# It seems Tawnee Stone may have died \[she's alive- ed. title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925 "2010-12-31T07:18:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/1 "2010-12-31T07:18:42Z")
Link: [http://www.gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1004022](http://www.gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1004022) - **Link broken. Could be NSFW. Adult industry-themed message board.** That appears to be the owner of her website, and he’s giving her real age (rather than the “18” she’s been for the last decade :p) so this, sadly, is probably legit. The internets are abuzz about a history of similar hoaxes, though. I’m not sure if she’s widely-known enough to get a real news story. It’s a damn shame if true. I’ve, uh, enjoyed a lot of her work over the years. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/2 "2010-12-31T22:42:03Z")
Looks like many people have doubts. Stories like this have been falsified before, in order for them to break away from their persona cleanly. Having said that, a couple of models for the site I worked for died in prominent and unlikely ways, so it may be true. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/3 "2011-01-01T00:49:54Z")
Well her real name is known, it wouldn’t be hard to check the claims. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/4 "2011-01-01T01:13:39Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > It’s a damn shame if true. I’ve, uh, enjoyed a lot of her work over the **years**. “years” has been emphasized. I had to Google her and was fairly appalled at her youthful demeanor. If she is/was only 19, than I am doubly more concerned that she might have been doing work illegally as a teen. In which case, you should be ashamed of yourself… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/5 "2011-01-01T01:14:11Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > “years” has been emphasized. > > I had to Google her and was fairly appalled at her youthful demeanor. If she is/was only 19, than I am doubly more concerned that she might have been doing work illegally as a teen. > > In which case, you should be ashamed of yourself… :eek: She is 28, she probably did start when she was 18 though. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/6 "2011-01-01T01:24:51Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > She is 28, she probably did start when she was 18 though. Her website claims she is 19. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/7 "2011-01-01T01:29:12Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > Her website claims she is 19. No fucking shit, Sherlock, I referenced that in the OP. Her and I are less than a year apart in age so get the fuck out of my face with your disgusting (and ridiculous, and premature, and ignorant as fuck) accusations. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/8 "2011-01-01T01:31:21Z")
She gave up doing porn in around 2004, and has been an accountant ever since. So she only did it up to age 22, which explains her eternal teen-ness. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/9 "2011-01-01T01:47:20Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > Her website claims she is 19. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/10 "2011-01-01T02:12:10Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > No fucking shit, Sherlock, I referenced that in the OP. Her and I are less than a year apart in age so get the fuck out of my face with your disgusting (and ridiculous, and premature, and ignorant as fuck) accusations. Dial it back, **Cisco**. This is MPSIMS, not the Pit. You are specifically prohibited from insulting other members in this forum. I am now moving this thread to the Cafe Society, since it apparently deals with an entertainment figure. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/11 "2011-01-01T02:17:17Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Dial it back, **Cisco**. This is MPSIMS, not the Pit. You are specifically prohibited from insulting other members in this forum. > > I am now moving this thread to the Cafe Society, since it apparently deals with an entertainment figure. Where is Fried Dough Ho’s admonishment for insulting me? The OP clearly stated that her advertised age is fake, and yet I still get pedo accusations leveled at me? And that’s cool, but calling them the bullshit that they clearly are isn’t cool? 😕 I think you are modding the wrong poster. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/12 "2011-01-01T02:25:02Z")
Please read your post which I quoted. Your method of expressing yourself, which is clearly couched in insulting terms, is against the rules. You are free to disagree with **Fried Dough Ho**. You are not free to insult her. Please continue with the topic at hand. **Ellen Cherry Moderator** ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/13 "2011-01-01T02:25:55Z")
Coming so close on the recent [celebrity death hoaxes](http://dimewars.com/Blog/Owen-Wilson-Becomes-Another-Victim-Of-Death-Hoax.aspx?BlogID=f30698c7-02a8-470d-ab35-56db8b1088cb) is suspicious. But that alone proves nothing. She’s also quite a bit less well known than the other hoaxees. But that proves nothing either. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/14 "2011-01-01T03:37:24Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > In which case, you should be ashamed of yourself She was apparently born in 1982 per the alleged obit. She _played_ a “19-year-old” web-persona for years. As to her look, we have a performer who was probably one of those people who would be getting carded into their late 30s, dressed and made up like a teen. I get that many people are all “ewww” at the very idea of the “naughty teen” fantasy. But really, if someone’s on the Web saying “I’m 19” for the last 8 years, my reasonable assumption is that means she’s at least 26 by now; not that she’s asking me to imagine her first website went up when she was 12. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/15 "2011-01-01T06:52:59Z")
Seriously, who doesn’t know that in porn pigtails means 18, please disregard our crow’s feet? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/16 "2011-01-01T07:17:09Z")
While I agree that Cisco’s outburst was out of line, I also agree that Fried Dough Ho should have been publicly admonished as well. In her eagerness to accuse Cisco of ephebephilia, she clearly skipped over the part in the OP where specifically referenced Smith’s fudged age. It would be nice to know the moderator recognized that. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/17 "2011-01-01T07:48:41Z")
I have a prominent collection of Tawnee Stone material on my hard drive that will be cherished forever. If she’s really gone, my flag flies at half-mast for one of the genre’s greats. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/18 "2011-01-01T09:54:35Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Seriously, who doesn’t know that in porn pigtails means 18, please disregard our crow’s feet? Yeah, porn stars stay 18 until it’s no longer convincing and then they become milfs. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/19 "2011-01-01T10:19:17Z")
I’ll happily and obligingly apologize for not having read the OP clearly enough before questioning anyone’s viewing habits. But to so vehemently and vulgarly offer such an angry and fervid insult over a frigg’n porn star demonstrates an astonishing lack of perspective in one’s life, does it not, _gentlemen_? ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925/20 "2011-01-01T11:18:09Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > I have a prominent collection of Tawnee Stone material on my hard drive that will be cherished forever. If she’s really gone, my flag flies at half-mast for one of the genre’s greats. Nice to see some sense of protocol maintained in those troubled times, it warms my heart. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-tawnee-stone-may-have-died-shes-alive-ed-title/565925.md?page=2)