Gerard Damiano, the porn director behind one of the key movers in the porn chic genre, has passed away at age 80. Damiano was a former hairdresser who got into B-movies for fun, a trail which eventually led him to direct Deep Throat - one of the most profitable films of all time, but Damiano's connection with the mob for financing cut him out of the loop, and like the stars he didn't make much from it. He stuck with the porn industry, despite the pushing of obscenity laws in response to Deep Throat, and worked into the '90s. Damiano had experienced a stroke last month, and finally succumbed on the 25th of Octob! er.