Japanese artiste, also ex-pornography actress, Ai
Iijima was discovered dead on Christmas Eve afternoon in her home
bathroom. She was 36 years old.
According to Japan media reports, though police has eliminated
it to be a case of homicide and suspect it to be natural death or
suicide, they are unable to provide the actual reason of death
until the post mortem is out.
Iijima was a famous AV model before she became a normal artiste.
In March 2007, she revealed to have contracted hay fever, backache,
kidney failure and inflammation of the urinary bladder, etc and
thus decided to retire from the entertainment business.
On 24 Feb, 2008, a blog post Iijima wrote reveal that she had
contracted gastric problems and was taking anti-depression pills.
Depressing content flooded her blog and on Nov 30, she wrote that
she "often felt lonely".
Iijima accumulated much popularity with her G-strong image. Her
autobiography "Platonic Sex" published in 2000 to kick start her
AIDS awareness campaign, described her younger days as a porn
actress and experience with AIDS and plastic surgery. The book was
such a hot seller, movie and television serial were also produced
as part of the campaign.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20081225/ten-318-ex-japanese-porn-actress-dead-ho-2fbb342.html
