US filmmakers working in Europe. |
| Peter van Aarle [IAFD Listing] |
Heart Attack | 9/18/2005 | Peter was a co-founder of RAME and founded and maintained the data for the Internet Adult Film Database (IAFD). As part of the RAME family, he will be greatly missed. He was 42. |
| Devon Barry [IAFD Listing] |
Brief Illness | 8/5/2005 | HOLLYWOOD -- The " Adams Report by J.C. Adams" has confirmed that
performer Devon Barry passed away in August 2005. Mr. Barry died
following a brief illness in West Palm Beach, Florida on August 5th,
2005 according to a newspaper report. He was 28 years old.
Named in part after fellow performer Rod Barry, whom he strongly resembled, Devon Barry was a favorite of All Worlds Video and appeared in roughly one dozen films between 2001 and 2004. |
| Duck Dumont [IAFD Listing] |
Heart Attack | 8/14/2005 | AVN: "Alan Shustak, the AVN Award-winning owner of fetish production house RedBoard Video, died of a heart attack last night. Shustak, who directed numerous BDSM titles under the name Duck Dumont, was 56. " |
| Chloe Jones [IAFD Listing] |
Passed away unexpectedly of liver failure | 6/4/2005 | Former Penthouse Pet passesd away in her hometown of Houston, Texas. Club Jenna Inc. indicated it would be setting up a fund for Jones' children that it would contribute to on a monthly basis. The email address info@chloeaid.com should be operational by 6/11/05. |
| Bob Zak [IAFD Listing] |
Heart Attack | 6/27/2005 | Bob suffered a heart attack at his home. He was 51. He owned GwenMedia, a specialty house. |
| Barry Knight [IAFD Listing] |
Heart Attack | 6/16/05 | a/k/a Brian King, of Jaguar Productions and Delta Video, born 09/27/45. Sad detail: He collapsed while walking his dog near his house and fell onto a neighbor's lawn. The dog ferociously defended his body and would not let anyone near him. They had to call Animal Control to subdue the dog so the paramedics could get to him. He was taken to the hospital and died later that day. Turns out he'd had a stroke in 2002 and was diagnosed with congestive heart failure earlier in 2005. |
| Clive McLean [IAFD Listing] |
Cancer | 3/29/2005 | AVN Hall of Famer (2001); directed Barely Legal and Hot Showers series for Hustler. He was 60. |
| Candy Barr [IAFD Listing] |
Pneumonia | 12/30/2005 | Candy Barr (70) exotic dancer and pornographic film star who dated mobster Mickey Cohen and was friends with Dallas club owner Jack Ruby (killer of Lee Harvey Oswald), who trained actress Joan Collins for her role as an exotic dancer in the 1960 movie Seven Thieves, and who later served 4 months of a 15 year sentence for possessing less than four-fifths of an ounce of marijuana, ending her career, died of pneumonia in an Abilene, Texas on December 30, 2005. (http://www.lifeinlegacy.com). |
| Patrice Cabanel [IAFD Listing] |
heart failure | 06/12/2005 | Heart failure |
| Tony Alizzi [IAFD Listing] |
Heart Attack (also HIV and drugs played some part, if not directly) | 01/03/2005 | Tony Alizzi (real name: Rob Allen). Owner of MSR Video. |
| Jim Holliday [IAFD Listing] |
Complications due to Type II Diabetes | 12/15/2004 | AVN: "Jim Holliday, AVN Award winning producer, historian, founding father of the X-Rated Critics Organization and author of such inside industry tomes as Only the Best and The Adult Movie Almanac, passed away due to complications brought on by Type II Diabetes. " |
| Lea DeMae [IAFD Listing] |
Brain Cancer | 12/09/2004 | "DeMae, a popular star that had a six-year adult performing and modeling career, would've turned 28 on Dec. 26. She earned a nomination for AVN Foreign Female Performer of the Year for the 2004 ceremony. " - AVN |
| Fabio Scorpion [IAFD Listing] |
Heart Attack | 11/24/2004 | Fabio Scorpion, a Brazil-based bisexual adult performer who appeared in Evil Angel and other productions shot there, suffered a fatal heart attack during calf implant surgery, Evil Angel reported Wednesday. |
| Jim Salyer [IAFD Listing] |
Heart Attack | May 2002 | Jim was Private Performance Video and at the time of his passing in May 2002 (of a heart attack in his home in Northridge, CA), he had a catalog of over 200 single girl and girl/girl titles |
| Dante [IAFD Listing] |
Natural Causes, cereberal aneurysm | March 2002 | Blond gay porn star and Jet Set regular Dante was found found dead at his home a few weeks ago. Natural causes, a burst blood vessel in the brain (cerebral aneurysm). Dante lived alone, and when Jet Set couldn't reach him for several days, they called his father, with whom Dante had been close, and asked him to go check on him. That's when it was discovered that he'd died.Jet Set has put a memoriam at the front of all copies of "Jet Set Fraternity Gang Bang." |
| Bobby Astyr [IAFD Listing] |
Lung Cancer | April 2002 | He was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1996-7, was in remission, but then it came back. AVN Obit |
| Woody Long [IAFD Listing] |
From a head injury | 9/28/2002 | According to AVN, Woody had a stroke on 9/16/02, fell down a flight of stairs, and hit his head. |
| Chuck Traynor [IAFD Listing] |
Heart Attack | 7/22/2002 | There's a longer piece at AVN |
| Bobby Hollander [IAFD Listing] |
Brain Malignancy | 3/7/2002 | Hollander was a director from the Golden Age, and was married to Gloria Leonard. AVN Obit |
| Winston Love [IAFD Listing] |
Meningitis | 2002 | According to Falconstudios.com: African-American star Winston Love made around twenty videos, mainly for Bacchus Releasing, All Worlds, Jet Set and US Male. His titles include: Black Balled 2, Black Encounters, Frat House, Interracial Interrogations, Marine Chronicle, Special Forces, The Underboss and White Guys With Black Ties. The cause of death was Meningitis. |
| Devon Renfro [IAFD Listing] |
Brain Aneurysm | 12/25/2002 | found by his boyfriend, porn star Kris de Ferr |
| Greg Ross [IAFD Listing] |
Asthma attack | 10/4/2002 | |
| Bob Tremont | Pneumonia and liver problems | 03/10/2002 | Co-owner (with his lover) of straight-porn colossus Odyssey Video and its gay porn subsidiary, Men of Odyssey. AVN Obit. |
| Robert Rimmer | He was 84. | 8/1/2001 | Rimmer wrote the X-Rated Video Guide (later co-written with Patrick Riley) as well as The Harrad Experiment. AVN Obit |
| Alex deRenzy | Stroke, Diabetic Attack | 6/8/2001 | Prolific director; a pioneer. |
| Robert Kirsch [IAFD Listing] |
Non-AIDS-related cancer: lymphoma | 5/5/2001 | Co-founder of Titan Media |
| Alfonso Ribeiro [IAFD Listing] |
Meningitis | 2001 | aka Eduardo |
| Lynx Dyan [IAFD Listing] |
Cancer | 2001 | "She was diagnosed with cancer shortly after making her last film, and eventually died in 2001 of complications during her battle with the disease. She was 25 years old." -- David, her husband |
| Dean Roberson | Lung Cancer | 11/23/2001 | Roberson was an art director. AVN Obit |
| Steve Regis [IAFD Listing] |
Heart Failure | 07/26/2001 | See article. |
| Leslie Glass [IAFD Listing] |
Cancer | 8/4/2000 | |
| Anthony Spinelli [IAFD Listing] |
complications due to pneumonia | 5/30/00 | One of the best adult filmmakers ever. |
| Bruce Seven [IAFD Listing] |
Complications from stroke and emphysema | 1/15/2000 | As reported by AVN, the details of his death are as yet unknown, but are believed to be related to emphysema and his recent stroke. AVN Article |
| Eartha Quake [IAFD Listing] |
Complications from pregnancy | 3/15/1999 | Carla Himes, known to many of you as adult fim star Eartha Quake, passed away Monday in Hemet, California. Initial reports from family members suggest complications during the fifth month of her second pregnancy in two years. Carla underwent weight-loss surgery in 1996 and recently had experienced health problems involving her spleen and iron retention. |
| Bob Vosse [IAFD Listing] |
Heart Attack | 1999 | Silver-Age Director; age 72, retired to Tennessee. |
| Joe D'Amato [IAFD Listing] |
Heart Failure | 1/23/99 | Passed away in Rome. |
| Joey Carson | Heart Attack | 2/26/98 | |
| John Derek [IAFD Listing] |
Cancer | 1998 | Directed "Love You"; most recently married to Bo Derek |
| Scorpio [IAFD Listing] |
stomach cancer and complications from AIDS | 12/24/98 | |
| Lee Baldwin [IAFD Listing] |
Heart Attack | 11/30/98 | It's with very great sadness that I must tell you, the fans of Lee Baldwin, that my model & dear friend John Francis Mallette (known as Lee Baldwin) died on the evening of November 30, 1998. He had a massive heart attack in his home preparing to walk his dog. Death was instant. He had found true happiness and had plans for a commitment ceremony & a new house. |
| Joey Karson [IAFD Listing] |
Heart failure | 02/27/1998 | JoeyKarson.com: "Unfortunately, in June of '92 while performing, Joey collapsed and was rushed to the hospital and was diagnosed with severe damage to the electrical part of her heart." |
| Matt Gunther [IAFD Listing] |
Heart Attack | 5/27/97 | Had AIDS |
| Rene Bond [IAFD Listing] |
Liver problems | 6/2/96 | She died in LA of liver problem, possibly cirrhosis. |
| Terri Hall | Cancer | 1995 | |
| Teri Hall [IAFD Listing] |
Cancer | 1995 | According to IMDB, Terri died of cancer in Elmira, New York in 1995 |
| Moana Pozzi [IAFD Listing] |
liver cancer | 9/15/94 | Did she fake her own death? |
| Jack Baker [IAFD Listing] |
Cancer | 11/13/94 | |
| Cathy Stewart [IAFD Listing] |
Natural Death or Overdose | 08]09/1994 | Died: Breuillet, Charente Maritim, France. Cause: two different causes are quoted in different sources, one states "natural death", the other states "drug overdose". |
| Mackenzie Poe [IAFD Listing] |
Pneumonia | 8/25/93 | Ralph (Mac) was 6'3" at 185lbs and had a chain-link design tattooed around his left wrist (mb right wrist?) Both a Texas stud and a Southern gentleman, he served tours in Vietnam in 1968-69 while a sailor, USN, Seventh Fleet. Buried in the National Cemetery in Santa Fe, NM. Died Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, August 25, 1993 of pneumocystis pneumonia. |
| Stasha [IAFD Listing] |
Leukemia | 4/93 | Post-op T/S star from 1992. |
| Angelique Pettijohn [IAFD Listing] |
Cancer | 2/12/92 | |
| Mark Weiss [IAFD Listing] |
Undisclosed medical reasons | 1992 | screenwriter of "Catwoman" and "Welcome to Dallas" among others. He directed "Black Taboo" |
| Joseph Tiffenbach | Heart attack | 1/27/92 | |
| Aldo Rey [IAFD Listing] |
Cancer | 3/27/91 | |
| Buster [IAFD Listing] |
Congenital Heart Failure | 2/10/91 | According to Frontiers, Buster (aka Jeffrey Wayne Cole) was HIV+ but not related to his cause of death |
| Dick Masters [IAFD Listing] |
Spinal cancer, not AIDS-related | 4/27/90 | |
| Greta Garbo [IAFD Listing] |
Natural causes | 04/15/1990 | "Porn star" is really stretching a definition. She did appear (wthout her knowledge) in a non-sex role in "Adam & Yves" in 1974, billed as her last film appearance. |
| Mark Reynolds [IAFD Listing] |
Heart attack | 1989 | The original one who appeared in such films as ONE SIZE FITS ALL and BIGGER THAN HUGE and BUSTER GOES TO LAGUNA |
| Kurt Marshall [IAFD Listing] |
AIDS-related kidney disease | 10/10/88 | His real name was James Allen Rideout Jr. He was only 22 years old at the time of his death. The cause was definitely AIDS-related. My source for this information may be found at: www.gunung.com/arod/ dead_friends/list.html |
| Luis DeJesus [IAFD Listing] |
Heart Attack | 07/27/1988 | From IMDb: "Best known for his role as Ralphus the demented dwarf in the infamous Blood Sucking Freaks (1976) (aka "The Incredible Torture Show), Luis DeJesus had been a circus performer, but was actually quite infamous around New York in the Seventies for his role in a stag movie, a charming little ditty entitled The Anal Dwarf (1971)." |
| Ajita Wilson | Cerebral Hemorrhage | 1987 | a very exotic, American-born actress in European porn films |
| Kevin James [IAFD Listing] |
Testicular Cancer | 1987 | |
| Frank Hollowell [IAFD Listing] |
heart attack? | 01/12/19 | |