I don't get what people don't get about flying around the world in First Class, hobnobbing with rich and famous people like Madonna and David Geffen and being a bonafide star to most gay men at the time could be anything OTHER than GLAMOUR. One of his *true* stories even outed David Geffen and forced the billionaire to come out to the public at an AIDS event.Īlthough Joey was HIV positive at the end of his life, he died of a speedball (heroin and cocaine mixture) at the La Brea Motel in Hollywood. Often relating to gossipy stories of his 'dates' with wealthy closeted celebs. He was notorious for putting out publicity stories about himself. Stefano was also ahead of his time in understanding the idea of image and how to craft one's own image. His exceptional beauty mixed with his obvious penchant for self destruction was a marvel to behold and he even eventually broke into the mainstream when Madonna took notice of him and incorporated him into her infamous SEX Book.
Stefano lived one of the most decadent, hedonistic, darkly glamorous and ultimately fatal lives of anyone in his genre. In this day and age of nameless, faceless, revolving door display of amateur gay porn *performers* (I use the word performer because no one on the scene today is a true star), Joey Stefano's legendary life and career looms overhead.
