Linda Wong
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Linda Wong was a pornographic actress and one of the first Asians to become a star in the adult film industry. In 1998, Wong was added to XRCO Hall of Fame
XRCO Hall of Fame
XRCO Hall of Fame lists some of the most notable adult entertainment works and workers. The list is managed by X-Rated Critics Organization and inducted annually during the XRCO awards.-Actors:* 1985 John C...

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Career

Linda Wong was born in Hawaii and raised in San Francisco (first in Mill Valley and later in San Bruno). She lived in Richmond, California
Richmond, California
Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905. It is located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a residential inner suburb of San Francisco, as well as the site of heavy industry, which has been...

, and graduated in 1969 from J.F.K. High School
John F. Kennedy High School (Richmond, California)
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 in Richmond. Shortly after graduation Linda married and her last name became "Ching". Linda herself was Japanese, not Chinese. After a few years, she divorced but kept her married surname. Linda worked for short period of time as a teller for Sumitomo Bank and as a receptionist for Melvin Belli
Melvin Belli
Melvin Mouron Belli was a prominent American lawyer known as "The King of Torts" and by detractors as 'Melvin Bellicose'. He had many celebrity clients, including Zsa Zsa Gabor, Errol Flynn, Chuck Berry, Muhammad Ali, Sirhan Sirhan, the Rolling Stones, Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker, Martha...

. She then started to dance on Broadway. She first broke into the adult-film business in 1976 with Oriental Babysitter and Jade Pussycat, in which she co-starred with Georgina Spelvin
Georgina Spelvin
Georgina Spelvin is the stage name of Michelle Graham, a former American pornographic actress who is best known for her appearance in the classic film The Devil in Miss Jones.-Early life:...

 and John Holmes.

According to Playboy's
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...

 October 1977 pictorial "Ladies of Joy" and Playboy's 1980 Girls of Playboy 4, she worked as a legal prostitute in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
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 for a short time under the name "Linda Ching".

Appearing in adult films disturbed Wong. She once said, "I was never viewed as a human being. The greatest compliment that anyone has given me is that 'Linda, you're a nice person.' Most people, right off the bat, assume that I am a piece of meat, a porno star, a floozy." (AVN
AVN (magazine)
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In 1981 she decided to retire, although a story circulating at the time said that her then-boyfriend gave her an ultimatum to leave the business or he would leave her. She returned four years later to star in The Erotic World of Linda Wong. She was planning yet another comeback in 1987 when she died of a drug overdose.

Death

At the time of her death, she was out on bond and awaiting trial on charges stemming from an attempt to buy codeine
Codeine
Codeine or 3-methylmorphine is an opiate used for its analgesic, antitussive, and antidiarrheal properties...

 with a forged
Forged
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 prescription. She faced a prison sentence of more than a year. She died of an overdose resulting from Xanax, chloral hydrate
Chloral hydrate
Chloral hydrate is a sedative and hypnotic drug as well as a chemical reagent and precursor. The name chloral hydrate indicates that it is formed from chloral by the addition of one molecule of water. Its chemical formula is C2H3Cl3O2....

 and alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....

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Partial filmography

  • Oriental Babysitter (1976)
  • China Lust (1976)
  • China DeSade (1977)
  • Babyface (1977)
  • Stormy (1980)
  • Swedish Erotica 10 (1981)
  • The Erotic World Of Linda Wong (1985)

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