Porn Star Chris Johnson Has Died

Thank You, Chris!

AVN is reporting that veteran porn star Chris Johnson died last week while BASE jumping off of a cliff in Nevada. He was 38 years old. In addition to having done over 700 porn scenes in his career in adult, Johnson was apparently an avid skydiver, and a fan of BASE jumping. BASE jumping is a form of diving off of heights and using wingsuits or parachutes to make one's way down to earth.

According to a press statement from the Elko County Sheriff's Office, Johnson was using both a wingsuit and a parachute in his jump, which happened just before noon last Tuesday. The press statement said that Johnson "and other base jumpers were on the east side of the Lamoille Canyon jumping from the elevated cliffs. Several of the base jumpers had conversations the night before and that morning about the elevated dangers of jumping off a certain area due to the fact Lamoille Canyon is known to have dramatically shifting upslope and downslope air currents along with the sheer rock cliffs in the area."

Johnson was "....unable [to] outfly the talus and collided with the rocks near the bottom of the cliff."

Johnson was nominated for Unsung Male Performer Of The Year by AVN in 2012 and appeared in porn scenes for just about every major porn studio out there. He was a reliable supporting player in many features due to his athletic good looks and he did a ton of all-sex scenes. He starred in the lead vampire role of Edward in all of the entries Devil's This Isn't Twilight parody series and as the lead male alien role in Hustler Video's This Ain't Avatar award winning parody series.

The image of Johnson above with Eden Adams appears here courtesy of Reality Junkies/Mile High Media.