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Porn Star Megan Leigh's career enjoyed a metoeric rise from the moment of her hardcore debut in 1987's 'Secrets Behind The Green Door.' Megan Leigh was a clean-scrubbed, innocent-looking young blonde with a smile that could melt your heart and a body that could stop a clock. Trim, taut, and toned, Megan Leigh's dance-honed figure was a vision of voluptuous sensuality. Her personality was bubbly and playful, and it was clear that this was a woman who reveled in exhibitionist sex. Megan Leigh projected a passionate intensity that made each sex scene she performed in completely believable while still being totally erotic.

Megan Leigh was born on March 2, 1964, and grew up in Oakland, California. She ran away from home at the age of 14 and by her 17th birthday, Megan Leigh was working at a massage parlor in Guam. At 18, Megan Leigh moved back to the Bay Area and was hired as a stripper at the Mitchell Brothers' O'Farrell Theater in San Francisco. The porn industry came calling in late 1987, and Megan Leigh answered with a string of scorching performances. She won over porn fans with her oral skills and her willingness to do whatever it took to get a rise out of her audience.

Megan Leigh shocked the porn community when her body was discovered on June 16, 1990. She was dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Megan Leigh left behind a note alluding to long-running personal problems that she could no longer cope with. Her death left the industry reeling as they dealt with the loss of one of their most personable, most popular starlets. Her final performance can be found in 1990's 'Jail Babes.' She'll always be fondly remembered by porn fans as a vivacious and adventurous performer who invariably gave her all.

Cause of death: Self-inflicted gunshot wound