Veteran adult film star dies ‘by a self-inflicted gunshot wound’ as co-stars pay tribute
PORN star Joey Ray has died at the age of 51 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to reports.
The veteran adult movie star, who starred in more than 700 movies, was found dead on Saturday evening.
His co-star Seth Gamble told AVN that award winning Ray, who began his porn career in 2000, had a "heart of gold."
He said: "I met Joey when I was 18 years old, him and Dale [DaBone] were the first people to shoot me.
"It was kind of like, let's take this kid under our wing and show him what we know, good and bad.
"I was green when I met them, and they definitely showed me how to toughen up my skin for the industry that we're in.
"He was one of the funniest guys I ever knew. He was a creative guy, he loved being in the business, he had a heart of gold."
But he added that he had not seen Ray "in a few years, because he was going down a bad path."
Porn actor and director Dale DaBone said: "I don't even know what to think right now.
"It was easy when I kind of cut everything off, I was thinking of all the bad things that happened, but now the only thing I can think of is 25 years of all the fun, crazy, dumb s*** that we used to do.
"We always had each other's back. All those times, that's all I can think about right now."