Meghan Wren (September 19, 1984 – April 2, 2016),
[ known professionally as Amber Rayne, was an American ]pornographic actress
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Biography
Rayne was born in Detroit
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and raised in Northern California
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. She was of mixed Italian, Scottish, Irish and Native American descent. She attended California State University, Los Angeles
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. She worked as an extra
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in mainstream films and television shows prior to her adult film career.[
Rayne entered the adult film industry in 2005. Early in her porn career she resided in ]Santa Monica, California
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.[ In April 2015 she announced her official retirement from adult films.]
She came out of retirement to shoot her final adult film, '' Wanted'', later that year. She had already promised the film's director, Stormy Daniels
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, that she would be part of the film six years prior to shooting it.[ Besides performing, she had also worked in the adult-film industry as a ]director
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, producer
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, and editor
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.[
Rayne was a ]BDSM
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lifestyler both on-screen and in her personal life. She owned rabbits and a mule named Zephyr.[
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Death
Rayne collapsed and died at her home in Los Angeles, California
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, on April 2, 2016. In late June 2016, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner's office announced that her death was caused by an accidental drug overdose
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and alcohol
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1984 births
2016 deaths
Actresses from California
American pornographic film actresses
Cocaine-related deaths in California
BDSM people
California State University, Los Angeles alumni
Pornographic film actors from California
People from Sun Valley, Los Angeles
21st-century American women