Harry Reems, who co-starred with Linda Lovelace in the 1972 cult porn film Deep Throat, has passed away, according to Don Shenck, a close friend of the actor. Reems was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and entered the Salt Lake City VA Hospital on March 5 for jaundice. He fell into a coma last week, according to a personal obituary on a message board Tuesday. Gawker confirmed Reems’s death with the hospital. Reems’s life was plagued by frustrations about his inability to break into mainstream film. “Acting was my true love, and I buried that possibility by going into adult films,†Reems told New York magazine in 2005.
