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Porn star Erik Rhodes died at the young age of 30 today. Rhodes suffered a heart attack in his sleep and was found dead at 5.30 a.m. in New York on the morning of June 14. Adam Q. Robinson of Falcon Studio, the production company he was signed to, released a Twitter statement this morning: "It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of Erik Rhodes this morning. Erik died of a heart attack in his sleep.


Gee.... he was only 30 ??? !!

http://erikrhodes.tumblr.com/ but then again.......

Vale James (Erik Rhodes). He was a troubled soul and pushed his body in the pursuit of narcissism too far.

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Yes, he and Wacko Jacko together in the pursuit of narcissism in the pursuit of self-destruction.

what's with the hair on his arms?

and interesting interview - makes you wonder 'why' some guys get into this mindset in the first place

http://thesword.com/exclusive-the-er...interview.html

oh... and please be aware that this link is for 'adults' only !!!

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what's with the hair on his arms?

Not hair, that's supposed to be oil from working on the cars in the garage-themed photoshoot. #pornfan

Wow, shireboy thanks for the link what a crazy insightful interview, how sad.

As sad as this news is it doesn't come as a total shock. After reading several of his Blog entries over the past couple of years he was a very troubled young man fighting his demons. I believe he has a Twin Brother. R.I.P. Erik

NSFW_____pic_____of_____Erik_____Rhodes

it's a huge one! yum
sadly he's dead...

There have been some interesting responses to Jame Elliot's (Erik Rhodes) death.

Op-ed: Erik Rhodes and the Big Picture
The death of a porn star shouldn’t be cast aside. The loss has a lesson for our community that it for too long has ignored, says writer Brett Edward Stout.

Erik Rhodes - a wake up call for steriod users, by Davey Wavey


And as expected some vicicious attacks as well.

Vicious Online Attacks Follow Death Of Gay Porn Star Erik Rhodes- International Business Times

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… he was a very troubled young man …

I can't think of him as a 'young man'. That unnatural body looked like a freight train…but I suppose…if I had touched it it would have felt like sponge rubber.

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… very troubled young man fighting his demons…

I wonder what his demons were? Did he want love and cash?

thats what happens when u use drugs and steroids

i fkn hate steroids and what they do to ppl

short cuts dont work - hard work does ... and its natural and delivers a better sense of self esteem imho steroids are cheating

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I can't think of him as a 'young man'. That unnatural body looked like a freight train…but I suppose…if I had touched it it would have felt like sponge rubber.



I wonder what his demons were? Did he want love and cash?

Read the opinion piece 'Op-ed: Erik Rhodes and the Big Picture' and his tumblr blog. You'll learn more about him Mark.

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thats what happens when u use drugs and steroids

i fkn hate steroids and what they do to ppl

short cuts dont work - hard work does ... and its natural and delivers a better sense of self esteem imho steroids are cheating

I have to totally agree with Sneakos. Hard work is the only way and the results are far better than being a 'cheat' and using 'roids' or other performance enhancing drugs.

When will people learn regardless of gender or sexuality that there is nothing wrong with the body you have and to keep it fit with regular exercise and in top form naturally with good nutrition, sleep, rest and avoidance of drugs (including alcohol and caffine) is the best investment you can give yourself.

I hope the death of James Elliot reaches out to a lot of gay men and is a wake up call.

This was James Elliots last blog entry.

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am about to start a roid cycle. any suggestion for a gear? i want to be as huge as you.

My cycle right now…

3000 mg of Test Enanthate a week, 2500 mg of Nandrolone Decaonate and 300 mg of Trenbolone Acetate. With 5iu of Human Growth Hormone everyday.

I’m waiting until i pop. Or my liver to fails… which every comes first.

Cannot imagine the lifestyle of guys who works in gay porn industry. a question - are they really as happy as what they look like on screen?

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Read the opinion piece 'Op-ed: Erik Rhodes and the Big Picture' and his tumblr blog. You'll learn more about him Mark.

I just don't get why "his demons" are any more special than someone else's "demons". It just seems like a cop-out for not accepting responsibility for plain, old, self-destructive behaviour if you can just shift the blame onto a "demon" or some "abusive incident" in the past.

rest in peace mr. erik

we live in a culture obsessed by physical appearance and youth. depending on your point of view porn stars are at the zenith or the nadir of that culture. which also means they have much further to fall.

So sad that a drug addled porn star should fall off the perch at such a young age.

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we live in a culture obsessed by physical appearance and youth. depending on your point of view porn stars are at the zenith or the nadir of that culture. which also means they have much further to fall.

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There is a huge difference between expressing our physical sexual preferences - which might legitimately reflect racial preferences just as it might reflect age and physique preferences - without being considered a racist. Personally I'm attracted to attractive men of most races. But I'm not attracted to elderly guys, overweight guys or women. Equally I don't consider that makes me ageist, fatist or a misogynist in any general sense because I strongly believe that these groups have a right to be represented & respected in all other activities that they wish to engage in. Just not in my bed.

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And it seems you admit to being a big player in this narcisstic game. You can shout as much as you want about being inclusive and respecting rights of those who aren't physically attractive to you, yet comments like the above just show you focus on the surface of what a person is, rather than who the person is as an individual.

Thank fuck- he was smacked ass ugly.

No great loss.
It's only terrible when good looking porn stars die, and only entertaining if they kill someone and eat them... and then head to France.

this should be a wake up call for body building dopers everywhere - but it won't - sadly, they are not the sharpest tools in the shed.

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we live in a culture obsessed by physical appearance and youth. depending on your point of view porn stars are at the zenith or the nadir of that culture. which also means they have much further to fall.

isn't it the porn industry and and its now easy access (its every where now on everyones computers) is what is perpetuating this

beefcakes...ewwww! lithe and lean anyday mind you I don't get any so I'm certainly not having the last laugh.

[quote=DavoJimbo;567823]this should be a wake up call for body building dopers everywhere - but it won't - sadly, they are not the sharpest tools in the shed.[/QUOTE

Well as long as gay/bi men keep buying porn with these "pumped up Muscle Marys" then in all reality it wont be a wake-up call. Supply & demand is the name in the porn business . . . and it IS a business!

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this should be a wake up call for body building dopers everywhere - but it won't - sadly, they are not the sharpest tools in the shed.[/QUOTE

Well as long as gay/bi men keep buying porn with these "pumped up Muscle Marys" then in all reality it wont be a wake-up call. Supply & demand is the name in the porn business . . . and it IS a business!

I got fuck loads of porn!

You know Vander from Chaosmen? What a HOTTIE - tall, lanky but muscled, furry bum, not tanned - super HOT!!!

It's that California Falcon Studio type that is plastic and not sexy.