following a fight on an Underground train. In 1987, he was instrumental in setting up the neo-Nazi network Blood and Honour with Donaldson. Homosexuality Crane was leading a double life as a homosexual, even serving as a steward at the London gay pride march in 1986. He was a regular at London gay clubs such as Heaven, Bolts and the Bell pub. At various times, Crane had worked as a bin man, bicycle courier, and a doorman at an S&M club. He worked for the protection agency Gentle Touch, and was able to shrug off any connection with the London gay scene as just part of his security work. He also appeared in the Psychic TV music video for Unclean, and in amateur gay porn films while still a neo-Nazi activist. In 1992, Crane admitted his homosexuality in a segment of the Channel 4 magazine show Out titled "Skin Complex." On the programme, broadcast on 29 July 1992, Crane and various other homosexuals explained why they were attracted to the skinhead scene. He was immediately disowned by his Nazi associates, including Ian Stuart Donaldson, who said: "I feel more betrayed by him than anybody else. It just goes to show that nationalism and homosexuality do not fit together, because nationalism is a true cause and homosexuality is a perversion." The same month, the UK newspaper The Sun ran an article on him entitled "Nazi Nick is a Panzi", and included a picture of Crane with his face snarling at camera, head shaved bald, braces worn over his bare torso, faded jeans, white-laced boots and brandishing an axe. Crane died from an AIDS-related illness 18 months later. Crane's homosexuality is a central theme of Max Schaefer's 2010 novel, Children of the Sun, which follows James, a budding screenwriter in 2003 who becomes obsessed with the now deceased Crane. See also Michael Kühnen Footnotes External links The Strange Case of Nicola Vincenzio Crane 1958 births 1993 deaths 20th-century English criminals 20th-century English male actors 20th-century LGBT people AIDS-related deaths in England English neo-Nazis English people of Italian descent English actors in gay pornographic films English gay actors Gay pornographic film actors LGBT conservatism Male actors from Kent