Hustler founder and publisher Larry Flynt dead at 78
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Hustler founder and publisher Larry Flynt died at a hospital in California at the age of 78 on Wednesday, his family said. File Photo by Ricardo Watson/UPI | License Photo
Feb. 10 (UPI) Larry Flynt, founder and publisher of the pornographic magazine
Hustler, died on Wednesday, his family said. He was 78.
Flynt s brother, Jimmy Flynt, and daughter, Theresa Flynt, confirmed to The Washington Post and NBC News respectively that he died Wednesday morning at Cedars Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. A cause of death was not given.
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After launching
Hustler in the 1970s as an extension of his brand of adult clubs featuring nude hostesses Flynt faced criticism from feminists and anti-porn activists as well as several lawsuits over the magazine s content. He was also shot by a sniper in 1978, leaving him paralyzed.
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