Death įord died Jwhen his motorcycle was struck by a truck making an illegal turn onto Sunset Boulevard. After Ford's death Markle ran a travel agency and oversaw Ford's collection of pictures from his career. Ford and Markle lived together in Los Angeles and Hawaii and raised tropical birds. After Divine's death, Ford began a relationship with Craig Markle. The two traveled together and he made appearances at clubs in which Divine was contracted to perform. In a scene that foreshadowed what happened to Ford in real life, his character had a severe motorcycle accident that left him hospitalized and in a coma.įord had a relationship with cult actor Divine. In his starring role for the film Games, directed by Steve Scott, Ford played a medal-winning swimmer in the Gay Games competition, with Al Parker playing a photographer assigned to take professional portraits of the athlete. įord paired with David Alan Reis aka 'Lance' in Leo & Lance and Blonds Do It Best, Leo and Lance directed by William Higgins Blonds Do It Best directed by Richard Morgan.
In 1989, Ford was crowned King of the Beaux Arts Ball in New York City.
