Ex-porn star Linda Lovelace dies of injuries

DENVER — Linda Boreman, who starred as Linda Lovelace in the 1972 pornographic film "Deep Throat" and later became an anti-porn advocate, died yesterday from injuries suffered in a car crash. She was 53.

She was taken to Denver Health Medical Center with massive trauma and internal injuries after the April 3 accident. She was taken off life support yesterday. Her ex-husband, Larry Marchiano, said he and their two adult children were at the hospital when she died.

"Everyone might know her as something else, but we knew her as mom and as Linda," Marchiano said. "We divorced five years ago, but she was still my best friend."

The two divorced after 22 years of marriage.

Boreman claimed her first husband forced her into pornography at gunpoint. They divorced in 1973.

Their relationship disintegrated into a life of violence, rape, prostitution and pornography, according to her 1980 autobiography, "Ordeal," and her testimony before congressional committees investigating pornography.

Boreman said she was never paid a penny for "Deep Throat" and her husband was paid only $1,250, though the film grossed a reported $600 million.