Deep Throat Director Gerard Damiano Dies at 80

Pornographic film director Gerard Damiano, who is best known for directing the 1972 hit ‘Deep Throat,’ has died. Damiano died Saturday at Fort Myers Hospital after suffering a stroke in September. He was 80.

“He was a filmmaker and an artist and we thought of him as such. Even though we weren’t allowed to see his movies, we knew he was a moviemaker, and we were proud of that,” Gerard Damiano Jr. said of his father.

‘Deep Throat’ was shot in just six days for only $25,000. It became a mainstream box-office success and a cultural must-see.

The film also became associated with the Watergate Scandal. Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein used ‘Deep Throat’ as a nickname for their source, former FBI official W. Mark Felt. Felt’s information lead to the indictment of many of then-president Richard Nixon’s closest advisors and eventually to Nixon’s resignation.

Damiano is survived by his son and daughter.

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