RIP: Legendary Gay Porn Icon Blue Blake Dead At 52
Friends and fans have been leaving condolence messages on his Facebook today and yesterday, and now Str8UpGayPorn can confirm that legendary actor, director, producer, author, and GayVN hall of fame inductee Blue Blake has died in London. A cause of death has not yet been reported.
British-born Blake performed in dozens of gay porn scenes and features from approximately 1993-2003 before stepping behind the camera to direct, produce, and run his own studio (Big Blue Productions). In 2008, Blake published a well-received autobiography, Out Of The Blue: Confessions Of An Unlikely Porn Star. With a career spanning nearly 20 years in the gay adult industry, Blake earned his status as a beloved icon among fans, peers, and co-stars.
Blue Blake’s bio from AVN:
Blue Blake is a former gay porn star and owner of Big Blue Productions. He is known for acting roles that suit his image as a real-life former Royal Marine.
Blue Blake and his brother Gage began their careers in the adult film industry as Colt models. Together, they made their debut performances in The Blake Twins: Raw And Uncut. Afterwards, The Tom of Finland Company approached Blue Blake, from which he starred in The Wild Ones. It became a worldwide hit, giving him porn star fame.
He met director Gino Colbert, who gave him the opportunities to write and perform as a gay porn star in a trilogy of his own creation: 1. Black and Blue 2. Red, White, and Blue 3. Men In Blue. With the acclaim he received for these pornographic movies, he appeared in the documentary about the adult film industry called Shooting Porn, which featured directors Gino Colbert and Chi Chi LaRue.
Blue Blake won Best Actor at the Grabby Awards for his 1998 leading role in Men In Blue. He retired as a gay porn star and formed Big Blue Productions, Inc., from which he concentrated on writing, producing, and directing adult films with a bodybuilder motif. Blue Blake’s first pornographic movie Demolition Daddy received 5 nominations at the GayVN Awards. With a repertoire of several more adult films, he went on to produce Cowboy, from which he garnered 10 GayVN Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Screenplay.
In 2005, GayVN honored Blue Blake as an inductee into The GayVN Legend Porn Hall of Fame for his work in the adult film industry.
This post will be updated as more details become available. Blue Blake was 52 years old.
