Garrett Rubalcaba, better known to his fans as Roman Heart, has reportedly died at the age of 33.
According to recent social media posts, the former adult star and Falcon Studios exclusive passed away in late 2019. Friends and colleagues have only now learned of the sad news. No cause of death has been released.
A longtime friend of Rubalcaba broke the news on Facebook on August 11, writing:
Tonight we got news that my long time friend Garrett Rubalcaba passed away in late 2019. As to why it’s taken nearly a year to find this out I do not know. Please don’t ask me what happened because we do not know the details but we will further try to find out more.
I’ve known Garrett since I was 18 years old and he helped shape and mold my life and so many of our friends. He will be missed by so many. He was such a beautiful, genuine and kind soul with a heart of gold.
Since then, gay adult industry insiders have expressed their grief and anger over the loss.
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And from Wolf Hudson:
?I’m shook! This is heartbreaking. We came up around the same time in porn in the mid 2000s. He was a gentlemen, sweet…
Posted by Wolf Hudson on Wednesday, August 12, 2020
frapachino
Hot guy , RIP! I’m not sure how good a friend the guy quoted could be if he didn’t find out for this long.
TMBisAOK
Typical, ignorant comment. Condolences and judgement all in one short paragraph. It’s like you only read a few words of this story and his message. A lot of his friends did not learn of his death til now. And you want to turn that into a judgement of their friendship knowing almost zero about the WHOLE situation!? Hell, i learned enough reading this to come to a completely different, compassionate conclusion of friends lose touch, EVEN BEST OF FRIENDS, and how sad it is to learn of their struggles and demise. Your comment is why I hate most people. Ugh!
scotshot
To you and the others who have made such brilliant comments here today. I imagine you’ve never moved to different cities, made changes in your life, changed fields of work and/or income or have gotten older. Change is a constant in life. I’ve lost track of many people who were good friends over the decades and don’t know if they’re alive or dead. Sad.
ShowMeGuy
Thanks to COVID everything is moving slower than it did before covid. My family just this week was finally able to have a funeral for our grandmother who passed away in early March.
Family and “next-of-kin” to those working in the porn industry often times have no social or communication pathways with the “co-workers” of their deceased family member who was “in the industry”. And the same situation runs the other direction as well.
Since basically everyone in the porn business uses a stage name, when they die their real name gets filed in police reports or obituaries…. obituaries typically written by a family member or a non-industry close friend. Without a phone call, text, or email from a family member….. it could take months for “news” of the death of a porn actor *** especially if that cause of death were quiet and not leading news broadcast worthy for the sake of ratings*** to reach industry friends and co-workers.
There is no real reason here for you to act like a putz.
Chrisk
It happened last year with still no cause of death? He did have a bad meth addiction at one point though. That comes with all kinds of consequences.
He was a hot guy though. Kind of a Elvis Presley with muscles.
Catholicslutbox
Meth and steroids. Although he stopped using steroids and lost all of his muscle mass. I wouldnt be surprised if he caught the bug.
It’s really sad. Porn in the late 90s and early 2000s was heavily fueled by drugs. I remember a porn Director that handed out meth to his models during pride.
CarterATL
This is an odd story. Did the man have no friends? He doesn’t seem like the type who would have no friends. So, why was his death not announced publicly for nearly a year?
NEW RULE: If you didn’t realize someone was dead for nearly a year, you were acquaintances and not friends.
TMBisAOK
What an ignorant “new rule”.
bvick1636
Many “celebrities” who have MILLIONS of fans, feel as though they have no FRIENDS. NO ONE that loves or cares about them for the person beneath the BEAUTIFUL TALENTED exterior. The one who goes home to an EMPTY house or lies SICK with no one who calls or cares. Examples are: KAREN CARPENTER and ANDY GIBB. I always tell the Porn Star I adore that I love & care about the man beneath the GORGEOUS EXTERIOR, their heart, soul, pain, dreams, brain, problems AND TO NEVER FORGET it. ALWAYS, & that I NEVER LIE. To call on me for anything I am capable of doing for them even if it is to vent or chat if they are ever lonely. YOU’D BE SURPRISED how many appreciate it & tell me so!
TheAbsoluteTRUTH
Let me guess, yet another Tina queen death ….sad,
Chrisk
No what’s really sad is that you’re still around.
ShiningSex
anyone shocked? no. typical of that “lifestyle” of adult films sadly.
scotshot
Incredible! You have ESP and know why and how he died. Care to share your sources or are you just merely a bitter little queen? Poor ting, No matter what you look like you were never pretty. SMH
Tombear
Probably ODed on some nasty drug. Flower is a wonderful drug and you can’t OD.
ptb2016
Another beauty lost to us. Why does this keep happening in the gay adult industry? Why is there nobody caring for their stars. Bel Ami in Europe never seems to have this problem, but it appears that George Duroy has a really strong support system in place for his beautiful boys, and gives many of them jobs once they decide to stop performing. Falcon and others should be doing the same instead of throwing them away. Tragic. Such a waste.
Michel-Ashley
I felt sad about Roman Heart and wondered WHY? Perhaps it is something we will never know as his death was almost a year ago. He gave pleasure to a lot of people as friends and fans sp at least we have memories that we can keep forever. May you RIP dear Roman Heart.
joeboyle49
MAY ROMAN HEART R.I.P. I HOPE YOU ARE AT PEACE NOW.
Stephen
Thank you Roman. Tripping the light fantastic with a great adult film history. Aspen series has been astounding!
Top Favourite with Greek Adventures from Bel Ami.
Nothing but big smiles, happy interviews, wicked talent, challenges do not define us, recovery is a journey, a process. It doesn’t matter what happened ever with anyone! It matters that you come contributed and enjoyed the journey. Thank you! Thank you. Thank you.
Creamsicle
I can’t imagine how sad it must feel to not only learn that your friend died, but that it also happened almost a year ago, and there’s no explanation.
The real Bruce
To Chad Hunt, Trent Atkins and the others with Kind and Sympathetic things to say to the Memory of Garrett Rubalcaba (Roman Heart) :
When I have fears, as we all have fears of the moment we cease to be,
I console myself with the passing years of laughter and some tears,
and the peace of the changing sea.
Of friends and loved ones dead and gone, how happy they are we cannot know.
But happy are we who loved them so.
Sir Noel Coward
Erna
Although very beautiful she was a tinymeat.
Next.
nitejonboy
And you are a huge piece of shit, I hope you die of co-vid and rid us of your presence. Waste of space.
nitejonboy
RIP Garrett, I pray you are at peace now. And it is possible to not know an old friend had died until later.I lost a friend in 2019 and didn’t find out til many months after it had happened. People lose touch, that doesn’t mean they no longer care.You people should be ashamed of yourselves.