Porn czar, brother-killer Jim Mitchell, 63
Posted: Friday, July 13th, 2007 4:49 pm
SANTA ROSA — Jim Mitchell, the porn czar who co-founded the Mitchell Brothers O’Farrell Theatre and who later shot his brother to death, died Thursday night at his Sonoma County home. He was 63. …
The cause of death was not immediately known, but foul play was not suspected. An autopsy was conducted today, Mana said.
Mitchell grew up in Antioch. He and his brother, Artie Mitchell, opened their adult theater in San Francisco on July 4, 1969. The two also produced a string of pornographic movies, including “Behind the Green Door” with Marilyn Chambers in 1972.
In 1992, Jim Mitchell was convicted of kicking in the door of his brother’s Corte Madera home and shooting him to death. …
Mitchell served five years in San Quentin State Prison before being paroled in 1997. … Read full obituary
