Hustler magazine at his offices in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Aug. 26, 2014. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images
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Larry Flynt talks about the 40th anniversary of
Hustler magazine at his offices in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Aug. 26, 2014. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images
It s highly unusual to start an obituary with a warning about sexual content ahead. But Larry Flynt would ve approved.
Flynt was a hard core pornographer whose Supreme Court case in 1988 made him a free speech folk hero. Admire him, despise him or both, Flynt left a singular mark on culture and politics. Flynt died on Wednesday morning in Los Angeles. He was 78 years old.
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Hustler magazine at his offices in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Aug. 26, 2014. Credit: AFP via Getty Images
Larry Flynt, Porn Mogul And Hustler Founder, Dies At 78 By
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It s highly unusual to start an obituary with a warning about sexual content ahead. But Larry Flynt would ve approved.
Flynt was a hard core pornographer whose Supreme Court case in 1988 made him a free speech folk hero. Admire him, despise him â or both, Flynt left a singular mark on culture and politics. Flynt died on Wednesday morning in Los Angeles. He was 78 years old. Pornography is really the purest form of art, Flynt told WHYY s Fresh Air in 1996. The high school drop out was born in a log cabin, in Kentucky. His magazine, Hustler, started as a newsletter promoting Flynt s strip clubs. I felt guys wanted to see . more a girl next door, whether she might have small breasts, medium or large. Or be a brunette or a blonde, he said.
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