Gerardo Rocco "Gerard" Damiano was an American director of adult films.
11 Facts About Gerard Damiano
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Gerard Damiano wrote and directed the 1972 cult classic Deep Throat, which starred Linda Susan Boreman aka Linda Lovelace.
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Gerard Damiano was born Gerardo Rocco Damiano to an Italian American Catholic family in the Bronx, New York City.
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Gerard Damiano was a shoeshine boy in Times Square and worked in an automat.
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Gerard Damiano then opened a hairdressing salon with a friend in New York City.
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Gerard Damiano took an interest in film-making after his accountant introduced him to a producer who was making a low-budget horror film.
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Gerard Damiano directed the famous film Deep Throat, which was released in 1972 and starred Linda Lovelace and Harry Reems.
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The film was financed by organized crime, and Gerard Damiano did not benefit from the film's substantial commercial success.
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Gerard Damiano married three times; with his second wife, Barbara Walton, he had two children, Christar and Gerard, Jr.
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Gerard Damiano was interviewed for the 2005 documentary Inside Deep Throat.
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Gerard Damiano died on October 25,2008, in a Fort Myers, Florida hospital, at the age of 80 years, following complications from a stroke he had suffered in September.