Maybe I'm stretching the bounds of conversation here, but I think this guy was a rare instance of a smut peddler with directing talent. Yet there's been very little news coverage of his passing outside of Italy.
http://www.abruzzoweb.it/contenuti/lutto-nel-mondo-del-porno-muore-il-re-lasse-braun-/563657-323/http://therealpornwikileaks.com/lasse-braun-adult-film-pioneer-father-axel-passes-away-78/
> The March 12, 1975 issue of Variety announced that Braun’s French Blue was grossing nearly $75,000 a week. This was more than twice the earnings of The Man With The Golden Gun and Dracula.Braun led a crazy life which would made a good biopic.
http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/pornographers/lasse-braun/