Among others are Arpad Miklos, Roman Ragazzi and Wilfried Knight.Ī private funeral was held for Rhodes. He was cremated based on the request of his family.Īn obituary from The New York Times reveals that Rhodes was HIV positive. A writer, Jacob Bernstein revealed that Rhodes was diagnosed with HIV when he shot for Randy Blue website. Unfortunately, Rhodes ’death was one of many deaths in the gay pornography industry in 20. In one of his last blog posts, Rhodes wrote, “waiting until I pop. Although it was not officially released, Rhodes stated is his blogpost some days before his death that he took several steroids. On June 14, 2012, Rhodes died of a cardiac arrest at the age of 30 while he slept. He also had a blog where he often wrote about using party drugs and anabolic steroids.
Rhodes took drugs and struggled with depression.
He also expressed skepticism about the gay adult entertainment industry in the last years of his life. Rhodes continued to work as a escort while he made gay porn movies with Falcon at the same time. He also appeared in an advertising campaign at Loehmann’s store and in L.A Zombie (like Francois Sagat). Although he later denied that their relationship was romantic or sexual nature. Rhodes had a good relationship with fashion designer Marc Jacobs. Erik Rhodesīut in addition to porn, Rhodes had a vivid social life in the nightlife of New York. He attended New York Fashion Week and he was featured in Page Six and Gawker magazines. Rhodes was one of the last widely acclaimed gay porn stars in the age of amateur sites. He also won two Grabby Awards for the latter. Like Heaven and Hell (2005), Velvet Mafia (2006), and the 2007 film The Ivy League. His significant roles are Grabby Prize winners. In addition, he directed eight films for Falcon’s subsidiary Mustang Studios.
He made his studio debut in the same year with the movie Super Soaked.ĭuring his career, Rhodes has appeared in more than 40 films. Then in 2004, he entered into an exclusive contract with Falcon Entertainment. Rhodes broke into the adult film industry at the age of 22 in 2004. His porn movie was the Flesh. Here he was discovered by a recruiter for the gay porn studio, Falcon Entertainment. The porn star recently opened up on his blog about his experience as an escort, after being prompted by one of his fans to reveal the intimate details of working as a prostitute. Prior to his porn career, he worked as a male stripper and escort. J PORN STARS Erik Rhodes' escort diaries Erik Rhodes is not terribly shy. He was born on February 8, 1982, in Massapequa (New York, USA).