Editing Larry Flynt (section)

{{Short description|American publisher (1942–2021)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = 
| image              = Larry_Flynt_2009.jpg
| caption            = Flynt at the [[Free Speech Coalition]] in Los Angeles in 2009
| birth_name         = Larry Claxton Flynt Jr.
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1942|11|01|mf=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Magoffin County, Kentucky|Lakeville, Kentucky]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2021|02|10|1942|11|01|mf=y}}
| death_place        = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)]]
| party              = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Publisher|activist|businessman}}
| years_active       = 1965–2021
| spouse             = {{plainlist |
* {{marriage|Mary Flynt<br />|1961|1965|end=divorce}}
* {{marriage|Peggy Mathis<br />|1966|1969|end=divorce}}
* {{marriage|Kathy Barr<br />|1970|1975|end=divorce}}
* {{marriage|[[Althea Flynt|Althea Leasure]]<br />|1976|1987|end=died}}
* {{marriage|Elizabeth Berrios<br />|1998|<!--Omission per Template:Marriage instructions-->}}
}}
| children           = 5
}}

'''Larry Claxton Flynt Jr.''' ({{IPAc-en|f|l|ɪ|n|t}}; 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 (magazine)|Hustler]]'', pornographic videos, and three pornographic television channels named Hustler TV. Flynt fought several high-profile legal battles involving the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]], and unsuccessfully ran for public office. He was paralyzed from the waist down due to injuries sustained in a 1978 attempted assassination by serial killer [[Joseph Paul Franklin]].<ref name=Flynt-Ross-1996/>{{rp|170–71}} In 2003, ''[[Arena (magazine)|Arena]]'' magazine listed him at No.&nbsp;1 on the "50&nbsp;Powerful People in Porn" list.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Porn Power 50 |department=Arena |date=October 2003 |website=JasonCurious |url=http://www.jasoncurious.com/press/arena1.gif |access-date=December 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104020601/http://jasoncurious.com/press/arena1.gif |archive-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref>