rame.net : faq : dead porn stars

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.
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.
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."
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"
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.
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 :)...
Holly Landers [IAFD Listing]	FAKED: Car crash		FAKED: Story devised to allow clean exit from industry. She has returned to the industry at January 2009 AEE. Holly Landers was killed on New Years Day, 2003 after a collision with a drunk driver just outside San Jose, Costa Rica. AVN Obit

Accidental
Mark West [IAFD Listing]	Accidental drowning in Hawaii.	05/01/2008	Popular, ruggedly handsome star active between 1992 and 1996.
Anna Alexandre [IAFD Listing]	Car wreck	2/22/2007	Born Jeffery Bryan Schley, he was a standout in the Jacksonville area gay,. Lesbian and transgedered community as the woman he became, Anna Alexandre.
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)
Fran�ois 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

AIDS
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
Morelle DeKeigh [IAFD Listing]	AIDS	1994	pre-op transsexual
Craig Markle	AIDS	1994
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
Paul Pellettieri	AIDS	10/93
Tyler Regan [IAFD Listing]	Valley fever	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 Kreig	AIDS	9/13/90	aka Steve Craig, George Dufour
Steve Craig [IAFD Listing]	AIDS	9/13/90	aka George Joseph 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
Jim Ed Thompson	AIDS	Unknown
Jesse Koehler [IAFD Listing]	AIDS	Unknown
Jaap Penrat	AIDS	Unknown
Steve Taylor [IAFD Listing]	AIDS	Unknown
Val Martin [IAFD Listing]	AIDS	Unknown
Dave Connors [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.
Arthur Bressan, Jr.	AIDS	Unknown
Ken Diamond [IAFD Listing]	AIDS	Unknown
Steve Loignon	AIDS	Unknown
Rydar Hanson [IAFD Listing]	AIDS	Unknown
Nick Rogers [IAFD Listing]	AIDS	Unknown
Lee Richards [IAFD Listing]	AIDS	Unknown

Medical
Jack Wrangler [IAFD Listing]	Lung disease	4/7/09	1970s gay and straight porn icon; his life was chronicled in 2008's documentary "Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon". He is survived by his wife, Margaret Whiting.
Jon Von Faust [IAFD Listing]	pneumonia and cardiomegaly	4/30/2009	Did bondage work with Rick Savage in New York City from '96/'97.
Marilyn Chambers [IAFD Listing]	Natural causes	4/12/09	Marilyn Chambers was an Ivory Snow box model who turned porn star. She had a long career spanning both adult and mainstream work. She was found by her daughter, McKenna, in the mobile home where she had been living the few months leading up to her death. Cause of death is unable to be determined by the LA County coroner and is being attributed to natural causes.
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.
Russ Meyer [IAFD Listing]	Pneumonia / Alzheimer's Disease	09/18/2004	Wikipedia: Meyer died at his home in the Hollywood Hills, of complications of pneumonia, on September 18, 2004.
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
Shaun Michelle [IAFD Listing]	Massive stroke	10/28/2002	According to boyfriend Wesley Emerson, Shaun died of a massive stroke.
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
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
Alfonso Ribeiro [IAFD Listing]	Meningitis	2001	aka Eduardo
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.
Teri Hall [IAFD Listing]	Cancer	1995	According to IMDB, Terri died of cancer in Elmira, New York in 1995
Terri Hall	Cancer	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?	01/12/1987	According to IMDB; died in Hollywood of an apparent heart attack
Lauren Dominique [IAFD Listing]	Cancer	6/86
Michael Bruce [IAFD Listing]	testicular cancer	1985	boyfriend of Sharon Kane, appeared in Devil in Miss Jones 2 among others
Bodil Joensen	Medical	01/03/1985	Danish pornstar who made some bestiality loops. From Wikipedia: Many believed her to have committed suicide, however in the April 2006 UK documentary, "The Dark Side of Porn: The Search For Animal Farm", which traced the production of the notorious underground film known as Animal Farm from excerpts of her many bestiality films, it was stated by a close friend of Bodil's that she died on January 3, 1985 from cirrhosis of the liver.
Tina Russell [IAFD Listing]	Natural Causes	5/18/1981	Acute alcoholism; Tina Russell was born in Williamsport PA. She died on Monday May 18, 1981 at Tri-City Hospital in Vista CA, while visiting her brother. She was married to Jason Russell and is buried in Resurrection Cemetery in Montoursville, PA.
Jack Deveau [IAFD Listing]	Lung cancer	Unknown
Hypatia Lee [IAFD Listing]	Faked Her Own Death	N/A

Murder
Vanessa Freeman [IAFD Listing]	Strangled	1/9/07	The Sun UK: A HIGH class hooker who boasted a boy band hunk among her string of A-list clients has been found strangled in her bed.
Bryan Kocis	Murder; stabbed multiple times	1/24/2007	Owned Gay Studio, Cobra Video. Kocis was stabbed multiple times, then his house was burned down to cover up the murder.
Taylor Summers [IAFD Listing]	Stabbed to Death	March 2004	Found stabbed multiple times in suburban Philadelphia (Conshohocken, PA)
Nozomi Momoi	Stabbed to death	2002/10/12	Japanse AV star; involved in bizarre murder/suicide pact.
Lolo Ferrari [IAFD Listing]	Murder?	3/5/00	Update March 2002: Her husband has been charged and arrested for suspicion of murder in Lolo's death. The original obituary: GRASSE, France, 2000 March 5 (Reuters/Variety) - French porn star Lolo Ferrari died on Sunday of natural causes in her house on the French Riveria, police said. She was 30. Ferrari was billed as ``the woman with the biggest breasts in the world'' and had a reputed 71-inch (177.5 centimeter) silicone-enhanced bust. A bid to register her name as a fashion label was defeated two years ago by her namesake, the Italian car-maker. There were no further details about her death.
Steve Cadro	Bludgeoned and stabbed to death	3/21/00	Hungarian gay porn director
Mark Nixon	Murdered in Mexico	3/3/1998	was HIV Positive
Derek Powers [IAFD Listing]	Murdered	5/19/96
Brandon Wilde [IAFD Listing]	Murdered	3/5/96
Riny Red [IAFD Listing]	Murder	04/12/1996	European actor Riny Rey is dead. He was gunned down in Budapest on April 12, just days after completing work on Private Dancer and Sin, two productions for Private. Riny is known to European audiences for his extensive work in adult. American audiences may best remember Riny for his appearances in John Leslie projects. Surviving Riny are his wife and five children. P.S.: Private Media Group is organizing a collection for the surviving family members. Interested donors can contact Peter Backman at Private's Sweden office."
Christopher Lance [IAFD Listing]	Stabbed during lovers' quarrel	4/24/94	AKA Robert Lance Slacke
Artie Mitchell [IAFD Listing]	Shot by his brother Jim	1991/02/27	He was half of the legendary Mitchell Brothers.
Billy London [IAFD Listing]	Mutilated	10/29/90	Found dismembered in a trash bin on Santa Monica Blvd. He did gay video work such as: "Bulge: Mass Appeal", "Hard Choices", "Head of the Class", "Hot Wired", "Imperfect Strangers", and "Sex Drive 2020"
Charli Waters [IAFD Listing]	Murdered	1989	Murdered by a john according to Excalbur's Adult Porn Star Mall
Toymaster [IAFD Listing]	Killed during a violent crime	Unknown
J. Brian [IAFD Listing]	Unknown	Unknown	filmmaker from the '70's, according to LEGENDS website.

OD'd
Missy [IAFD Listing]	Accidental(?) overdose of prescription pills	08/18/2008	AVN: "Missy, the soft-spoken five-foot-high blonde who took the adult industry by storm shortly after her first appearance in 1994, was reportedly found dead in her apartment in Valencia, Calif. from an accidental overdose of her prescription medication. She was 41 years old." Her brother posted a eulogy on his myspace page which seems to insinuate it may have been voluntary. ("But most of all I will just miss you. As much as I want to be selfish and have you back here with me. I know you are finally at peace and where you want to be.")
Wanker Wang [IAFD Listing]	Suspected OD	9/29/2007	Found dead in a motel in Morgan Hill, California.
Chico Wang [IAFD Listing]	Suspected OD	9/29/2007	Found dead in a motel in Morgan Hill, California.
Danny Dukes [IAFD Listing]	OD	12/3/07	AVN: Performer and agent Danny Dukes was found dead in a San Fernando Valley home today in an apparent drug overdose, according to his friend and fellow performer Will Powers.
Kirby Scott [IAFD Listing]	Overdose	11/2/2006	A classic COLT Man as well as a popular fitness and physique model, Kirby Scott, 44, died November 2 in Atlanta, Georgia. The cause of death was a drug overdose, per a newspaper obituary.
Eva Lux [IAFD Listing]	Heroin Overdose	9/20/2005	aka Leticia Blake. She was taken off life-support after a heroin overdose landed her in the hospita.
Juliette Jett [IAFD Listing]	Heroin OD	11/5/2005	Received via e-mail. Unconfirmed.
Judy	OD	8/20/04	Post from Originalboys.com: Unfortunally, we got a confirmation on the death of Judy real name (Stano) few days ago. Robin asks in his post if we would now take him from the opening graphic of Slovakiaboy out of respect for his passing away. We did think about that, but if I look at how we got to know Judy (He himself insisted on having that name, no matter that it sounds a rather female!) I don't think we should. In all work he did for the camera, you can see how much he liked to do it. I am very sure that he was actually proud of the way he showed himself off. What better tribute can we give him than to leave him on the graphic for slovakiaboy? After all, someone is only really dead when nobody remembers him anymore.
Rebecca Steele [IAFD Listing]	OD'd on Carisoprodol; suffering from AIDS	1/18/2004
Mike Henson [IAFD Listing]	Overdose of heroin	9/21/2002	Was HIV+, death was not AIDS related; aka Kenneth Seymour
Leo Masters [IAFD Listing]	Heart Failure due to Drug Overdose	6/22/2001
Christian Murphy [IAFD Listing]	Overdose, Crystal Meth	1/23/2001	Retired gay porn star; he was 34.
Jamoo [IAFD Listing]	OD	8/31/00
Chance Ryder [IAFD Listing]	Accidental overdose of anti-psychotic prescription drugs	November, 1999
David Morris [IAFD Listing]	Drugs	05/21/1999
J.D. Ram [IAFD Listing]	drug overdose	9/30/98	heroin overdose
Trinity Loren [IAFD Listing]	drug overdose	10/28/98
Daniel Holt [IAFD Listing]	Heart attack after accidental drug OD	11/20/93	AIDS complications may have played a part
Chanel Price [IAFD Listing]	Drug overdose	12/20/1992
Arcadia Lake [IAFD Listing]	Accidental overdose	1990
Fred Halsted [IAFD Listing]	OD'd on sleeping pills	1988
Pierre Buisson [IAFD Listing]	OD	November 1987	Drug overdose
Linda Wong [IAFD Listing]	Overdose	12/7/87
Jill Munro [IAFD Listing]	Heroin OD	1982	Sex change star companion of Mr. "10 1/2" Marc Stevens. "I recently purchased an old back copy of Adult Cinema Review, December 1982. Inside was an entire two page memorial to Jill. Two articles were penned about the transsexual(pg's 4-5). One written by Ron Jeremy and the other by a guy named Boz Crawford. To make a long story short the article says that Jill Munro was found dead in her apartment, the apparent victim of a heroin overdose. The time of death was August, 1982."
Roberta Pedon [IAFD Listing]	Alcoholism	07/30/1982	Roberta Pedon died at the Alameda Hospital in Alameda County, California on July 30, 1982 at the age of 28. On Pedon's death certificate, the examining physician recorded her death as a result of "shock" due to lactic acidosis caused by "alcoholic liver disease". Pedon's remains were cremated at the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland.

Suicide
Caleb Carter [IAFD Listing]	Suicide	02/20/2009	Twink star active between 2004-2007. Also appeared on several MTV shows in 2006. He had been struggling with manic depression, alcoholism.
Anastasia Blue [IAFD Listing]	Suicide, overdose of tylenol	07/19/2008	According to a posting on Gram Ponante's message board, she took her own life -- "She died from a overdose of Tylenol and a broken hart." [sic]
Tiffani DiGivanni [IAFD Listing]	Suicide	Approx Oct 07	According to AdultFYI's interview with Michael Fattorosi, ""She turned her car on in the garage and fell asleep..."
Kent North [IAFD Listing]	Suicide	7/4/07	JC Adams: Horrible news this morning: Hot House exclusive Kent North committed suicide July 4th. Word is currently spreading via grapevine. Very few details are available at the moment, but we�re working on getting the full story. His website currently features only a photo of Kent and a short message: "In Memoriam: 27 December 1972 - 04 July 2007"
Jon Dough [IAFD Listing]	Suicide	8/27/2006	He was 43. Method unknown.
Camilla deCastro	Suicide	7/26/2005	Camilla is alleged to have committed suicide when she leapt from her 8th-story apartment, although the details surrounding her death are unresolved, and drugs were involved in the circumstances of her death.
Tim Barnett [IAFD Listing]	Suide by hanging	7/13/05	A former gay porn actor and real estate agent suspected in seven rapes in Colorado and Texas died Wednesday after hanging himself in his jail cell.
Rex Cabo / Lance Heywood [IAFD Listing]	Jumped off a building	4/29/05	He performed under the name Lance Heywood. In the early 90s he was a talent scout who discovered, among others, Savannah.
Karen Lancaume [IAFD Listing]	Overdose	1/28/2005	AKA Karen Bach, Karen Lacoume, Karen Lancom, Carene Lancome, Karen Lancoume, Angel Paris
Johnny Rahm [IAFD Listing]	Hanged himself	11/7/2004	Rogers hung himself with a wire on the fence line of the Atlanta Botanical Garden, according to the Atlanta Police Department.
Spalding Gray [IAFD Listing]	Suicide	01/10/2004	From Wikipedia: "In January 2004, Gray, known to suffer bouts of depression in part as a result of these injuries, was declared missing. The night before his disappearance he had seen Tim Burton's film Big Fish, which ends with the line "A man tells a story over and over so many times he becomes the story. In that way, he is immortal." Gray's widow, Kathie Russo, has said �You know, Spalding cried after he saw that movie. I just think it gave him permission. I think it gave him permission to die.� (New York Magazine Feb 2, 2004)"
Jay Anthony [IAFD Listing]	Suicide, reasons and method unknown	April, 2003
Naughtia Childs [IAFD Listing]	Suicide? Jumped/Fell off her balcony	01/07/2002	Seems like a suicide, tho there's a homicide investigation pending.
Mark [IAFD Listing]	a/k/a Mark DeBoy	9/1/2000	of TedandMark.com fame
Jon Vincent [IAFD Listing]	Drug overdose/suicide	5/3/2000	aka Jeffrey James Vickers
Brad Chase [IAFD Listing]	Hanged himself	4/19/2000	Brother of Kyle Matthews
Kyle McKenna [IAFD Listing]	Suicide, OD'd on pills of some sort	3/14/2000	His parents refused to claim his body (they had long ago rejected their homosexual son), so Kyle's ex-boyfriend and friends had him cremated. His ashes scattered over the mountain where he loved to snowboard.
Wendy O. Williams [IAFD Listing]	self-inflicted gunshot wound	4/7/98	lead singer of The Plasmatics, appeared in "Candy Goes To Hollywood"
Steve Fox [IAFD Listing]	Suicide	10/23/97	aka Rommel Eugene Hunt; Self-inflicted gunshot wound after years of mental illness
Andy Mantegna	Suicide, Hanging	August 1996
Christian Fox [IAFD Listing]	drug overdose	10/96
Alex Jordan [IAFD Listing]	self-inflicted asphyxiation by hanging	7/2/95
Joel Curry [IAFD Listing]	Suicide	10/2/95	"He took an overdose of his step-mother's "cramp" medicine, THEN, went to sleep in the back seat of the car, with the car on, and the garage door closed. Left a note taped to the garage door for his little brother and step-sister, saying "Don't come in the garage - go and call Dad". he was my best friend, and I know this info. to be factual.� And, it is true that this did happen only a year or two after his mother's suicide."
Cal Jammer [IAFD Listing]	self-inflicted gunshot wound	1/25/95
Savannah [IAFD Listing]	self-inflicted gunshot wound (N Smith's Page)	7/11/94
Rod Phillips [IAFD Listing]	Suicide by drug OD as he lay dying of AIDS	6/7/93
Celia Young [IAFD Listing]	Unknown method	1992	Did 4 or 5 movies
Alan Lambert [IAFD Listing]	Suicide by gunshot	12/92
Nancee Kellee [IAFD Listing]	self-inflicted asphyxiation by hanging	11/91	Wife of Twin Peaks star Jack Nance, daughter of Coach star Jerry Van Dyke
Megan Leigh [IAFD Listing]	self-inflicted gunshot wound	6/16/90
Kristine Heller [IAFD Listing]	Suicide	1989?	Paul Thomas' girlfriend in late 70s; starred in Babyface
Kyle Carrington [IAFD Listing]	Suicide	1989	From a fan: "I think you should add "Kyle Carrington" to your list of dead porn stars.He only made three gay films ;all classics;ALL AMERICAN BOY 1985,HOT MALE MECHANICS 1985,TOUGH COMPETITION 1984. ... Guess he could not live with himself, according to several websites, both gay and traditional; Kyle Carrington committed suicide in 1989 in Hawaii, a few months after moving there.He was either age 34 or age 37 at the time of death. "
Shauna Grant [IAFD Listing]	self-inflicted gunshot wound	3/23/84
Mary Millington	Suicide	8/19/79
Melba Bruce [IAFD Listing]	Unknown method	1977
Claudia Fielers	Not Sure How	Unknown
Susanna Britton [IAFD Listing]	Suicide	Unknown	AKA Barbara Peckinpaugh / was in Bad Girls 2�
Danie [IAFD Listing]	Suicide, method unknown	Unknown
Lynn Tars	Unknown method	Unknown	Did 4 or 5 movies

Unsure
Steve Pierce [IAFD Listing]	Unsure	03/12/2009	Popular performer active between 1995-2004. He specialized in BDSM, leather films. No reason given in his obit. He was 44 years old.
Danny Roddick [IAFD Listing]	Possible OD	9/13/07	While no official word has been made about the exact cause of death, industry insiders believe that it may have been caused by an overdose of prescription pills.
Haley Paige [IAFD Listing]	Unknown	8/21/2007	The cause of her death is still under investigation, awaiting the results of a toxicology report.
Richard Mahler [IAFD Listing]	undisclosed	03/06/2007	AVN: Filmmaker Roger Watkins, who wrote and directed such adult film classics as Her Name Was Lisa under the name Richard Mahler, passed away on March 6 at his home in upstate New York. He was 58.
Clarissa Doll [IAFD Listing]	Suicide?	03/09/2006	AVN: "Veteran director/producer Joe Gallant, who was close to Doll, said details of her death are unclear, but added that it appears she took her own life."
Yumika Hayashi	Unknown	6/29/05	From Jans-Web: [Japanese AV Star] Yumika Hayashi was found dead in her home on Jun 29 2005. She was 35 years old. Yumika Hayashi was one of the top stars in the 20 years of AV history.
Werner Hedmann [IAFD Listing]	Unknown	26 July 2005
Kenny Dee [IAFD Listing]	undisclosed	07/11/2005	DeCARLO, KENNETH R., 42, of St. Petersburg, died Monday (July 11, 2005) at St. Petersburg General Hospital. He was born in Maryland and came [to Florida] in 1998 from Kansas City, Mo. He was a musician and a homemaker.
Michael Lennox [IAFD Listing]		02/23/2005
Sophie Roche [IAFD Listing]	Unknown; perhaps suicide	January 2002	Videotek X via RAME (via Babelfish): ""Le world of X is in mourning. Sophie Roche went herself from there. It does not matter the circumstances of this drama. The beautiful blond, who was of a frankness and a rare kindness left on the point the feet, as it had arrived. All the team of Videotek X presents her more sincere condolences at its family. Rest in peace little angel... "
Amber Sexxxum [IAFD Listing]	Unknown	7/26/2002	No cause of death was released.
Tolly Crystal [IAFD Listing]	Fell to her death	2002	Snowman: The details are sketchy, but it is reported that she fell or jumped to her death from a high window or rooftop. As far as I know, Tolly was the only Asian girl of Mongolian ethnicity to appear in U.S. porn productions.
Peter Balakoff [IAFD Listing]	causes unknown	10/29/2000	According to IMDB, he died in Brooklyn.
Bruce Walker [IAFD Listing]	Unknown	1999
Ole Soltoft [IAFD Listing]		05/09/1999
William Hunter [IAFD Listing]	Unknown	1998	gay porn producer/director
Sergio Canali [IAFD Listing]	Unknown causes	8/15/94	aka Paul Di Rosa, Paul Francis Sypek
Mette von Kohl [IAFD Listing]		03/24/1975	Died in Denmark; cause unknown
Bill Eld [IAFD Listing]	Cocaine addicition	Unknown	aka Bill Young, William Eld
Kathy Harcourt [IAFD Listing]	Shot in the head	Mid 80s?	kathy harcourt was found floating in the east river back in the mid 80's, cause of death was a gun shot wound to the head...it was never determined if it was self inflicted or not. theories arose that it was, as her body had been determined to have been floating for nearly a day. no gun was found at the site where she turned up, but the telling gun was found up stream a ways in the water near the bank. however no prints were liftable as it had been in the water too long. it was also said that she was badly in debt to a dealer, but that could not be proven either, so to this day, the case is unsolved.
Morgan [IAFD Listing]	Murder or Accidental	Early 1980s	Alleged he died, murdered, thrown from a cliff in the early 1980s - according to another source he was stoned and took one step to many, after another source he died in a motorcycle accident. Allegged William Higgins refuses to answer questions after Morgan.
Shawn McIvan	Unconfirmed		aka Brian Hawks, Brian Hawkes, David Anders; Some sites say he died in a motorcycle or automobile accident; others are not convinced.

Last Updated: 04-Jul-09