Timothy Deanwas an employee of Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills and resided in West Hollywood, California. He was the second Black man to be found from a drug overdose in Ed Buck's apartment on January 7, 2019. ^{[0] [1]}

Dean was a member of the National Gay Basketball Association and a recently baptized member of the OneLA church. He also worked as an adult film star named “Hole Hunter” and had 18 adult films to his credit between 2007 and 2016. ^[0]

He attended Santa Monica College. ^[1]