Jean Afrique, AKA Jeanette Starion (b. Jeanette Dyrkjær) died Friday, July 29th, 2011 of a heart attack in her home. She was only 47 years old.

Her husband, former performer Ray Victory (b. Erwin Ray Viser), called 911 when "she started to tremble and fell asleep across the table". They took her to the hospital by ambulance, but 40 minutes later she died of a heart attack. Police have apparently ruled out suicide as she was not taking any unusual quantities of pills and there were no signs of foul play. Erwin Ray seems devastated by the loss of his wife and friend of over two decades:

I visited her in the morgue and I could tell by her face that she was relieved. She died happy. In the twenty years she and I were together, we loved each other as we never had loved others. She was my best friend. She told me so much.

In the '80s, Jeanette was a Penthouse Pet, Page 9 Girl and featured in various men's magazines as photographers flocked from around the world to take pictures of the young girl from Køge, who was blond and very well proportioned. In 1983, the 20 year old Jeanette was named Penthouse Pet of the Year. She made a million dollars in connection with her nomination, but she squandered it all.

That is how she ended up moving on to the adult film industry in 1990. In Hollywood, she met her future husband, Erwin Ray Viser, more famously known as Ray Victory. He was three years her senior and had six years of experience in adult film.

Here is what Erwin Ray had to say of leaving the industry with Jeanette:

I was the first person who ever was with her. And we were in love. And I took her away from the porn industry, because the Mafia was after her. We had to get away from there, we had to flee, and we lived in the mountains for at least three months. I was unable to work, and Jeanette was pregnant at the time.

He says that a Danish journalist then also came out to talk with Jeanette Dyrkjær, and he told her that she should take Erwin Ray to Denmark. Erwin Ray adds:

Jeanette said that she would not have me, but I told her that it was for the best, because we would be safe.

He says that she was very ill when they came to Denmark, but the last five years they were together were the best of their lives. The couple had two boys together, but they were forcibly removed. They are respectively 17 and 19 years old and now lives in Holbæk.

source: Ekstra Bladet (Extra Magazine in Danish)