[3] After taking a 15-year hiatus, she returned as a fluffer in The World's Biggest Gang Bang III – The Houston 620 (1999).

[6] For a brief time in the mid-1980s, she and Holmes partnered with Bill Amerson in an adult film company known as Penguin Productions.

[8] In 2012, BearManor Media published a revised edition of Porn King, which included added material and photos.

'"[1] Dawn was married to the adult film star John "The Wadd" Holmes from January 23, 1987, until his death on March 13, 1988, during which time he was stepfather to her young son.

[10] According to Dawn, they first met in December 1982 on the set of a film they were working on together in San Francisco, entitled Marathon.