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Larry Flynt

Pornographer,  political activist, businessman and super-outspoken man, Larry Flynt is an American publisher who is best known for his Larry Flynt publications, which mostly produces sexual contents; videos and magazines including Hustler, 1974 found monthly pornographic magazines published in the United States known for showing explicit views of the female genitalia and depicting hardcore themes based on rape, abortion, racism and many more. Nevertheless, he is also known for his Hustler casino and Hustler Hollywood store and others.

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Interesting wiki-  He was No.1 in the list of "50 Powerful People in Porn" by Arena magazine.

Now moving on to his physical configuration, he is an average tall man with a speculated height that lies somewhere in between 5 feet and 7 inches t0 5 feet and 9.5 inches. However, it's very hard to calculate his exact height, as he is a wheel-chair man. So, for the man of 73 on a wheelchair, he is doing perfectly well.  He needs wheelchair because his lower body cannot move as it is paralyzed. Racist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin shot him on March 6, 1978 being unhappy of interracial pictures published in Dick's magazines. Because of the shooting, his spinal cord got terribly damaged. This is why he has pronunciation difficulties.

Talking about his relationship status, the American national of white ethnicity has been married five times and divorced for four times. His current wife, Elizabeth Berrios, whom he married in 1998, is a former nurse.

Many times Larry has accepted that he has slept with other woman in all of his marriage including his current marriage. In an interview, he has also said that he wouldn't prefer a relationship that will not be open.  

Altogether, he has three daughters and one son.  From what we have heard, he is only close to one of his children because the four of his children will not be part of his sexual-content franchise. 

Sadly, his daughter Lisa, 47, died on October 24, 2015 in a car accident. Reports have it that she was drunk when the accident occurred.

Born on November 1, 1942, in Lakeville, Magoffin County, Kentucky, USA, to a sharecropper a nd military father and  a homemaker mother, Larry is a multi-millionaire with the net worth of 400 million US dollars.

He went through an extreme poverty in his childhood as he was raised in poverty-stricken Magoffin county during the Great depression. His father was most of the time busy fulfilling his military duties. Thus, his mother and grandmother worked very hard to sustain their life emotionally and financially. Unfortunately, his sister Judy's leukemia led death  happened to be the major reason  of their parents divorce. His parents Larry (father) and Edith had married in 1950.

Later, at the age of 15, Judy joined the United States Army after running away from his home.

By the age of 25, he owned many bars and clubs ran a small newspaper called Bachelor's Beat and manage a vending machine business.

Later, he created Hustler Newsletter in attempt to advertize about his clubs. And even later, he decided to transition the Newsletter magazine into sexually explicit magazine after severely getting effected by the recession after the 1973 oil crisis. One controversial publish after another, he went through various sexual obscenity allegations and went to court for many times. And, now you know him as a man who likes to do what he wants believing in his constitutional rights: freedom of speech and expression.

   Last but not the least; he has faced numerous court battles till now because of sexual and provocative contents. However, he has emerged victorious in most of them.

Fans can follow Larry on his Twitter (27.2 k followers) account. His Twitter handle is @lmLarryFlynt and his Twitter description is given as:

"Official twitter account of Larry Flynt: American Icon, First Amendment Defender, Founder & Publisher of HUSTLER Magazine

hustler.com

 Joined July 2010"

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Of course, it will be be very interesting to see how Dick competes with the market forces as  the interned has capyured the market like of his. Although Dick has criticized Playboy for their decision to avoid fully nude pictures, Dick himself face a serious  challenge of keeping his business relevant.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 1 Nov, 1942
Age: 77 yrs
Citizenship: United States of America
Birth Place: Magoffin County
residence: Hollywood Hills
Gender: Male
Description: American publisher
Spouse: Althea Flynt[1976-1987]
Net Worth 2021: 500 million
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Last Modified: Jun 26 2020
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