WindyCityMediaGroup.com – by Andrew Davis
Las Vegas transgender legend Jahna Steele died Jan. 24, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. She was 49.
The Clark County, Nev., Medical Examiner e-mailed Windy City Times that the “cause and manner [ of death ] are pending at this time.”
Jahna Erica Steele was born John Matheny Sept. 29, 1958, in San Antonio, Texas, and lived in Nevada for a quarter-century. Matheny grew up in San Antonio before undergoing sexual-reassignment surgery in his early 20s. Steele was an accomplished actress and headline entertainer in Las Vegas. She was a member of the “Crazy Girls” topless revue at the Riviera before being outed in 1992 by the TV show A Current Affair.