He grew up in a closeted world where his main selling point was to be a female heartthrob like Hudson. His Playgirl shoot was to confirm he was good looking to himself. Very approachable, his voice deepened with age, one sexy daddy! From friends that knew him better, he never seemed to know himself. He rose to fame with Playgirls ‘Holiday’ issue 1990, followed by his big centerfold/ Man of the Year shoot for Playgirl 1992 and a 20th anniversary reprise in 2012.Īlways stunningly handsome for his age, you’d see him around town and at some of the restaurant/bars around Boystown. He was defiantly gay, but tried to keep up a straight image for much of his younger years. The autopsy concluded it was a combo of meth and coke aggravated by hypertensive cardiovascular disease.
He was a fitness instructor here in WeHo and the found him dead in a car near his house. Octoat 9:42 #1 is Dirk Shafer who just passed away at 52.
