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His brother Jimmy Flynt confirmed the death to the Washington Post, originally announced by TMZ. According to this celebrity site, Larry Flynt died of cardiac arrest. Flynt launched in 1974 his pornographic magazine Hustler, the Playboy contestant he considered “old-fashioned”, with highly explicit photos and a deliberately outrageous tone. Later he developed his empire with other publications, studios specializing in pornographic films and later on websites. In 2000, the businessman even opened a Hustler casino in an old suburb of the Californian city of Los Angeles.
In October 2017, the elderly man with multiple cosmetic surgeries, immobilized in a gold wheelchair by an assassination attempt in 1978, allowed himself a final blow by offering, on a full page in the Washington Post, $ 10 million to the person who will provide any information leading to the removal of Donald Trump.
It was “his patriotic duty,” said the controversial and trial regular, who built his reputation and fortune on challenges.
The man was used to the method: To support President Clinton defendant in Lewinsky’s 1998 trial, he had the heads of several congressmen involved in sex scandals revealed in his magazine.
A famous complaint was filed following a parody of an advertisement by the Rev. Jerry Falwell. Although he lost his trial in the first instance, Larry Flynt fought with all his might until the United States Supreme Court ruled in his favor. The famous “The People vs. Larry Flynt”, the film directed by Milos Forman, was dedicated to that trial.
“That case protected the right to parody and benefited the media in general,” said Larry Flynt. He regularly repeated that shows like “The Daily Show” and “Colbert Report” would not have existed today without his victory.
“Everyone is in favor of freedom of expression, but many people do not understand what it means: you have to fight not only for the ideas you like, but also for the ones you hate the most, including hate speech,” he added. .
Larry Flynt, a pro-gay and capital punishment activist, spoke out (to no avail) against the execution of the serial killer that left him a hemiplegic.
If you are politically engaged, you are not doing it for the same reasons that most people are. “I don’t care who the president is, what matters are the people he appoints to the Supreme Court, because the appointment is for life and his decisions affect everyone’s daily life.”
He cites “Citizen United” (2010), a decision that “considers companies as individuals” and authorizes them to donate money to electoral candidates, with amounts that are not capped. “It is the most ridiculous decision I have ever seen,” says the American mogul.
Larry Flynt, founder and editor-in-chief of Hustler magazine, founded his own company in 1976 and began producing adult films in 1998.
A fervent supporter of civil liberties and the right to free speech, Larry Flynt was left paralyzed and in a wheelchair after being shot in 1978 by Joseph Paul Franklin. Flynt was chosen for the big screen by Oscar-nominated actor Woody Harrelson for his role in the 1996 film “The Larry Flynt Scandal,” shot in November 2013 in the US state of Missouri.
