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Harold Rubin: 1940 - 2007
`Weird' life spent thumbing his nose

Oft-arrested `King of Chicago pornography' always enjoyed tweaking authorities about his right to free speech

By Trevor Jensen
Tribune staff reporter
Published March 23, 2007

Harold Rubin was stuck with his nickname well before he opened the pornographic bookshop in the South Loop that kept police and prosecutors busy throughout the early 1970s.

Never a shy man, Mr. Rubin had gone to pick up a date for a costume party wearing only a helmet, and carrying a shield and sword.

"She opened the door and said, `You're weird, Harold,' and that was it," said Mr. Rubin's son, Jules.

Mr. Rubin, 67, onetime proprietor of Weird Harold's, an adult bookstore, massage parlor and nude modeling studio, was found dead in his home in Galena on Jan. 30.



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