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It was a pleasure working side-by-side with him at International Mr. He immediately became a member of our inner family. Hot House founder, Steven Scarborough, broke the tragic news on social media saying, “I feel inadequate in my ability to translate my profound sadness into words… I met (Alex) through our work at Hot House. While he had since retired from porn, the 45-year-old was still beloved within the industry. He was one of the top stars at Hot House Video, now a part of Falcon Studios Group, back in the early 2000s. He starred in at least 23 DVDs throughout his career in gay porn.Ĭollack’s death was covered by the XBiz, an online adult industry news source. According to the Gods Among Men Blog, he was originally from Russia. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, those wishing to pay their respects should make a donation to the Pinnacle Acadamy, PTO where young Smith attends.Īlex Collack was just shy of 46 years old. Dean was particularly close with his younger brother, Kenneth Walker Smith, who has autism. He is survived by his parents, step-parents, and several siblings. His funeral was held on October 13th near his home in Florida. However many have speculated that it is likely drug-related, given his long battle with addiction.
The cause of death is still officially unknown. Since his death, at least one fake account has established the Go-Fund-Me campaign, claiming to cover funeral expenses. He had, however, since deleted all of his social media accounts.ĭeleting these accounts did not stop scammers from setting up copycat accounts, which also requested money for various things.
He also had a public amazon wishlist, where friends and followers could purchase items that he requested on his behalf and have them shipped directly to him. The young star would frequently turn to social media for help covering even everyday expenses like Uber rides. Unsurprisingly, financial issues followed his legal problems. He was subsequently ordered to attend a drug intervention program, stemming from his past arrests for illegal possession of Xanax and marijuana. Most recently, he was arrested in 2017 for contempt of court and violating the terms of his probation. He was jailed for stealing cars when he was just 17 years old and had multiple arrests for drug and burglary charges. Some news outlets have referred to him as a “gay-for-pay performer,” indicating that he did not identify as gay in his private life, but we have been unable to confirm that information.ĭespite his legendary physique, youth, and talent, Kyle Dean’s life was far from rosy. Given the stigma in straight porn against anyone who works on the gay side of the industry, it takes a rare talent to make it in this niche. His passion for physical fitness served him well in porn.ĭean was what is known as a “cross-over star,” meaning he appeared in pornographic scenes with both male and female costars. He was a bodybuilder and model, in addition to being an adult film star. Born Brandon Christian in Austin Texas, he was just 21 years old. Kyle Dean was pronounced dead on September 28th. Now, the gay side of the industry is mourning the recent deaths of not one, but two stars - Alex Collack and Kyle Dean. In September, we posted about the death of legendary pornstar Jessica Jaymes on our straight blog. Just two days before, gay porn star Armond Rizzo called out a studio for paying its sexually submissive performers less than their dominant scene partners, essentially creating a wage gap between tops and bottoms.It has been a sad time for the adult entertainment industry. It was the second time in the same week that the gay porn industry was criticized by its actors for unfair practices.
"Now that I am more experienced, I feel like a model should make no less than 1k." "When I started out I was making $500 per scene," said Nic Sahara. "Back when I worked for Boycrush we were only paid 400-500 per scene," one guy replied while another said that as recently as last year, he only received $300 for his first scene. "If you're a performer making less than 1k this isn’t me coming after you in any way," he said, "I just want everyone to realize what your worth instead of letting your studio decide for you."Ī number of models responded to the tweet, sharing just how much (or little) they were paid when they started out in the industry, citing specific studios who underpaid their performers. He clarified that he wasn't criticizing the models taking less money, but rather pointing out how studios might be exploiting their naivety. As performers can we go ahead and say that no one who is preforming for a studio should be getting paid any less than 1k a scene I hear about some of these new models scene rates and how multiple well known studios are knowingly taken advantage of young performers #1Kornothing- Joey Mills January 27, 2020