Bill Margold and I have at least one thing in common. We both met women who had considerable effects upon our lives. Then both women just upped and left mysteriously. No trace.

Margold learned about the passing of Viper [aka Stephanie Green], his significant other, in late December just before the AEE show, but he kept it to himself.

Now the story’s out. Viper died of lung cancer at age 51, [she had a three pack a day habit]; but it was only recently that Margold learned she had moved to New England and had been a medical healthcare worker.

“I promised her mother I wouldn’t put the story out of her passing,” Margold states sadly. But the Internet being the Internet, all things eventually become public fodder.

“I’ve been living with this for a month,” continues Margold who last saw Green back in May 31, 1991 but kept her spirit alive by continually talking about her and her impact upon the business.

Viper’s body was covered with a full snake tattoo, and Margold believes that, as much as anything else including her propensity for sullenness, was offsetting to anyone who might consider working with her. Tom Byron was the first guy and Margold remembers Viper coming home and saying how Byron, then a kid himself, kept calling her “mommy”.

“Plus the fact that she was always willing to experiment with her body- she just plain scared people. She would have done triple anal but couldn’t find the compatible dicks.””

“Her record was pretty intense in what she did,” says Margold. “She was probably the most misunderstand performer in the history of this business.”

This is Green’s obit [with no reference to her adult career] taken from www.seacoastonline.com: PORTSMOUTH, NH — Stephanie Patricia Green died Friday, Dec. 24, 2010, at Portsmouth Regional Hospital. The cause was lung cancer.

Stephanie was born Sept. 12, 1959, in Tennessee. She attended Oyster River schools in Durham. She studied ballet in Durham, Portsmouth and New York. She enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and during that time, married a fellow Marine. Stephanie resided for many years in Los Angeles. Returning to Portsmouth, she worked as a hair stylist at Patrix and most recently as a phlebotomist at Portsmouth Regional Hospital.

She is survived by her daughter Cristina of Los Angeles; two sisters, Jennifer of Santa Cruz, Calif., and Heather of Baltimore, Md.; and her parents, Barbara B. and Donald M. Green of Portsmouth.

There will be no services. Those who wish to commemorate Stephanie may contribute to her chosen charity, St. Boniface Haiti Foundation, 400 No. Main Street, Randolph, MA 02368.

WE REMEMBER: She relished her work as a phlebotomist and performed her duties with great skill. She loved helping patients, meeting new people, and working with her medical associates. Her empathy for others was reflected in her quiet efforts on their behalf; for instance, while working at Patrix hair salon, she often offered young people at the nearby Chase Home the opportunity to have hair styled at no cost. She knew how this would contribute to their dignity. She loved the beaches of Haiti and chose to support the St. Boniface Foundation, a top-rated charity, which helps the poor of Haiti.