Vicki Lynch, known professionally as Hyapatia Lee, is an American former
adult film actress
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. As part
Cherokee
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, she was the only Native American in the adult business during her tenure; this contributed to her becoming one of the best-known actresses of the
Golden Age of Porn
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XRCO Hall of Fame
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inductee.
Early life and education
Lee was born in
Haughville, Indianapolis
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, to teenage parents and is of
Cherokee
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and
Irish
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descent. She attended the local high school, where she performed in several musicals.
Penthouse
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'' magazine.
Over time, her husband
Bud Lee
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Lee was married to adult film actresses Hya ...
joined the cast and crew of her films. Together they created the second-most-expensive pornographic film (at the time), ''The Ribald Tales of Canterbury'' (1985), a version of
Geoffrey Chaucer
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's ''
The Canterbury Tales
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''.
In 1993, she was inducted into the
AVN Hall of Fame
The ''AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') Hall of Fame has honored people for their work in the adult entertainment industry since 1995. and the
XRCO Hall of Fame
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in 1994. She was also given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Free Speech Coalition
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in 1995.
In 1998, members of her
fan club
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received a report that she had died due to diabetes. The report was inaccurate.
Like many adult performers of the era, she retained no rights to her films.
Music
For SRO Records, Lee recorded the
7-inch single
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"Telephone Man", released in 1988; and the album ''Two Sides Of Hyapatia Lee'' in 1989. "Rub-a-Dub-Dub" from the album featured on
Dr. Demento
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's 'Funny Five' playlist, airing April 30, 1989.
In 1994, Lee recorded the album ''Double Euphoric'' with her band W4IK. She toured with the same band, which was based in
Los Angeles
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, and also with another band, based in Indiana, called Vision Quest.
In 1999, one of Lee's tracks from her 1994 release appeared on the music CD ''Porn to Rock''.
''Double Euphoric'' was re-released in September 2010, both in physical and digital versions, via outlets such as
CD Baby
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,
Amazon
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and
Apple iTunes
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.
Writing
Lee is an online columnist for ''
High Times
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''.
In 1993, Lee co-wrote an
autobiography
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Carnal Comics
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: Hyapatia Lee,'' featuring her true life story illustrated by the
Vampirella
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artist Louis Small Jr.. She also took part in and appeared within the Carnal Comics title ''Triple-X Cinema: A Cartoon History,'' as well as co-starring with her friend Porsche Lynn in another issue of the adult comic book line. In 2000, Lee self-published an autobiography, ''The Secret Life of Hyapatia Lee''. In 2016, she authored a self-help book, ''Native Strength – The First Step on the Path to an Indomitable Life'', the first in a series.
Personal life
She views Hyapatia as a particular personality that allowed her to perform. She met and married
Bud Lee
Bud Lee (born as Cameron Lyndon Bennett in September 1955 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American adult film director who is an AVN Hall of Fame member and also works as an agent fo101 Modeling, Inc
Lee was married to adult film actresses Hya ...
, with whom she bought land in rural southern
Indiana
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, where she has lived since. The couple had two children, whom she
homeschooled
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at their Indiana home. In 1993 she retired from the industry and separated from Bud the same year. She has since remarried and had another child.
AVN Hall of Fame
The ''AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') Hall of Fame has honored people for their work in the adult entertainment industry since 1995.XRCO Hall of Fame
The XRCO Hall of Fame lists well-known adult entertainment works and workers. The list is managed by X-Rated Critics Organization and inducted annually during the XRCO Award
The XRCO Awards are given by the American X-Rated Critics Organizat ...
Inductee
* 1995
Free Speech Coalition
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