Fallen Angels and Lost Devils

Some awful news that just came in. Kandii Redd, a model who worked extensively with us since 2010 was stabbed to death on July 25th in her home town, Kansas City, MO.

The news outlet which mis-gendered her, reports;

“Kansas City police say one person has died after an argument led to a physical altercation. Officers were called to the 2600 block of East 29th Street on a report of a stabbing.

On arrival, first responders were led to an apartment where they located an unresponsive man suffering from unknown injuries.

Officers called for EMS for treatment, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

The caller told authorities that they heard the victim and an unknown suspect involved in an argument before the stabbing occurred.“

Kandii first worked for us in 2010, becoming one of the more popular models on the site and appearing in 20 scenes for BlackTgirls as well as other sites. In 2014, she was honored as the ‘Black Tgirls Model of the Year’ at the Transgender Erotica Awards.

Our thoughts are with her friends and family.

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We received the awful news that Angelina Please passed away earlier today. She’d been missing for a few days, and her friend Aspen Brooks put out a call if anyone had heard from her. Police entered her apartment Tues afternoon and found Angelina deceased.

Angelina was a model that has worked with us since 2019 – but she really was a model on the rise in 2022 working with multiple companies and models. She shot only 3 weeks ago with us, and she was excited about coming to this weekends TEA Party and Show.

Angelina’s passing is something that will be felt deep within the TS and adult community by many performers and industry. She was popular among other models, producers and fans and we urge anyone struggling that if they need help to reach out to kristel@grooby.com who may be able to direct to the right resources.

We pass our love and respect to her friends & family and also to Aspen who was extremely close to Angelina. Angelina Please was 24 when she passed.

We’re very saddened to learn of the death of model/performer Holly Parker on Jan 31st.

Her closest friend, Brooke Zanell reported her death;

“It it with greatest sorrow and devastation that I her sister, inform you the world … yesterday we lost
@TheHollyParker
My right hand man, the bread to my butter, my singing partner, my travel companion, my baby sister has left this earth omg it’s just to much for me !!!”

Holly debuted on GroobyGirls in 2014 and appeared in a number of scenes on this site, Tgirls.xxx and working with Bob Maverick on his Bobs Tgirls site. She’d made multiple appearances on TransationalFantasies.com and PureTS.com as well as appearing in Devil’s Film ‘Transsexual Babysitters 27’ and other Devil’s releases, as well as Jay Sin’s ‘TS Playground 17’ for Evil Angel in 2015.

Holly’s latest appearances were in 2018 on TgirlPostop, after her gender affirmation surgery the year before.

Holly had made regular appearances at the Trans Erotica Show, where she presented on stage and was a popular attendee bringing her vibrancy and sense of fun to the parties.

We send our love and condolences to Brooke, and Holly’s friends and family.

Holly was 30 years old when she passed.

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It is with a heavy heart that we report the passing of trans adult performer and TEA nominee, Jacquie Blu, who passed away in her sleep this past weekend. 

“Jacquie was like a burst of sunshine in our corner of the industry,” explained Grooby’s Creative and Editorial Director, Kristel Penn. “Before meeting her, your world would be exactly how you knew it. But once you did meet, you always noticed her light whenever you were in the same room. It was unmistakable. She was a long time supporter and sponsor of the TEAs, and I’m grateful for the many opportunities we had to connect throughout the years.”

“I was saddened to hear about the sudden death of Jacquie,” said Grooby owner, Steven Grooby.  “She was a huge personality and character whom I’ll miss seeing at the parties and shows, which she was always present at. Although she’d only worked for relatively few studios, she was a universal content creator appearing in many scenes, with a very wide range of scene partners. Her lively personality, her exhibitionism and her passion for having fun are going to be a big loss to many.”

Blu was a performer, in addition to managing her own membership site and producing her own content with others. She was also a multi-year sponsor of the TEAs and TEA nominee. 

Penn added, “I remember meeting her at our first TEA Con a few years ago. She was just starting out in the industry and was excited to meet other performers. After the event, we all hung out on the sidewalk in front of the venue and I remember seeing Jacquie bouncing around gleefully from conversation to conversation and when she got to where I was standing, she asked if she could give me a hug. She squeezed me so tight that I think she might have lifted me off the ground an inch. Then every time I’d see her at an event, she’d hug me with that same enthusiasm and joy. I will certainly miss her and that infectious energy of hers.” 

I received sad news earlier this week that Tegan Toxik/Tegan Last, took her own life on Monday evening.  

Tegan first worked with us in 2016 on Femout and I met her a few months later when she accompanied a friend to a photoshoot even for nominees prior to the 2017 TEA Awards – and I encouraged her to get her photos taken also, which she was excited about.  I only met her a few times, but if I had to sum her up in one word, it would be that she was very ‘sweet’.Tegan’s work continued with us on other sites  – appearing in scenes at the end of 2020.  

She worked with us the Friday before her death, with producer Radius Dark, who described her as ‘one of the sweetest, nicest people I’ve met in the industry‘.

It always comes as a shock when someone so young, with so many friends and who seemed to be moving forward with her life, ends it so suddenly and tragically.  I know she was well liked among the community, and many models counted her as a friend – as seen by their many tributes and celebrations of her left on social media. Tegan was a disabled veteran of the Army, having served in Afghanistan and had been living in Las Vegas in recent years, where she had many friends and was part of the trans adult community, co-creating content as well as working on her own content.

Dan Hogue, Director of Operations at Transerotica was called to Tegan’s house shortly after her death and has been instrumental along with other friends, in assisting and giving support to Tegan’s partner, Jean.  “We are all hurting and are confused with this loss of a friend. There is an emptiness among many.  We may never know the reason why. There is help for those that need it.   Let the overall message be to seek assistance! Never be afraid to ask for help, reach out to a fellow performer or colleague. There is also anonymous resources available in Pineapple Support and other trusted folks in the industry that would always drop what they are doing and make time for you.”

All of us at Grooby, pass on our love, our respect and condolences to her partner, her family and  her friends, and to the many performers who worked with Tegan.  I’ll continue to remember her as that sweet, lovely girl I met sitting on the sofa, at the TEA photoshoot.  

She will be missed by many.

Tegan was 35 when she died.

There is a fundraiser to cover the costs of funeral and memorial expenses for Piper as well as cover any existing debts and to allow her partner to cover her living expenses while dealing with whatever changes or moves she has to make.

https://gofund.me/ab31f496

If any friends or colleagues would like to leave a permanent message about Tegan here, please email us at admin@grooby.com or PM on Twitter.