Dirk Shafer dead at 52

[loverboy95]

http://deadline.com/2015/03/dirk-shafer-dead-dies-playgirl-man-of-the-year-1201387499/

 

Sad!

[Doe Be Doe]

Rip.

[Justice]

So very sad. Condolences to his loved ones. R.I.P.

[marylander1940]

Strange sample of "Man of the year"

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Shafer

 

[gallahadesquire]

For some more viewing pleasure:

 

http://blackdogue.net/Playgirl/DirkShafer/DirkShafer.html

[maninsoma]

For some more viewing pleasure:

 

http://blackdogue.net/Playgirl/DirkShafer/DirkShafer.html

 

Thanks for that. I remember studying many of those photos years ago. I had such the hots for him, particularly in the photos where he's wearing glasses.

[oceansunshine]

From the NYTimes:

 

http://nyti.ms/1913CuO

[tyro]

Sweet deities, what a beautiful man.

T

[+ Gar1eth]

I'm not sure if I had ever heard of him before this. I'm so sorry for his family.

 

Gman

[BabyBoomer]

I'm not sure if I had ever heard of him before this. I'm so sorry for his family.

 

Gman

 

You never bought Playgirl back in the day?

 

~ Boomer ~

[+ Gar1eth]

I'm not sure if I had ever heard of him before this. I'm so sorry for his family.

 

Gman

 

You never bought Playgirl back in the day?

 

~ Boomer ~

 

The short answer is 'No not really. ' I didn't routinely start seeing pictures of naked guys until the Internet became popular in the late '90's. The longer answer which explained how closeted and lack of experienced I still am outside the client-escort realm was (thankfully) accidentally erased. And I'm not rewriting it as it was outside the scope of this thread.

 

Gman

[Tonyko]

OMG I am JUST hearing this!! (here NYC West Coast word travels slower) I met him many times in recent years, at pool parties in LA. VERY sweet man very beautiful man AND a health nut etc, CAN'T imagine what happened here!???

[+ friendofsheila]

Boy, a terrible shock. I'll feel more at ease knowing how he died, for some reason, since we were almost the same age.

[Tonyko]

Boy, a terrible shock. I'll feel more at ease knowing how he died, for some reason, since we were almost the same age.

YES. For me there's always some horrible ugly part that wants to hear drug related or some mitigating cause and not just a heart attack on a super healthy fit guy like he was.

[BabyBoomer]

According to coroner: Dirk suffered from hypertensive cardiovascular disease. The coroner also said the drugs meth & cocaine, were. partially responsible for his death. Both drugs were found in his system. Truly sad.

 

~ Boomer ~

[rvwnsd]

According to coroner: Dirk suffered from hypertensive cardiovascular disease. The coroner also said the drugs meth & cocaine, were. partially responsible for his death. Both drugs were found in his system. Truly sad.

 

~ Boomer ~

Wow, that is sad. What a waste.

[sincitymix]

I had such the hots for him. I had to wait quiet a few years to be old enough to buy his playgirl spread. Luckily my sisters friend was pro gay and a bit of a rebel, and had no qualms about giving an adults only magazine to a minor. (I knew what I wanted and I knew what I liked at a very young age )

[anotherjohnindupont]

Strange sample of "Man of the year"

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Shafer

 

 

Very hot man! a friend of mine met him once and he told me he was also very sweet. 0% attitude!

[+ Gar1eth]

Did he ever escort?

 

Gman

[Antinous]

Yes - quietly. He ran an occasional ad on Adam4Adam in the "Pros" section; used one of the photos from the later Playgirl shot, but also had a private face shot as well. I contacted him once, but something didn't seem right in his responses. So even though I knew who he was and he was something of a fantasy of mine, I decided to pass because he wouldn't say whether he barebacked. The meth/cocaine report does not surprise me.

[+ Gar1eth]

Yes - quietly. He ran an occasional ad on Adam4Adam in the "Pros" section; used one of the photos from the later Playgirl shot, but also had a private face shot as well. I contacted him once, but something didn't seem right in his responses. So even though I knew who he was and he was something of a fantasy of mine, I decided to pass because he wouldn't say whether he barebacked. The meth/cocaine report does not surprise me.

 

I'm probably sorry I missed him- if he could have stayed off drugs while we were visiting. It might have been interesting being with him for a weekend to see how people reacted to his appearance- or just ego crushing as I'm in no way handsome. I once had a weekend with Trey Rexx. I remember one of our waitresses couldn't take her eyes off him.

 

Gman

[BabyBoomer]

I'm probably sorry I missed him- if he could have stayed off drugs while we were visiting. It might have been interesting being with him for a weekend to see how people reacted to his appearance- or just ego crushing as I'm in no way handsome. I once had a weekend with Trey Rexx. I remember one of our waitresses couldn't take her eyes off him.

 

Provided he bottomed.

 

~ Boomer ~

[+ Gar1eth]

Well yes, provided he would have bottomed. That's pretty much a given for me.

 

Gman

[Steven_Draker]

I'm not sure if I had ever heard of him before this.

 

When I saw the title of the thread and Dirk Shafer, I immediately thought of ...

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTgzMTAyMzI1MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTEzMTAwMQ@@._V1_SY317_CR3,0,214,317_AL_.jpg

 

a film, he wrote and directed back in 2001.

 

Plot: John, a gay Illinois small town cop moves to Los Angeles, hoping to fit into a place more welcoming of his sexuality. He soon discovers the "circuit," where he meets an insecure hustler, who draws John into drug abuse and illicit sex.