He was bedridden, and we had a few false starts before we finally settled down for our interview due to his ill health. After our interview, we kept in touch. He wore an expression on his face more like that of a young man at the beginning of life versus a patient on the precipice of his end. Bradley talked about making an adult film come back when he got out of the care facility, convinced he would in fact get out and get back. It was no different with F. In fact he occasionally attended adult events, trying to launch his comeback.
We may not be able to see Bradley now, but we can always remember him. When Linda Lovelace met Chuck Traynor, it would have profound implications for both of them. And it would impact adult film and popular culture in America. When Linda and Chuck first met, both were at crossroads in their lives. Chuck had been through three marriages, sporadic work in the sexploitation business, and was awaiting trial on a major drug smuggling bust. Linda was wandering aimlessly between New York and Florida, had lost a child, and was recovering from a horrific car accident.
In many respects, they were perfect for each other at this moment in time: Chuck was growing bored of the high-maintenance bar girls who gave him sassy lip.
Owning a successful business had made him more confident, running a drug smuggling operation had made him more cunning. Linda was tired of drifting aimlessly and needing more than the passive, directionless hippie boys she hung out with.
She was looking for direction, an identity, her purpose. When Linda Lovelace divorced Chuck Traynor, she shared troubling details about their former relationship: Chuck was her pimp, her abuser, her tormentor. The stories involved beatings, guns, and imprisonment.
