According to Pete Finland (aka Erik York), Hank Hightower has passed away “RIP Hank Hightower. The original muscle bear and good friend. 10 years in a porn I made about 5 friends and Hank sure was one of them. Double trouble. He was also battling with cancer and called me 2 days ago to check up on me. Now he is gone. He will be really missed.”
From Chi Chi LaRue “It’s a very Sad day when you find out that someone you discovered, became really good friends with, has passed away. Hank was one of the kindest, sweetest and hardest workers and one of the best performers. R I P Hank“
h/t JB “Hank Hightower has died. He was a bear superstar filming 1993 thru 2005/6. So sad. By all accounts he was a sweet guy.”
Very sad news. Thanks for posting.
Who’s the heartless jerk who down voted this?
I have a suspicion its the guy whos always negative in comments
This Queer/Bi/Straight/Pan/Fluid activist who constantly spreads fake stuff here and downvotes is definitely referring to me, even though I haven’t commented on it at all or voted in any way. This just shows once again who is spreading the most negativity here and downvoting. Namely you and your “activist” friends who want to silence gays here on the blog and don’t even have any respect for writing something like that when someone has died. Shows once again who has shown his “true” face here. Shame on you….
Ave atque vale.
This is very sad and heartbreaking news. I loved Hank Hightower when i was getting porn when i was a teen in the 90’s (the days of sneaking stuff around lol) and into the 2000’s. He made many films that made me bust & I’m thankful for him. He’s one of the standards that’s missing in porn today. He is a gay porn legend and he will be greatly missed.
May Hank Rest In Peace.
I remember that too.. watching gay porn and getting caught all the time. I wasnt very sneaky
He was beautiful
Hank was one of the “classic” porn actors of the 90’s. Bit surprised to see he lasted so long. So many of his co-stars have been gone for decades. RIP
This is so very sad. Hank and Max Grand was my first ever introduction to gay porn. I remember sneaking into my uncle’s stash of gay porn and playing a VHS. At that time there was a number of phone line service ads before the flick and I saw one of him and Max. They were so sexy. Haha. I remember thinking to myself “that guy with the beard is beautiful”. It was Hank.
I’m deeply sad to hear that he was battling cancer and loss his battle. You can tell that he was a beautiful soul. Even calling his friend to check on him despite needing to be checked on himself. RIP big guy.
He was one of the 90’s greats. The guy who made me realize that I like ’em hairy. Very sad.
He was a favorite and wonderfully versatile too. Saw mention of another of my favorites, Max Grande. Is he still with us? Robbie Cryson? Ted Cox? They were 90s superstars.
Not for sure about Max. Lord I wonder if he’s aged gracefully. In his hay day he was one of the finest to grace the screen.
Henry was one of the nicest men I’ve come to know in this community. Always a smile and it’s true that manners maketh the man.