NL-I just heard this news and I am very sad. DAC as I ( and many people) called him, was a good friend to me for many years. I can’t believe that he is gone.
story from http://business.avn.com/articles/36884.html
LOS ANGELES—Veteran adult director David Aaron Clark passed away of a pulmonary embolism at around 4 pm this afternoon at Good Samaritan Hospital in downtown Los Angeles. He was 49.
Clark was taken to the hospital yesterday after complaining that he felt ill. With him at the time of his passing were two of his closest friends, adult actress Aiden Starr and Evil Angel general manager Christian Mann. Mann confirmed Clark’s death to AVN Saturday evening.
Clark’s untimely demise came just three days after he received multiple nominations in the 2010 AVN Awards race for his latest epic, Pure, which also happened to be his very first project for Evil Angel. Among the noms Pure picked up were: Best Actor (Keni Styles), Best Actress (Asa Akira), Best Supporting Actor (Jake Malone), Best Couples Sex Scene, Best Music Soundtrack, Best Special Effects, Best Screenplay, Best Director – Feature and Best Video Feature.
Clark was born Sept. 5, 1960 in Camden, N.J. and earned a degree in journalism from Rutgers University in 1986. After stints at The Bergen Record, the New Brunswick Home News Tribune and the Dow Jones News Service, he became an editor at Genesis magazine, and then at notorious Al Goldstein publication Screw.
He came to Los Angeles in 1998 and got his start directing XXX movies at Cream Studios. He soon established a trademark for himself of shooting only Asian women, often with a bent toward the fetishistic. He won the AVN Award for Best Screenplay – Video in 2002 for Brad Armstrong’s Euphoria (Wicked Pictures), followed by Best Ethnic-Themed Release – Asian in 2004 for Asia Noir 2 (Video Team/Metro).
Mann offered the simple comment about Clark’s death: "I’m just fucking devastated, and I have nothing else to say right now."
RIP DAC.
This is indeed horrible, unexpected news.
Dave was a genuine writer, musician and filmmaker, and a great person. We had many common interests and were good friends. He loved LIB, and used to write commentaries on LIB board every now and then. He will be missed.
DAC was too good for this business. He shot some great stuff, best with Asian Chicks. I think all those girls who shot with him loved him too. It was a honor for me for DAC to once call me Herr Horse. Didnt he shoot some non porn stuff?
DAC was an amazing, unique, extremely talented man. He didn’t participate in any non-porn movies; but he did publish a number of novels and 2 music albums. He’s simply irreplaceable.
Here is Amazon’s David Aaron Clark (DAC) page:
http://www.amazon.com/David-Aaron-Clark/e/B000APM2OC/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
Brian and I are extremely saddened to hear about David’s passing. He was Brian’s best friend and Brian always thought he would see him again. You will be deeply missed DAC – RIP.
He hated me. lol He wrote this about me here on LIB and I always thought it was hilarious. R.I.P.
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dac Says:
Darrah, if you aren’t an Andy Kaufmanesque piece of internet performance art, then the world is a far more hilariously idiotic place than even I had imagined. I suspect your refusal to deal with anyone on the phone nails that you are indeed either a deliberate persona or a feckless, demon-haunted crackpot of Stephen Kingesque proportions. You ARE the Loch Ness monster of “porn bloggers.”
July 5th, 2009 at 6:41
“You ARE the Loch Ness monster of “porn bloggers.””
In honor of DAC, Darrah I will nickname you Nessy.