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James Elliott Naughtin AKA Erik Rhodes 1982-2012
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Falcon star reportedly died of heart attack in his sleep
Jun 14th, 2012 09:41 AM
SAN FRANCISCO—Falcon Studios contract star Erik Rhodes, 30, died at
5:30 a.m. Thursday morning in New York from a heart attack during his
sleep.
Falcon officials, including Adam Q. Robinson, Falcon’s vice president
of production, issued statements through various social media outlets
this morning about Rhodes’ passing.
“It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of Erik Rhodes
this morning. Erik died of a heart attack in his sleep,” Robinson
tweeted. “Erik has been an amazing friend & part of the Falcon family
for 8 years, a man of steel on the outside but all teddy bear on the
inside.”
Chris Ward, Falcon/Raging Stallion Studios president, offered the
following statement: "We are deeply saddened by Erik's passing. He was
a part of our family and we are devastated. Our thoughts are with his
loved ones."
A tweet on Rhodes’ Twitter account reads, “Erik Rhodes has left us
this morning at 5:30am his family and boyfriend Riccardo are in deep
pain, please respect this sad moment.”
“It is with utmost sadness that we make the announcement of Erik
Rhodes’ passing," the company said in a press release. "We offer our
condolences to Erik’s family, friends and loved ones. He was a genuine
and caring man with extraordinary attractiveness and a massive muscled
frame. Erik was an equally beautiful human being who lit up a room,
and brought fun and joy to our studio and his fans that was
unparalleled. He was a giving person with a special wit, and he put
his all into every performance. He wanted to give his fans the best he
could every single time he stepped in front of the camera. Rest in
peace, Erik and know that we are celebrating your life and your
achievements, but we will miss you and all the special moments you
have given us forever.”
Rhodes, born Feb. 8, 1982, was an openly gay man, who topped and
bottomed both professionally and in his personal life. He performed in
44 scenes for Falcon Studios, most recently in Body Shop, co-starring
Landon Conrad, Marc Dylan and Trenton Ducati.
Rhodes began his career with Falcon by signing as an exclusive in
September 2004 at the age of 22, shooting only one scene prior to
joining the Falcon team. He remained an exclusive ever since. Rhodes
also directed eight Mustang Studios titles during his career. He
recently began shooting with Raging Stallion Studios after it merged
with Falcon in early 2011. His videography includes more than 40
scenes filmed over the past eight years.
He was also a troubled man, by many accounts, struggling with drugs
and depression.
“My name is James ... I have worked in the adult entertainment
industry for the last 7 years of my life under the name Erik Rhodes.
I'm not sure how I ended up here, and I don't know how I have survived
this long ... all I do know is that it can a very lonely place and
sometimes I need a blog to get shit off my chest. So take it or leave
it ... here it is,” reads the profile on his Tumblr blog “Erik Rhodes:
A Romance With Misery.”
Many of his blog posts and several of the comments left on his blog
refer to his drug use, and recent binges.
“Well to be honest i’m on steroid overload right now… (not thats its
much different from normal, but i’m just more focused looking to
attain a certain goal),” he wrote two months ago. “For the first
couple months, really up until last week, after my break-up, (which
i’m sick talking about) but my strange lifestyle right now seems to be
a direct result of it, well, anyways i was abusing Meth… and i mean
hard… and since i’m not small boy and i wanna feel my high… i was
shooting up syringes full of the shit… .8 - .9… ask any meth head and
they get retarded off .3… but i got myself to the point where if my
high didn’t feel like a partial seizure i wasn’t happy with it.”
Rhodes later updated the post to say he had written it in response to
a man who wrote and asked him about trying meth for the first time.
“I was hoping it would be something to change his mind, something to
let my failure be his guide and hopefully have him not venture down
that road,” he wrote. “But of course the whole story gets cut apart
and i’m made to look like an asshole. I mean i go out of my way to
make myself look bad enough only to have headlines written only about
the juicy part of the story. Retarded.
“Oh well, whatever sells tickets to the circus.”
His last post was four days ago, in response to a fan who said he was
about to start a steroid cycle and wanted suggestions because he
wanted 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,”Rhodesreplied. “I’m waiting until I
pop. Or my liver fails … which ever comes first.”
No other details on Rhodes’ death were immediately available.
http://news.avn.com/articles/Gay-Performer-Erik-Rhodes-Dies-478578.html
Jun 14th, 2012 09:41 AM
SAN FRANCISCO—Falcon Studios contract star Erik Rhodes, 30, died at
5:30 a.m. Thursday morning in New York from a heart attack during his
sleep.
Falcon officials, including Adam Q. Robinson, Falcon’s vice president
of production, issued statements through various social media outlets
this morning about Rhodes’ passing.
“It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of Erik Rhodes
this morning. Erik died of a heart attack in his sleep,” Robinson
tweeted. “Erik has been an amazing friend & part of the Falcon family
for 8 years, a man of steel on the outside but all teddy bear on the
inside.”
Chris Ward, Falcon/Raging Stallion Studios president, offered the
following statement: "We are deeply saddened by Erik's passing. He was
a part of our family and we are devastated. Our thoughts are with his
loved ones."
A tweet on Rhodes’ Twitter account reads, “Erik Rhodes has left us
this morning at 5:30am his family and boyfriend Riccardo are in deep
pain, please respect this sad moment.”
“It is with utmost sadness that we make the announcement of Erik
Rhodes’ passing," the company said in a press release. "We offer our
condolences to Erik’s family, friends and loved ones. He was a genuine
and caring man with extraordinary attractiveness and a massive muscled
frame. Erik was an equally beautiful human being who lit up a room,
and brought fun and joy to our studio and his fans that was
unparalleled. He was a giving person with a special wit, and he put
his all into every performance. He wanted to give his fans the best he
could every single time he stepped in front of the camera. Rest in
peace, Erik and know that we are celebrating your life and your
achievements, but we will miss you and all the special moments you
have given us forever.”
Rhodes, born Feb. 8, 1982, was an openly gay man, who topped and
bottomed both professionally and in his personal life. He performed in
44 scenes for Falcon Studios, most recently in Body Shop, co-starring
Landon Conrad, Marc Dylan and Trenton Ducati.
Rhodes began his career with Falcon by signing as an exclusive in
September 2004 at the age of 22, shooting only one scene prior to
joining the Falcon team. He remained an exclusive ever since. Rhodes
also directed eight Mustang Studios titles during his career. He
recently began shooting with Raging Stallion Studios after it merged
with Falcon in early 2011. His videography includes more than 40
scenes filmed over the past eight years.
He was also a troubled man, by many accounts, struggling with drugs
and depression.
“My name is James ... I have worked in the adult entertainment
industry for the last 7 years of my life under the name Erik Rhodes.
I'm not sure how I ended up here, and I don't know how I have survived
this long ... all I do know is that it can a very lonely place and
sometimes I need a blog to get shit off my chest. So take it or leave
it ... here it is,” reads the profile on his Tumblr blog “Erik Rhodes:
A Romance With Misery.”
Many of his blog posts and several of the comments left on his blog
refer to his drug use, and recent binges.
“Well to be honest i’m on steroid overload right now… (not thats its
much different from normal, but i’m just more focused looking to
attain a certain goal),” he wrote two months ago. “For the first
couple months, really up until last week, after my break-up, (which
i’m sick talking about) but my strange lifestyle right now seems to be
a direct result of it, well, anyways i was abusing Meth… and i mean
hard… and since i’m not small boy and i wanna feel my high… i was
shooting up syringes full of the shit… .8 - .9… ask any meth head and
they get retarded off .3… but i got myself to the point where if my
high didn’t feel like a partial seizure i wasn’t happy with it.”
Rhodes later updated the post to say he had written it in response to
a man who wrote and asked him about trying meth for the first time.
“I was hoping it would be something to change his mind, something to
let my failure be his guide and hopefully have him not venture down
that road,” he wrote. “But of course the whole story gets cut apart
and i’m made to look like an asshole. I mean i go out of my way to
make myself look bad enough only to have headlines written only about
the juicy part of the story. Retarded.
“Oh well, whatever sells tickets to the circus.”
His last post was four days ago, in response to a fan who said he was
about to start a steroid cycle and wanted suggestions because he
wanted 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,”Rhodesreplied. “I’m waiting until I
pop. Or my liver fails … which ever comes first.”
No other details on Rhodes’ death were immediately available.
http://news.avn.com/articles/Gay-Performer-Erik-Rhodes-Dies-478578.html
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