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UpInArms

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Wed Feb 10, 2021, 09:00 PM Feb 2021

Porn mogul, Hustler publisher Larry Flynt dies at 78

LOS ANGELES — Porn purveyor Larry Flynt, who built Hustler magazine into an adult entertainment empire while championing First Amendment rights, died Wednesday. He was 78.

Flynt had been in frail health and died of heart failure at his Hollywood Hills home, said his nephew, Jimmy Flynt Jr.

From his beginnings as an Ohio strip club owner to his reign as founder of one of the most explicit adult-oriented magazines, Flynt constantly challenged the establishment and became a target for the religious right and feminist groups.

Flynt scored a surprising U.S. Supreme Court victory over the Rev. Jerry Falwell, who had sued him for libel after a 1983 Hustler alcohol ad suggested Falwell had lost his virginity to his mother in an outhouse.

More at:

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/porn-mogul-hustler-publisher-larry-flynt-dies-at-78-01613003612?mod=mw_latestnews

He was a fighter ... rest well, Larry

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Porn mogul, Hustler publisher Larry Flynt dies at 78 (Original Post) UpInArms Feb 2021 OP
Flynt kept promising to reveal dirt on Republican candidates and never did..... brooklynite Feb 2021 #1
Wow. That sure puts Melania out of work. turtleblossom Feb 2021 #2
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