LOS ANGELES — John Leslie, one of the top adult film directors of all time, passed away at his home in Northern California on Sunday at the age of 65. Leslie died of an apparent cardiac arrest.

"It is very, very sad news," said Evil Angel general manager Christian Mann. "We’ve been reaching out to our staff and John’s fellow directors [at Evil Angel] and vendors that he had close relationships with like Christoph [Clark] and Rocco [Siffredi] in Europe. Ken from Art Attack, everyone in the Evil Angel family. Everybody is very, very stunned and experiencing grief. "Beyond that we don’t know much more about the arrangements. I spoke with John’s wife Kathleen this morning who is obviously devastated but holding tough and being strong. Joey Silvera is on his way to go be with her and help her get through the next immediate period of time. John was only 65 years old and as far as we know had no history of cardiac arrest."

Mann continued, "John was at his home at his computer and when his wife came home and found him he was already gone. This is a tremendous loss for our company and for our industry and yet John was so much more than just a member of this industry. He was a guy who loved art, music, an accomplished cook, an interesting man who led a very full life."

Fellow Evil Angel director Silvera, Leslie's best friend, had just spoken with him on the phone on Saturday. "We talked about college football," said Silvera, who has known Leslie for 34 years. "He just shot down here [in L.A.]. Two weeks to the day he went home. He stays at my place when he shoots so… This is a heavyweight. It's very shocking. I thought he’d be around a few more years. It's pretty sudden."

A native of the Pittsburgh area, Leslie was a big fan of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers football team and the Pittsburgh Steelers. "And he loved the San Francisco Giants," Joey Silvera said. "He had huge passion for them."

Evil Angel founder John Stagliano said there was no one like Leslie. "John was one of kind," Stagliano said. "Anyone who ever heard him play harmonica and sing the blues could see what a great talent he was. He was a gritty, dirty talking, sexually sophisticated artist. He formed a blues band in the mid-90's, 20 years after his last gig. He did it because he loved music, just like he loved the art of porn. He had an eye for emotion. Watching his movies was like watching him fuck in a scene from his youth." Stagliano continued, "We talked for hours back in the late 80's, while we were both trying to figure out how to create this art that we loved. Anyone who ever questioned whether or not porn is art, never had a conversation with John, or saw his movies. He is part of the fabric of the art of porn. He lives on."

Leslie started out as a performer in the mid 1970s, appearing in more than 500 movies. He went on to direct more than 140 titles, including innovative series such as "The Voyeur," his longest running and perhaps most popular line with 37 volumes, and "Fresh Meat" which reached its 28th volume this year.

Numerous industry personalities paid tribute to Leslie on their Twitter feeds Monday. Performer Jenna Haze tweeted, "A real industry legend and inspiration has left us."

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Ami Jordan passed away in her sleep of unknown causes on Friday, June 11, at the age of 19.

It is with sad news that I pass his along. Ami was actually a very sweet girl and was very easy to work with. She enjoying her photo sessions and was always smiles while working.

Ami entered the adult industry in 2008 and appeared in only about 20 titles. She was involved with her own web site and shot several exclusive photos and videos for a variety of sites including Busty Cafe.

She was laid to rest by surviving friends and family in a memorial service Tuesday evening in her Tennessee hometown.

According to news reports, actress Erica Boyer was killed on New Year’s Eve in a traffic accident near her home in Panama City Beach, Florida, where she had been living since her retirement from the adult industry in 1994. She was 53 years old, and is reportedly survived by one son.

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Jamie Gillis passed away at the age of 66, from cancer, on Friday February 19 in New York City. Jamie Gillis was a gifted adult actor, director and porn entrepreneur.

Jamie broke onto the porn scene in the early 1970's and went on to star in over 600 films with many of the top stars of adult. Jamie pushed the envelope in many ways including his willingness to get into more fetish style videos.

He will be remembered. RIP Jamie Gillis.

Judith Carr, an adult film star known as "the original cougar" and regarded for her sensual and sincere approach to sexuality, died in her Berkeley home Jan. 10. She was 71.

Carr, better known by her stage name Juliet Anderson or Aunt Peg, starred in more than 70 films throughout her career. She pioneered a niche in pornography with the character "Aunt Peg," described in her autobiography as "a unique persona exemplifying the lusty, intelligent, self-assured older woman who genuinely loves sex."

Graham Hill, a freelance writer who has covered Hollywood for 30 years and was a friend of Carr's, described her as "totally unique in her time." "The passing of her was a big loss," he said. "There's nobody even resembling her that you can point to. She's a legend, I can say with no reservation."

Carr was born in Los Angeles, California on July 23, 1938. She attended Burbank High School where she excelled academically, according to her autobiography. She went on to become an art major at California State University, Long Beach in 1957, where she lost her virginity.

Carr was known for her fierce independence, and traveled extensively throughout her life. She worked as an English teacher in Mexico City in 1965 and Athens in 1967, before moving to Finland in 1971, where she worked as a radio producer and photojournalist.

Intending to work in documentary film, Carr settled in the Bay Area in 1978. But at the age of 39, she was discovered by hard-core film producer Alex d'Renzy, and after delivering her first adult performance in "Pretty Peaches," she went on to become "one of the most famous actresses in the golden era of X-rated films," according to her autobiography.

Though she was a highly prolific actress, Carr earned a meager wage. She made between $60 and $200 for her performances, according to Hill, which he said was typical for most porn actresses in that era. In fact, Carr had to make most of her living by acting in a traveling one-woman comedy show, assuming the role of five different characters.

"The biggest screwing she ever got wasn't on film, it was in the pocketbook," Hill said. "But she was unique in that she could be a comedienne."

Hill described Carr as a pioneer for women's sexuality. "The people who knew her, and she knew so many people, they will miss her terribly," he said.

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