Larry Flynt, Porn Mogul And 'Hustler' Founder, Dies At 78
Larry Flynt was a 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.
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.
"Pornography is really the purest form of art," Flynt in 1996. The high school drop out was born in a log cabin, in Kentucky. His magazine,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.
