As a teenager living in poverty, he sold moonshine whiskey to help his mum pay the bills. His inclination to shock and love of outrageous risks endured as he later created a £300million empire built on smut.
Hustler magazine tycoon Larry Flynt, who has died aged 78, was the Devil incarnate to some. But to others he was a crusader, championing press freedom while battling obscenity and libel charges.
All while dealing in the guilty secrets of armies of men. His eye-catching life proved too much for Hollywood to ignore. Woody Harrelson played the porn peddler in controversial 1996 biopic The People vs Larry Flynt.
Flynt died at his multimillion-dollar home in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles – a long way from his poverty-stricken youth. He once
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