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A celebration of life for gay pornographer David Hurles will be held Saturday, June 3, at the Bob Mizer Foundation’s headquarters in downtown San Francisco.

A celebration of life for gay pornographer David Hurles will be held Saturday, June 3, at the Bob Mizer Foundation’s headquarters in downtown San Francisco.

A celebration of life for gay pornographer David Hurles will be held Saturday, June 3, at the Bob Mizer Foundation’s headquarters in downtown San Francisco.

David Hurles, a gay pornographer whose models were plucked from the obscurity of the gritty streets of San Francisco and onto rolls of film shot for his defunct company Old Reliable, died April 12.

Hurles photographed gritty models plucked from obscurity, including hustlers, drug addicts, and convicts.

San Francisco legend David Hurles reportedly died on 12 April due to complications from a stroke in 2008. He was 78.

David Hurles, a gay pornographer whose models were plucked from the obscurity of the gritty streets of San Francisco and onto rolls of film shot for his defunct company Old Reliable, died April 12.

David Hurles, the pioneering gay pornographer who became known in the 1970s for his erotic photographs of San Francisco street hustlers through his company Old Reliable, has died at 78, according to The Bay Area Reporter.

David Hurles, a gay pornographer whose models were plucked from the obscurity of the gritty streets of San Francisco and onto rolls of film shot for his defunct company Old Reliable, died April 12.

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