Billy Herrington

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• Name — Billy Herrington • Birth Name — William Glen Harold Herrington • Born — 14 July 1969 • Birthplace — North Babylon, New York, U.S. • Died — 2 March 2018 • Place of death — Palm Springs, California, U.S. • Resting Place — Forest Lawn Cemetery • Years Active — 1998–2018 • Children — 1

Herrington was born in North Babylon, New York. Herrington grew up in Long Island learning karate from his father, a sensei. He had interests in boxing, wrestling and martial arts, and started bodybuilding at 24 years old, after moving to New York City. Herrington began his erotic career when his then girlfriend surreptitiously submitted his nude pictures to Playgirl magazine. The photographs won him a "Real Men of the Month" contest and a $500 prize. His appearance in the magazine caught the eye of famed photographer Jim French, but it was two years before Herrington posed for his first Colt calendars for French. Soon after, Herrington was filming hardcore gay adult films for All Worlds Video, and appearing on mainstream TV programs such as Love Connection and the Ricki Lake talk show. In 2002, Herrington said the adult film industry helped him to understand his bisexuality. Occasionally, Herrington performed striptease acts at gay clubs in the United States.

Herrington gained fame in Japan as an Internet meme, after a clip from one of his movies, Workout: Muscle Fantasies 3, was posted on Nico Nico Douga, a Japanese video sharing website, on August 10, 2007. At least 15,000 mash-up parody videos of him have been made, many of which utilize deliberate mishearings (soramimi) of lines from his films, most notably from Workout: Muscle Fantasies 3 and Lords of the Lockerroom. Herrington is affectionately called lit. pants wrestling older brother or lit. older brother among the Nico Nico Douga community. Most of his videos are deliberately mistagged with resuringu shirīzu, mori no yōsei, tetsugaku, or all three. In February 2009, Herrington visited Japan to attend a live online event hosted by Nico Nico Douga and garage kit maker Good Smile Company. Herrington said that he was flattered and humbled by his fans' creativity. A limited-edition Herrington action figure was announced for a July 2009 release. Two other limited-edition Herrington action figures were announced for the Halloween and Christmas holiday. The Halloween figure was released in October 2009 and the Christmas one was released in December 2009. Both are Nico Nico Chyokuhan exclusives.

During the evening of March 1, 2018, Herrington was involved in a car accident on California State Route 111 in Rancho Mirage. He was found trapped in the wreckage and was brought to a Palm Springs hospital, where he died the next day. News broke of his death one day later. Fans responded with hundreds of tributes across video sharing sites and message boards. One tribute video uploaded on Nico Nico Douga accumulated over 80,000 views in less than one week. Services for Herrington were held at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cathedral City, California.

He also worked under the name 兄貴. The authorities additionally record the headings Aniki, Billy Marcus and Jake Mason. His recorded language was English.