British-born gay porn star Blue Blake, a.k.a. Glenn Marsh has apparently died in London at age 52.
Str8UpGayPorn reports that the GayVN Hall of Fame inductee and Grabby Award winner has passed away according to friends and colleagues, though further details about his death are not available.
Blake published a well received porn memoir in 2008 titled Out of the Blue: Confessions of an Unlikely Porn Star, in which he talked about transforming from a skinny drama student with no self-esteem into a big, muscly power-bottom porn star. His career in porn fizzled around the early 2000s, and he launched his own bodybuilding-themed porn studio, Big Blue Productions. He also appeared in the 1997 documentary Shooting Porn alongside Chi Chi Larue and others.
In 2009, The Sword noted a breakup Blake had with longtime boyfriend Harold Huttas, saying at the time that “When you date someone for 13 years, it is difficult to throw yourself back into the dating pool. Luckily, I always was a strong swimmer … The tears definitely have to end.”
Below, a promo video Blake made for his book, circa 2008.
And here, a recent Facebook profile pic from December 2014, showing a fit looking Blake doing one of his favorite things.
Update: Gay Star News reports that while the death has not been ruled suspicious, it is a bit odd. Blake was found dead in a chair by friends who let themselves into his home after not hearing from him for several days.
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Blue Blake; really one very sweet, nice man!
This makes me very sad.
Although I didn’t know him, Blue Blake lived only two roads away from me and we went to the same school, where my mother taught him.
I was always astonished that someone from his era and background could have made his way into the porn business, and had a lot of respect for the path that he took.
So sad that he died so young.
Sad to see him go. He made some of my favorite gay porn movies of all time.
Great tits and ass. Such a shame. RIP. It seems all the muscle guys are passing and leaving us with a bunch of boring twinks that think they’re hot shit just because they’re malnourished.
o well