One would have to overlook a huge pile of reprehensible baggage to still be a fan of Sebastian Young, who met his end in a shootout with police after a high-speed chase (3/11/20). He worked primarily for Catalina and Robert Prion Studios in the early 1990s before becoming an activist and community leader. Scotty Knox was only 20 years old when he died in a car accident on 1/13/20, but he had already appeared in over 20 scenes for Colby Knox.Įarlier this year I wrote about the passing of Terry DeCarlo after a battle with cancer on 1/27/20. He had worked for Cazzo, Jalif, UKNM, and other studios. I post them here to prove Koldo Goran wrong – they are not forgotten:Īlthough Goran mentions that Macanao Torres died of cancer in the above tweet, the 35-year-old Spaniard actually passed away in an apparent suicide on 12/30/19. Here is a list of 10 gay porn stars of note that were lost in 2020. It was nearly a year before anyone in the business became aware of it.
Yet he passed away unnoticed in September of 2019. An obit is a real boner killer, ya know? Why jeopardize the profit margin? Additionally, performers who abandon their porn personas and return to live with their real name often pass away unnoticed by former employers and co-workers.Ĭase in point: Roman Heart was about as big a star as you will find in gay porn: 2006 Freshmen of the Year, GayVN Best Newcomer winner, Falcon cover boy with an exclusive contract and a career lasting over a decade. Porn companies also seem reluctant to broadcast the passing of a performer who is still on their roster, forever young and present in their website content. Most gay news outlets choose to ignore the passing of all but the biggest names in the adult film industry. “I realize nobody talks about it, we are unprotected and forgotten ” Goran tweeted “We are humans, people, enough of contempt.” In one of those instances, Goran’s tweet remains the only public notice that the performer, Dani Rivera, had been murdered. In August of 2020, porn star Koldo Goran tweeted about three fellow performers who had recently died.