We can’t deny that porn has its fair share of models who come into the industry with personal problems – and end up paying a very high price.
Take Mike Henson, the star of numerous classic films of the pre-condom era including Big Guns, Two Handfuls, In Hot Pursuit and Powertool 2. He struggled with drug addiction throughout his adult life despite occasionally quitting the industry to pursue computer studies and to get treatment.
He later discovered he was HIV+ and was found dead from a heroin overdose in 2002 – although whether this was accidental or deliberate was never really established.
A lot of his work was for Catalina and their movies are available through the Channel 1 site.