Later Years and Death
Dior contracted HIV in 1995 and later worked as an AIDS activist. After leaving the adult film industry, Dior worked as writer and released her autobiography, Sleeping Under the Stars, in 2001. That same year, she released an album (under the name Geoffrey Karen Dior) S E X, and was a member of two bands, the Johnny Depp Clones and Goddess. She also earned a Ph.D. in philosophy in religion and became an ordained minister.
On August 25, 2004, Dior died of hepatitis.
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