I am unfamiliar with his work. Please post pics.

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Originally posted by Orguss:
I am unfamiliar with his work. Please post pics.

I think he was an actor, he played Woody Harrelson in some movie.

I am just reading about his death right now.

What a strange but interesting life:
Such as::

In the ninth grade he ran away from home and, despite being only 15 years old, joined the United States Army using a counterfeit birth certificate.

After being honorably discharged, Flynt returned to his mother in Indiana and found employment at the Inland Manufacturing Company, an affiliate of General Motors.

However, there was a union-led slowdown and he was laid off after only three months. He went back to his Fathers house in Kentucky and for a brief period, he became a bootlegger but stopped when he learned that county deputies were searching for him.

After living on his savings for two months, he enlisted in the United States Navy in July 1960. He became a radar operator on USS Enterprise. He was the operator on duty when the ship was assigned to recover John Glenn's space capsule. He was honorably discharged in July 1964.

Lmao, brilliant! kudos amigo

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Originally posted by Orguss:
I am unfamiliar with his work. Please post pics.

Burn in Hell mo'fo'. BURN!

Didn't he invent the scratch 'n sniff??? Asking for a friend! LOL!

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Originally posted by mr kablammo:
Burn in Hell mo'fo'. BURN!

I'm sure we were all disappointed to find out those letters sent in weren't real, and our chances of an orgy with a bunch of buxom coeds were very slim, but hoping he burns in Hell is a bit much.

So is that the end of Chester The Molester?

....asking for a friend.

When my parents visited last, I showed them where he got blasted in Lawrenceville, GA as we were walking by. Larry who?

He outlived the guy who shot him by more than seven years.

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Originally posted by Steve in PA:
Didn't he invent the scratch 'n sniff???

No, that was Betty Crocker, but then, things went horriby wrong.

BTW, sometime in the 1970s, Hustler magazine published a particular photograph, in order to illustrate a point. The photo was a shot of a corpse, some hapless man who had been killed in a war somehwere in Africa IIRC. He had been shot in the forehead with (apparently) a rifle and the shot had opened up his face, pushing one eye to the side. It was gruesome, with this cavernous black hole in the middle of his forehead. This photo had been previously pubished in some US periodical- it may have been Soldier of Fortune, but the Hustler reference didn't say.

Flynt's point was that this photograph depicted a greater obscenity than anything ever published within the pages of Hustler magazine, yet, no one batted an eye when it was previously published. No one picketed the home or offices of the publisher. No one testified before Congress, nothing.

And yet, let Flynt show pics of female pubic hair and labias, and, oh, this was the beginning of the end times! I'd say that the man had a valid point.

A close family member worked for Flint as part of his company's management team. His terrible disposition was legendary. He exuded hatred towards virtually everyone surrounding him, but members of his immediate family (and probably did then same with them in private), and said his time on the "inside" of Flint's empire was not worth the monetary compensation received.

I'm sure someone may suggest it's not "nice" to speak ill of the dead, but ignoring Flint's douchebaggery, is like finding reasons to mourn the loss of Stalin, Mao, or Pol Pot, upon their demise.

no loss to the world

he may be in for a toasty eternity but that's certainly not my call

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Originally posted by pulicords:
A close family member worked for Flint as part of his company's management team. His terrible disposition was legendary. He exuded hatred towards virtually everyone surrounding him, but members of his immediate family (and probably did then same with them in private), and said his time on the "inside" of Flint's empire was not worth the monetary compensation received.

I've heard similar from friends who've worked as photogs, editors and copywriters. For all of Flynn's commentary and pointed irony regarding societal norms and morays, he was for all intents, a raging, egomaniacal asshole with a host of addictions.

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Originally posted by corsair:

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Originally posted by pulicords:
A close family member worked for Flint as part of his company's management team. His terrible disposition was legendary. He exuded hatred towards virtually everyone surrounding him, but members of his immediate family (and probably did then same with them in private), and said his time on the "inside" of Flint's empire was not worth the monetary compensation received.

I've heard similar from friends who've worked as photogs, editors and copywriters. For all of Flynn's commentary and pointed irony regarding societal norms and morays, he was for all intents, a raging, egomaniacal asshole with a host of addictions.

Out of curiosity, I'm wondering if these experiences were before or after he was shot and paralyzed? Certainly a thing like that could put a guy in a foul mood.

I see that some here are wishing him extreme warmth for eternity. That's fair, I can see your point.

However, you know ESPECIALLY today, that Flynt's 1st Amendment case that went to SCOTUS was rather important.

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Originally posted by honestlou:

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Originally posted by corsair:

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Originally posted by pulicords:
A close family member worked for Flint as part of his company's management team. His terrible disposition was legendary. He exuded hatred towards virtually everyone surrounding him, but members of his immediate family (and probably did then same with them in private), and said his time on the "inside" of Flint's empire was not worth the monetary compensation received.

I've heard similar from friends who've worked as photogs, editors and copywriters. For all of Flynn's commentary and pointed irony regarding societal norms and morays, he was for all intents, a raging, egomaniacal asshole with a host of addictions.

Out of curiosity, I'm wondering if these experiences were before or after he was shot and paralyzed? Certainly a thing like that could put a guy in a foul mood.

My family member worked for Flint after he was shot and paralyzed, but from what I'd heard, his personality was always abrasive in the extreme.

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Originally posted by CPD SIG:
I see that some here are wishing him extreme warmth for eternity. That's fair, I can see your point.

However, you know ESPECIALLY today, that Flynt's 1st Amendment case that went to SCOTUS was rather important.

Like me, Hitler liked dogs. That said, I hope there's no canines where that asshole ended up!

I was a fan.
He sure got some peoples feathers ruffled up and I kinda have to say I can respect that.

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Originally posted by airsoft guy:

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Originally posted by mr kablammo:
Burn in Hell mo'fo'. BURN!

I'm sure we were all disappointed to find out those letters sent in weren't real, and our chances of an orgy with a bunch of buxom coeds were very slim, but hoping he burns in Hell is a bit much.

Ummm, I beg to differ. College was one of the best 5 years of my life.