Tag Archives: Dean Johnson

The DC medical examiner has ruled that the September deaths of NYC nightlife pioneer Dean Johnson and another gay man found dead in the same apartment a week earlier were the result of “acute intoxication” from drugs or alcohol, but could not state whether the deaths were accidental or because of murder or suicide. Johnson’s system was found to contain …

DC police are looking into whether Gotham nightlife impresario Dean Johnson’s death may have been caused by mixing erectile dysfunction drugs with anti-depressants or other medications. The bizarre details surrounding Johnson’s death continue to unfold. Johnson was the second man found dead in the Washington apartment of Steven Saleh, as one week before Johnson’s death, another man overdosed there. Johnson …

I’ll be reading at Rapture next Wednesday with Eric Leven (pictured), Miss Understood, Jake Shears, and Michael Cunningham. Tonight’s installment will be a memorial to Dean Johnson, who was to host the series. From Rapture: “Please feel free to bring photos, music, writings or any other Dean Johnson-related memorabilia for the Honoring Wall which has already sprung up around our …

Strange details are emerging surrounding the death of pioneering New York personality Dean Johnson. From today’s Page Six in the NY Post: October 2, 2007 — DEAN Johnson, a legendary promoter of gay parties in downtown Manhattan, was found dead in Washington, D.C., last week and pals fear he was murdered. Lower East Side photographer John Penley told Page Six …

New York’s downtown art and club scene was rocked today by news that Dean Johnson,45, was found dead in Washington DC last week. Johnson’s body has just been identified and the circumstances surrounding his death have not been determined. A rock star, writer, drag performer, party promoter, and porn actor, Johnson first made his mark on Manhattan’s club scene when …