On the other hand, we do not argue with how Shayla wants to do things on her site, and she already complains that we use too many words sometimes. [She complains sometimes. She says we use too many words all the time.] Still we wanted to get that part of the “tale” on the table. Other people might find it interesting as well. [Only we would dare to pun in the midst of a discussion involving a guy committing suicide. I should worry more about us maybe.]
As you may or may not know, web sites exists that chronicle the deaths of porn stars, so we pulled out a recent list from one of them. You will not find reading this “fun” by any means, but it may be thought-provoking:
If you choose …
Remember Fondly —
- Billy London: murdered, his head and feet found in a dumpster
- Marilyn Chambers: heart attack after taking prescription meds
- Bryan Kocis: murdered by two other gay porn actors
- Buck Adams: repeated heart attacks caused by drug and alcohol abuse led to his death at 52
- David Wasserman: suicide
- Missy: dead of a drug overdose at 41
- Anastasia Blue: dead, apparently from drug use
- Megan Lee: suicide by gunshot wound at 26
- Melba Bruce: dead in her thirties in mysterious circumstances
- Miyouki Asou: suicide at 22, believing porn had ruined her life
- Paige Summers: drug overdose at 27
- Star Stowe: murdered by a serial killer at 41
- Elisa Bridges: drug overdose at 28
- Dorothy Stratten: murdered
- Lea de Mae: died of brain cancer at 27
- Kathy Harcourt: found shot in the head, possibly self-inflicted
- Vanessa Freeman: murdered at 30 by her boyfriend
- Angela Devi: suicide by hanging at 30
- Naughtia Childs: found dead at bottom of a stairwell, either suicide, murder or accident while tripping on LSD
- Trinity Loren: overdosed at 34
- Rene Bond: dead at 44 from liver cirrhosis
- Rebecca Steele: died penniless in a motel room from a drug overdose at 42, while suffering from full-blown AIDS
- Taylor Summers: murdered by photographer in possible snuff movie shoot
- Terri Diver: dead at 29 from a drug overdose
- Sheridan: wiped out in car crash at 20
- Lolo Ferrari: died from ‘mechanical suffocation’ at 4o, husband spent time in prison for it.
- Lisa de Leeuw: dead from AIDS at 34
- Eva Lux: heroin overdose at 32
- Britney Madison: died in car crash at 21
- Chanel Price: overdosed at 35
- Zoe Zane: murdered aged 18
- Cal Jammer: shot himself aged 34
- Haley Paige: dead of an overdose, boyfriend committed suicide before he could be questioned as to whether he had murdered her
- Nancee Kellee: hanged herself
- Alex Jordan: found hanging in her own closet, suicide or auto-erotic asphyxiation suspected
- Savannah: shot herself aged 23
- Julie Robbins: died in a car crash possibly caused by her being impaired at the wheel aged 26
- Linda Wong: drug overdose at 36
- Kristi Lynn: died in a car crash, suspected to be drunk at the time of driving
- Shauna Grant: shot herself aged 20
- Chloe Jones: died penniless of liver failure caused by alcohol and Vicodin abuse aged 29
- Jon Dough: Suicide by deliberate overdose aged 43
As happens with some regularity around here, a quote from Gram Ponante may well sum up our thoughts better than we could ourselves. He’s a talented fellow, that Gram. [He’s also recently divorced. So there’s that.]
I have low expectations of the transaction going smoothly when I buy/sell things like tires, computers, books, etc., on craigslist. There is always an element of haggling, flaking, or something that keeps it from being perfect. Yet it all works out in the end, and I get the item or the price that I want. Low expectations. That is why I’m going to have the rest of my relationships on craigslist.
[If you ever have a few minutes, you might wander on over to GramPonante.com some time. He will often make you laugh, and almost always make you think. … Speaking of making you think, obviously we can’t play the video of this scene out here on the free side, but the majority vote allowed for a display of the opening graphic. Probably the Photoshop people were the swing votes.]
