AP: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt dies at 78. “From his beginnings as a fledgling Ohio strip club owner to his reign as founder of one of the most outrageously explicit adult-oriented magazines, Flynt constantly challenged the establishment and was intensely disliked by the religious right and feminist groups that said he demeaned women and put them at risk with pictures of bondage and other controversial acts. Flynt maintained throughout his life that he wasn’t just a pornographer but also a fierce defender of free-speech rights.”