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Larry Flynt -- the famous and controversial publisher known for launching a porn empire -- has died ... TMZ has learned.

Family sources tell us the mogul passed Wednesday morning in Los Angeles from heart failure.

For nearly 50 years, Flynt's been one of the biggest names in the adult entertainment industry. He launched "Hustler" magazine in 1974, which brought him fame and fortune as it skyrocketed in popularity ... and also brought countless legal issues.

Many of these First Amendment battles were chronicled in the Oscar-nominated 1996 film, "The People vs. Larry Flynt," starring Woody Harrelson.

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Flynt's magazine and notoriety also led to him being shot in 1978 in a murder attempt by serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin. The shooting left Larry paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair, and he suffered from constant pain and other medical issues as a result.

Along with being the name behind the Hustler brand, Flynt's the president of Larry Flynt Publications ... which produces other magazines like "Barely Legal," pornographic videos and Hustler TV.

He also opened the famous Hustler Casino near L.A. in 2000.

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LAST TIME WE SAW HIM

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Flynt dabbled in politics, controversially of course, by attempting a brief presidential run in 1984 and running for Governor of California in the 2003 recall election. He also weighed in during Bill Clinton's impeachment trial by offering $1 million for evidence of sexual transgressions to publish his "The Flynt Report."

As for his personal life ... Flynt was married 5 times. He married his current wife, Elizabeth Berrios, in 1998. He has 5 daughters and a son, along with many grandchildren and great-grandkids.

Larry was 78.

RIP

 

 

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Millions of my children died at the hands of his publication.

Well, I guess technically at my hands.  

One hand, really.

But that one hand was prompted by his publication.

RIP.

He was a great American.  I'm serious. 

1 minute ago, Gil Bang said:

He was a great American.  I'm serious. 

C’mon, Gil.  He was interesting person as far as his 1st amendment fights. He was also a pornographer that exploited people.  
 

Great American?  No. 

Hustler magazine was first published about the same time I hit puberty. 

That about covers it. 

 

4 minutes ago, deadshank said:

C’mon, Gil.  He was interesting person as far as his 1st amendment fights. He was also a pornographer that exploited people.  
 

Great American?  No. 

Complex guy for sure, but he gave a shit about everyone's rights, and he fought like hell to protect them and, ahem, generally walked the walk. 

Wasn't my cup of tea, but his was a First Amendment fight worth fighting.  Hard to believe he was more of a standup guy than the pussy hiding behind the 1st amendment today.  

Great 1st Amendment advocate for sure. Ruffled a lot of peacock feathers along the way. RIP.

Hustler had one of the best articles about VD I'd seen/read, quite nerve wracking for a young pup such as myself back then.  

2 hours ago, Lobo said:

Wasn't my cup of tea, but his was a First Amendment fight worth fighting.  Hard to believe he was more of a standup guy than the pussy hiding behind the 1st amendment today.  

You just cannot help yourself, can you?

Was it the "standup" wisecrack about a guy in a wheelchair?  Yeah, I knew that was going too far.  I tried to ramp it up to something more clever, but the joke just didn't have the legs.  

But you went and rolled with it, got to like that kind of spirit. 

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sorry, this is the only gif of hot wheels I could find....

46 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Hustler had one of the best articles 

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Hope he crossed over like this.

 

Love that movie. I use Woody’s line a lot, with voice impression, when he’s being wheeled up the steps of the plane... “bye!”

 

Larry hit the courts hard. I wonder where the industry and things in general that have benefitted from his efforts would be today without him.

 

On 2/10/2021 at 7:38 PM, freyguy said:

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sorry, this is the only gif of hot wheels I could find....

You and I will be riding the express train to hell together!

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Vice got the FBI file on Flynt through FOIA:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7evg4/larry-flynt-fbi-file-hustler

 

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A statement in the file from an unnamed informant claimed Flynt had sought help from an alcoholic mercenary and a private investigator to wire his wheelchair with explosives so he could blow himself up during his 1983 Supreme Court hearing and take all the justices with him. 

Flynt allegedly asked Mitch WerBell, a weapons expert who ran a guerrilla training school in Georgia, and Gordon Novel, a private investigator, to fill the hollow metal tubes of his wheelchair with C-4 explosives impregnated with needles for the maximum effect, the informant said. The men refused, and WerBell later discussed swapping out Flynt’s wheelchair before the hearing, in the event he managed to convince someone else to do it for him, the informant said.

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Prosecutors ultimately decided not to charge Flynt with a crime, determining that any discussion of detonating himself in the Supreme Court was just idle talk.

 

On 2/10/2021 at 7:38 PM, freyguy said:

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sorry, this is the only gif of hot wheels I could find....

somewhat ironic since Larry always wanted to increase the spread.

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