Larry Claxton Flynt Jr. (November 1, 1942 – February 10, 2021) was an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP). LFP mainly produces pornographic magazines, such as Hustler, pornographic videos, and three pornographic television channels named Hustler TV. Flynt fought several high-profile legal battles involving the First Amendment, and unsuccessfully ran for public office. He was paralyzed from the waist down due to injuries sustained in a 1978 assassination attempt by serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin. In 2003, Arena magazine listed him at No. 1 on the “50 Powerful People in Porn” list.
Flynt said that he had bipolar disorder.
His daughter Lisa Flynt-Fugate died in a car crash in Ohio in October 2014 at the age of 47.
Larry Flynt cause of death
Flynt died from heart failure in Los Angeles on February 10, 2021, at the age of 78.