sentences:  Upon Holmes's death in March 1988, Amerson felt that he no longer wanted to be in the business, given the loss of his dear friend and the godfather to his son (Sean "Duke" Amerson) and daughter (Denise Amerson).In a 1987 interview, before Holmes's death but before Holmes's AIDS was public knowledge, Amerson complained "that the porn trade is 'no longer fun,' in large part because of the AIDS crisis.Despite accumulating a fortune of several million dollars".