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Hustler publisher Larry Flynt dies at 78

• https://apnews.com By JOHN ROGERS

Flynt, who had been in declining health, died Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, his longtime attorney, Paul Cambria, told The Associated Press. He had been paralyzed and nearly killed in a 1986 assassination attempt.

"He suffered decades of health issues and you can imagine it was pretty difficult," said his nephew Jimmy Flynt Jr. He added, "I loved him and may he rest in peace."

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.


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