Sadly, Dana Plato is no longer the most famous person to die in Moore from a drug overdose.
Yesterday afternoon, word spread across the globe that famed Oklahoma adult film star Jesse Jane – arguably the most famous Oklahoma actress in history – passed away from an accidental drug overdose, along with her boyfriend, in her Moore home.
Jane – whose real name was Cindy Howell – grew up a military brat before settling in Moore and graduating from Westmoore High School in 1998.
By the mid-2000s, she was one of the most popular and recognizable names in the pre-streaming era of pornography. She won multiple awards, hosted shows on Playboy TV, and even scored gigs in mainstream productions like Starsky and Hutch, Bucky Larson, and, the worst TV show of all time, Entourage.
Anyone on the planet who’s ever used an incognito browser is probably familiar with Jane and her work, so her death became a global news headline. It even got a write-up in the New York Times:
Jesse Jane, who starred in the highest-budget film series in pornographic film history, was found dead on Wednesday at a home in Oklahoma. She was 43. https://t.co/mrs0Xsirb1
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 26, 2024