Larry Flynt’s St. Louis connection goes beyond a strip club, to include a serial killer The man who put the late pornography giant in a wheelchair had a history of crimes in the St. Louis area Credit: AP FILE - "Hustler" magazine publisher Larry Flynt leave the Supreme Court building in Washington on Dec. 3, 1987, after a case was heard. Flynt, who turned "Hustler" magazine into an adult entertainment empire while championing First Amendment rights, has died at age 78. His nephew, Jimmy Flynt Jr., told The Associated Press that Flynt died Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, of heart failure at his Hollywood Hills home in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File