Unzipped has confirmed that porn performer Daxx Reed (above right) died on Monday, October 19th, of a drug overdose. He was 36.
Reed—known to friends and family as Marc Berry—shot a photo set for Unzipped Media's [2] Magazine with Sebastian Cole in 2003.
There's more about Daxx Reed's movie career, the circumstances surrounding his death, and where to memorialize after the jump.
[Daxx Reed] shot roughly a dozen blue movies starting in 2003 and was known in the fetish/BDSM community and among porn consumers for his intense, energetic work in fisting, leather and other fetish titles.
He was most recently onscreen in Crude for Dark Alley Media, FistPack 20: Fist My Butt for Raging Stallion and Fisting Network for Club Inferno/Hot House Entertainment.
Earlier titles include 110 in Tucson (Titan Media), Skuff II: Downright Filthy (Hot House) and Zak Attack (Mustang Studios). He was known for his dependability and a quiet, subdued persona that blossomed when he stepped in front of a camera.
You can watch excerpts of two Daxx Reed classic (Tough Guys and Rough Trade) by clicking here.
Reed's family requests that in lieu of flowers, please send donations to
Ohlhoff Recovery Program in San Francisco or the Pine
Street Recovery Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
Reed's family also publicly stated that:
Marc was an extremely talented artist and received awards at the Fort Worth Stock Show Art Competition as well as Mayfest and also Imagination Celebration. He was a gifted graphic artist and was admired by many in the field.
Marc was bi-polar and he suffered and struggled with drug addiction in the last years of his life. Though his was a very difficult journey he wanted to be free. During his periods of sobriety he never gave up trying to break the chains of addiction and was always trying to help others.
God loves Marc and now he is safely home with Him.
Our hearts go out to Daxx Reed's family and friends. He will be missed.
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Bi-polar syndrome is a very deadly problem. I know as I was subjected to the behaviors of a close family member. I pray to God, that someday they find a way of controlling or at least tempering these extreme highs and lows that are experienced. RIP Marc! My very sincere and heart-felt sympathies to his family and friends! NJMJr!
Posted by: JANORM | November 05, 2009 at 07:55 PM
My dearest sympathies to Marc's family & friends. I suffered my 1st major cycle last feb'08 crashing may'08. To this day we are trying to find a med cocktail that will work for me, I can only imagine what Marc, Family & Friends went through during these periods. To lose a loved one too early is a void that can never be filled,and pain of the loss is always there.
Marc can only begin to understand a bit of what you lived with daily. Rest in Peace.
PJ
Dallas TX
Posted by: PJ Walsh | November 06, 2009 at 06:22 AM