Biography
Larry Flint was an American entrepreneur, publisher of a portraight Hustler, the owner of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP), a supporter of the Democratic Party of the United States. He is also known for his scandalous actions.Childhood and youth
Larry was born on November 1, 1942 in Lakeville, Kentucky. The parents of the boy belonged to the Protestant confession of Baptists. Larry was engaged in church-parish school. At the age of 15, the young man went to serve in the army, from where he moved to the fleet. Having received a military engineering education in youth, Larry changed his mind to continue his career in the Navy and returned to civil life.
In 1964, in the city of Dayton, Flint opened the first strip club, which began to bring good income. For six years, the businessman has created eight more entertainment institutions in the cities of Columbus, Tolido, Acron and Cleveland. In order to advertise Strip bars Larry Flint began typing erotic content booklets, which announced the outlined activities, and send them for free by mail.
Flint appeared his own public, which has come across the entrepreneur to publish an erotic magazine. The first releases of Hustomer, which appeared in 1974, were distributed through the accumulated channels in the standing readers environments. Larry made a bet on the middle class, unlike competitors - Playboy and Penthouse magazines, which were positioned as elite editions.
Publishing House
For two years, HUSTLER has reached 3 million copies, which made it possible to Larry Flint to openly in 1976, Larry Flynt Publications (LFP) publishing house. Undoubted success to the publisher brought exclusive photos of the naked Jacqueline Kennedy Obscis, who have become an additional advertisement to the thriving business. Another cult cover of the magazine came out with the image of the girl whose body is located in a meat grinder. So Flint called on the representatives of the porn industry not to perceive women as a piece of meat. For 4 years, sales of portrave increased 1.5 times.Along with the commercial success, Larry Flinta was waiting for the struggle against moralistic workers, which began in 1975 with the organization of a trial against the publisher who violated the law of the state of public morality. Larry Flint managed to prove his rightness, the court did not find a violation of legislation in the actions of the entrepreneur.
In 1978, Larry suffered a much more serious trouble than the application to the court. For a businessman, an attempt was made by a serial killer and racist Joseph Franklin. The criminal shot in a businessman, the bullet hit the area of the waist. As a result, Flint remained paralyzed below the belt and was in the stroller until the end of his life. Franklin explained his actions by the fact that Larry, in his opinion, was engaged in propaganda of interracial relations.
After the arrest of the killer in 1980, Larry asked the abolition of a death sentence for Joseph. The media signal has long reflected on the punishment for Franklin and came to the conclusion that they should not have the death penalty. "Once the government does not want citizens to kill each other, it should not do this very much," said Flint. Nevertheless, in 2013, the serial killer was executed by injection.
In the 80s, a new erotic project was launched on the pages of the magazine HUSTLER, which consists in spreading photocycles with the image of women of non-standard appearance: bodybuilders, albinos, ladies of Balzakovsky age and large volumes. An unusual marketing move brought Larry Flint the status of the "king of spectacular sex" and the restless interest in publication.
Over time, the magazine Larry Flint began to appear articles on political and economic topics, investigations into corruption of officials, reports of spicy facts from the life of the ruling elite. During the election campaign of Ronald Reagan, as well as during his rule, Larry Flint used a magazine for political struggle against the president.
In 1983, a sexual caricature was printed in one of the journal numbers at Telepourvesting Jerry Faluell. In 1988, Pastor filed to the Supreme Court to the publisher for slander and insult feelings. During the proceedings, the judicial system embarked on the side of Larry Flint, considering his actions with legitimate within the framework of the US legislation.
The bright biography of the king of the porn industry attracted cinematographers in the face of the director Milos Forman, who in 1996 released the film "People against Larry Flint". The role of the publisher was played by actor Woody Harrelson, and the role of the wife of Flint Altea was performed by the soloist of the Rock band Hole Courtney Love. The plot of the film was built around the scandalous history of the trial of Fawell and Flint in court. Larry also took part in creating a biographical film, playing Kameo. He organically bother to the role of the judge. A year after the premiere picture
He won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival - the main reward in the movie industry. She also became a nominee for two categories of the Oscar.
In the late 90s, during the public proceedings about the sexy scandal around the name Bill Clinton Larry Flint on the pages of the publication expressed support for the president and offered a great remuneration for providing spicy facts from the Life of Clinton Prosecutors.
In 2001, the filmography of Larry Flint replenished the picture "Pornstar: Legend Ron Jeremy". This is a documentary tape that tells the story of an ordinary young man from Queens. He dreamed of becoming an actor and film serials, but eventually became a star of films for adults and acquired great popularity.
In 2003, Flint ranked as the California State Governor, but I lost to Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 2008, the magnate sponsored the creation of a porn film WHO's Nailing Paylin about the Governor of Alaska Sarea Palein, a candidate for the Vice-President from the Republican party in the elections of the head of state. The picture was regarded as an outline of the candidate.
Larry Flint until old age remained the same provocateur and the initiator of the scandals. In 2016, the tycoon called for him to provide him with any audio or video publishing the reputation of the presidential candidate Donald Trump, for which he promised a reward of $ 1 million "I feel that my patriotic duty and the obligation of all Americans - to reset the Trump until it became Too late, "media signal explained his provocation. He was an adherent of left political views, including supported the LGBT community and was against the death penalty.
In June 2017, a special issue of the magazine was released on the 43th anniversary of Hustomer, whose cover was decorated with an image of a naked woman in Hijab from the US Flag with the inscription "First Freedom." In an interview, Flint reported that she still opposes his taboos and political repression.
Personal life
Flint's personal life was filled with tragic events. He was married 5 times. The first time married in 1961, but the marriage lasted only 4 years. Subsequent attempts to find family happiness turned out to be unsuccessful.
The fourth and most famous wife of a businessman became his companion and Muse Altea, who helped her husband in business. In 1987, Altea died from an overdose of amphetamines. The last wife of Flint became Elizabeth Berrios. He made a marriage in 1988 with her and lived happily several decades.
In the magnate of the porn industry five children, there are also grandchildren and even great-grandchildren. In 2014, he lost his daughter Lisa Flint Fagate - she died in a car accident at 47 years old.
Death
On February 11, 2021 it became known that Larry Flint died at the age of 78 at home in Los Angeles. This news was told the newspaper The Washington POST his brother Jimmy Flint. A relative did not give the exact cause of death. However, according to TMZ, it became heart failure.