In 1994, a 13-centimeter (five-inch) cancerous tumor was discovered in
his left lung. He was a cigarette smoker whose father had died of lung
cancer and whose mother had died of emphysema; surgeons removed the
entire lung. He quit smoking but within six months of the surgery had
begun smoking again. He died of cancer in 2002.
Founded and published 'Adult Cinema Review,' one of the first
pornographic publications to be sold on newsstands, as 'Cinema X'
magazine in the early 1970s.
Regarded his 35mm Arrow theatrical film production N.Y. Babes (1979), a tale
about two competing softball teams starring Vanessa del Rio and Gloria Leonard, as his
best film. It used 100 extras.
He entered the pornography industry in 1970, making loops. He met his
future wife Gloria Leonard on a 'Cheri' magazine shoot, with the theme of a
"Best Blowjob" contest. He shot the video while she did the makeup.
Hollander was her third husband.