#JonKing (12 January 1963 #Jacksonville #Florida - 8 March 1995 #SantaFe #NewMexico) was an American adult actor who appeared in gay films. Born #JohnNelsonGaines, he died of complications of #AIDS at the age of 32. He was one of the most popular gay adult film stars of the 1980s. When asked in interviews, Jon rarely discussed his life in #Florida in much detail, except that it involved quite a bit of "getting into trouble". At some point in his teens, he had read about #JackDeveau, owner of Hand In Hand Films, and sent the producer some dark and fuzzy pictures of himself. Deveau politely turned him down. Deciding that he was "going places and doing things he'd never done before", John Gaines and his then-lover went to Los Angeles while on summer vacation in 1980, with plans to go back to school in Florida after he had finished having fun. This changed when his lover got a job and the two young men decided to stay. Eventually John was soon on his way as an adult film performer. His start in adult films came with in 1981. Later, he would complain that the man who helped him get started in the industry was a "psycho" who screwed him over for money. In 1982, just as he was at the seeming peak of his popularity, he stole and wrecked a car, and for this spent eleven months in prison. Jon was later reluctant to discuss his time in prison to interviewers, only saying that "it wasn't fun", particularly since his twentieth birthday was spent behind bars. Making a comeback in 1983, Jon King continued to appear in films and videos throughout the 1980s with #LeeRyder #RickDonovan #TimKramer and #KipNoll. Around 1989, Jon retired from the business and moved to #Atlanta, where he attended culinary school. Apparently his dreams of becoming a chef did not work out. He made a second comeback in the early 1990s. His last video, came out in 1995. Jon King had been #HIVpositive for a number of years, and soon after completing his last film, he became extremely ill with #AIDS. He moved to #SantaFe, #NewMexico, to live with a friend who looked after his needs. It was here that Jon King died from #AIDS complications on 8 March 1995.
