Nancee Kellee - self-inflicted asphyxiation by hanging - 11/91 Rod Phillips - Suicide by drug OD as he lay dying of AIDS - 6/7/93Īlan Lambert - Suicide by gunshot - 12/92 Savannah - self-inflicted gunshot wound - 7/11/94 Joel Curry - Suicide - 10/2/95 Method unknown, after death of his motherĬal Jammer - self-inflicted gunshot wound - 1/25/95 Williams - self-inflicted gunshot wound - 4/7/98 Lead singer of The Plasmatics, appeared in "Candy Goes To Hollywood"Īlex Jordan - self-inflicted asphyxiation by hanging - 7/2/95 His ashes scattered over the mountain where he loved to snowboard. Kyle McKenna - Suicide, OD'd on pills of some sort- 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. Naughtia Childs - Suicide? Jumped/Fell off her balcony. Jay Anthony - Suicide, reasons and method unknown - April, 2003 Rex Cabo / Lance Heywood - Jumped off a building - 4/29/05 The next catagory is probably the second most significant threat to the industry after AIDS. Steve Cadro - Bludgeoned and stabbed to death - 3/21/00Īrtie Mitchell - Shot by his brother Jim - 7 Nozomi Momoi - Stabbed to death - 2 - Japanse AV star involved in bizarre murder/suicide pact. Taylor Summers - Stabbed to Death - March 2004 Tina Russell - Acute alcoholism - 5/21/81ĭick Masters - Spinal cancer, not AIDS-related - Unknown Kurt Marshall - AIDS-related kidney disease - 10/10/88Ījita Wilson - Cerebral Hemorrhage - 1987
Joseph Tiffenbach - Heart attack - 1/27/92īuster - Congenital Heart Failure - 2/10/91 Mark Weiss - Undisclosed medical reasons - 1992 Stasha - Leukemia - 4/93 - Post-op T/S star from 1992. Matt Gunther - Heart Attack - 5/27/97 - Had AIDS Scorpio - stomach cancer and complications from AIDS - 12/24/98 John Derek - Cancer - 1998 - Directed "Love You" most recently married to Bo Derek Robert Kirsch - Non-AIDS-related cancer: lymphoma - Īnthony Spinelli - complications due to pneumonia - 5/30/00īruce Seven - Complications from stroke and emphysema - Įartha Quake - Complications from pregnancy. Woody Long - head injury - According to AVN, Woody had a stroke on 9/16/02, fell down a flight of stairs, and hit his head.īob Tremont - Pneumonia and liver problems - Īlex deRenzy - Stroke, Diabetic Attack. Jim Holliday - Complications due to Type II Diabetes - ĭante - Natural Causes, cereberal aneurysm - March 2002 Tony Alizzi - Heart Attack (also HIV and drugs played some part, if not directly). Wade Nichols - AIDS, not suicide as once thought - 01/28/85Ĭhuck Vincent - AIDS - mid-80s - Popular film director John Holmes - Cardiac arrest, encephalitis and AIDS - 3/13/88 Nick Elliot - AIDS - 9/2/90 - renowned cinematographer Scott Bond - AIDS complications - 10/29/93 Lisa de Leeuw - AIDS complications - 11/11/93 Morelle DeKeigh - AIDS - 1994 - pre-op transsexual Joe Simmons - AIDS complications - 10/2/95 Steve Kennedy AIDS - 1995-97 aka Luke Bender Exact date of death unknown
Sparky O'Toole - AIDS - 8/1999 Shared the wrong needle. Karen Dior - AIDS complications (cirrhosis of the liver) - īrett Ford - AIDS/HIV-related complications - Ĭhuck Holmes - AIDS/HIV-related complications. Was sad to see Lisa de Leeuw on the list, probably as a result of working with John Holmes who was known to have done some gay films. 90% of those deaths are males in the gay porn industry. is clearly the biggest killer and research seems to indicate approx. Marc Radcliffe - Accidental drowning in his bathtub - Possibly on drugs at time.Ĭhance Ryder - Accidental overdose of anti-psychotic prescription drugs - November, 1999 Sandy Dempsey - Boating Accident - Unknown Leo Ford - Motorcycle accident, hit by truck - 7/15/91īob Blount - motorcycle accident - late 70s? Leilani - accident related to psychological turmoil - 2/4/93 Tom Farrell - Hit and run as he urinated by a road at night - 9/2/93 Teri Diver - OD - 1/2/01 (Prescription medicine) The following is fairly comprehensive regarding the approx. In case anyone ever wondered about the mortality rates of the adult industry.