Did you know that the average life expectancy of a pornstar is around 31 years? In fact, the number was closer to 38 just a decade earlier. So, what happened?
Top 26: A List of Famous Dead Pornstars (2016 – 2020)
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We've been talking about her son, Michael Cohen, and if you ever want to feel like an intrusive, horrible person, try asking a grieving mother about her deceased child's career in gay porn. For most of the interview, we've been talking about what Cohen was like as a kid. Shari tells me he was a sweet and inventive toddler. In their San Diego neighborhood, he'd hung a little sign that read "go" next to a stop sign so that cars would understand it was also, you know, OK to go. One time, Shari came home from her own birthday party and found Cohen had wrapped all the lamps, books, chairs and tables in the living room with kite string and was sitting in the center of the room, like the king of an elaborate spiderweb. But while Shari considered Cohen's ingenuity "a gift," his hyper energy rankled some. Diagnosed with ADHD when he was six years old, Cohen had trouble making friends and felt isolated and misunderstood in grade school.
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By Dailymail. Kyle Dean, whose real name was Brandon Chrisan, was found on September The cause of death is also still unknown for the Austin, Texas -born performer. Throughout his career, Chrisan starred in more than a dozen porn scenes for Corbin Fisher and GayHoopla. The adult star racked up quite the rap sheet in the past three years and was arrested in February on contempt of court and violation of probation charges. This was after he was arrested on drug and burglary charges multiple times and released to his mother. After deleting all social media accounts, copycats were known to start fake ones. A person who claimed to be his 'friend' posting two days after his death a GoFundMe account for funeral expenses - which has now been removed. According to the South Florida Gay News : 'Some online commentators have described Dean as a ''gay-for-pay'' performer, noting his frequent pleas for financial assistance for everything from Uber rides to Amazon wishlist gifts. Chrisan is not the first gay porn star to die at such a young age this year.
The year of saw many challenges and changes on the landscape of the LGBTQ and allied environment. And among those changes were the deaths of several individuals who came from a cross section of society who contributed in significant ways to the world in which we live. From movie stars to activists, these eight LGBTQ and allied newsmakers were among numerous others whose lives ended with notice. Anthony Bourdain was a master chef, writer, storyteller and CNN correspondent. When a Colorado bakery refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, Bourdain signed a brief arguing that cakes were not protected by the first amendment — and that bakers did not have a constitutional right to discriminate against same-sex customers. For that reason, food products are not protected by the First Amendment.
