Las Vegas Pimps Need Hearts Too

"It's painful for me to know that I received the heart of a tragedy." Jon-Erik Hexum's heart was transplanted into the chest of Michael Washington – a Vietnam war hero who also owned the infamous escort service Swinging Suzy's in Las Vegas. Washington was twice awarded the prestigious Purple Heart for services to his country and became obsessed with the television star towards the end of his own life. Hexum's mother and brother never granted Washington's request to meet, saying that it would be "too painful." Aside from Washington, one of Hexum's kidneys saved the life of a five-year-old boy while his skin was grafted onto a three-year-old child who had suffered horrific burns. Both of the 26-year-old's eyes were donated – one went to a 66-year-old man while the other was given to a young girl. DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: BEHIND THE SIGN ISSUE #20