10 Most Bizarre Deaths in the Porn Industry 2506474
Ah, pornography. No longer is it exclusively the pastime of sweaty men with comb-overs or hidden away in windowless back-alley sex shops. Nowadays, porn is an everyman, catering to almost any predilection or desire. It’s only a mouse-click away and it’s big business. At its best it is a world of physical idealism and escapist fantasy dedicated to the fulfillment of hedonistic pleasure. It’s even a progressive industry where female performers are often more highly paid than their male counterparts. But not everything is rosy in this world of sexual illusion. Exploitation, drug abuse and AIDS are as much a part of porn as silicone and stunt cocks. And for some porn stars, their career in the skin flick spotlight is cut painfully short. Murder, suicide, overdoses and other, more odd deaths are surprisingly common. Below is a selection; some bizarre, some gruesome.
Once described as a looking like a ‘photo finish in a Zeppelin race’, the inimitable Lolo Ferrari was something of a tragic character. The French ‘dancer’, ‘actress’ and ‘singer’ was proud of her title of “the woman with the largest breasts in the world.” But just as Atlas was destined to endure the weight of the heavens upon his shoulders, so Lolo bore the heavy burden of having massive tits. Their weight caused many medical problems, interfered with her breathing and forced her to take a variety of prescription drugs on a daily basis. She refused to travel by air in case the altitude caused them to explode, and while performing she ‘lived in constant fear that some madman would jump up on the stage and try to puncture them.’
