[Brometheus]

Stevens, 30, was credited with pioneering a genre of porn films known as "clown porn," which featured actors in clown makeup having sex.

The angelic-looking, blue-eyed starlet appeared in around 170 films, including some mainstream porn flicks, and also modeled and wrote articles for the underground "horror-rotica" magazine Girls and Corpses.

She got her start in 2000 as a stripper touring the U.S. under the nom de pole Holly Wood.

An obituary posted in the sex column of her hometown paper, SF Weekly, called Stevens an accomplished painter, DJ, performance artist and kickboxing champion.

Hollie Stevens/Eric Cash via Facebook Stevens, 30, in clown makeup.

In an interview with the paper in April, Stevens said she avoided going to the doctor after first finding the lump because she didn't have health insurance.

"In January of last year I freaked out and went to the doctor," she told SF Weekly. "I wasn't expecting that they would tell me I have cancer. I felt like a bomb had just been dropped on me."

She underwent chemotherapy and eventually had a mastectomy last year.

A city program, Healthy San Francisco, as well as fundraising efforts from family and friends covered most of her medical bills, according to the obit.

"I cannot believe how many people care, how good my fans are and how much complete strangers have helped me," she said during her treatment. "This is unreal. Not everyone hates clowns after all!"

But within a year, the cancer spread to her other breast, her ribs, liver and brain.

She slipped away last week at the apartment she shared with Cash.

In tweets and Facebook messages after her death, Cash said Stevens died from "an incredibly aggressive form of breast cancer" and that medical costs were not an issue.

A private memorial was planned for July 23, according to SF Weekly.

Supporters and fans were encouraged to make donations to The San Francisco Shanti Project or the American Cancer Society.

[Brometheus]

I love clown porn.. not as much as zombie porn.. but I didnt know there was a bigger audience for it.

[hal0mega]

well america's system kills another, i gotta say this because of the 'cause i didn't have health insurance' bit. probably one measure, this death is, of the thousands if not more that this issue kills (not cancer - lack of insurance)

[DiamondSmiles]

Never heard of her of the genre, but, I never looked.

What a sad story! Pretty girl.

[isharp88]

holy hell. i just googled zombie porn and that shit is crazy!

[Brometheus]

yea.. im into weird shit.

[kellyhound]

Way too young to go no matter what profession they have.