Larry Flynt, founder of Hustler magazine and self-proclaimed "smut peddler who cares", has died aged Flynt died in his sleep at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles with family by his side, according to his manager. He frequently courted controversy and was subject to lawsuits during a career spanning five decades. Flynt was shot in while standing outside a courthouse in Georgia during a trial for obscenity. The assassination attempt left him a paraplegic. He had his wheelchair gold-plated and lined with velvet.
Larry Flynt, founder of Hustler magazine, dies at 78
Larry Flynt, founder of Hustler magazine, dies at 78 - CNN
He had been paralyzed and nearly killed in a assassination attempt. From his beginnings as a fledgling Ohio strip club owner to his reign as founder of one of the most outrageously explicit adult-oriented magazines, Flynt constantly challenged the establishment and was intensely disliked by the religious right and feminist groups that said he demeaned women and put them at risk with pictures of bondage and other controversial acts. The U. Supreme Court agreed with him at least once, when he won a long and bitter battle with the Rev. Jerry Falwell, who sued him for libel after a Hustler alcohol ad suggested Falwell had lost his virginity to his mother in an outhouse. He also owned a video production company, scores of websites, two Los Angeles-area casinos and dozens of Hustler boutiques selling adult-oriented products.
He had been paralyzed and nearly killed in a assassination attempt. From his beginnings as a fledgling Ohio strip club owner to his reign as founder of one of the most outrageously explicit adult-oriented magazines, Flynt constantly challenged the establishment and was intensely disliked by the religious right and feminist groups that said he demeaned women and put them at risk with pictures of bondage and other controversial acts. Flynt maintained throughout his life that he wasn't just a pornographer but also a fierce defender of free-speech rights. The U. Supreme Court agreed with him at least once, when he won a long and bitter battle with the Rev.
He was More Videos Flynt: 'Free speech only important if it's offensive' His exact cause of death was not disclosed, but Flynt Jr. He had a very complex personality.