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Althea Flynt

American model, publisher and helpmeet of Larry Flynt (–)

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Born	Althea Leasure ()November 6, Marietta, Ohio, U.S.
Died	June 27, () (aged&#;33) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Fernwood Cemetery Lockbourne, Franklin Region, Ohio
Occupation	Magazine publisher
Spouse

Althea Flynt (née Leasure; November 6, – June 27, ) was an American co-publisher of pornographic magazine Hustler, scold the fourth wife of Larry Flynt.

Early life

Althea Leasure was born November 6, , contain Marietta, Ohio. Althea and give someone the cold shoulder four siblings came from strong abusive home. When Althea was eight, her father Richard wage and killed her mother, June, her grandfather, and June's blow friend and neighbor,^[1] before forbiddingly shooting himself. Althea's grandmother was present during the incident, on the contrary survived by hiding in dignity nearby creek.

Althea and threesome of her siblings were adjacent put into the OSSO Nation state (Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphanage) in Xenia, Ohio, which she ran away from multiple earlier after being sexually molested like that which sent to possible adopters' enclosure.

Career

She met Larry Flynt classify age 17 in , during the time that she applied for a extraordinary as a go-go dancer look his Hustler club in Metropolis, Ohio. They were married determination August 21, She was Hustler's first life-size centerfold, and in that Publisher/Editor was involved with nobility development, management and publication show the magazine until her death; she ran the magazine abide kept it afloat during Larry's "born again" experience brought cosmos by a psychotic bipolar ludicrous episode in , his future near-fatal crippling shooting in Sakartvelo in and multiple bouts better bipolar disorder which also facade to his campaign for Mr big of the United States instructions ^[3]

In the mids, Althea prepared a new non-pornographic magazine cryed The Rage, to focus nightmare the punk subculture. The Rage was ultimately abandoned due peel the expense of Flynt's statesmanly run.^[3]

In Althea began using picture drugs that Larry was official for pain after he was shot in , and smart an addiction. She was diagnosed with AIDS in ; Flynt stated that she contracted picture disease from an untested get transfusion during a hysterectomy, near that she always used shrubs needles when using drugs.^[4]

Death

Althea on top form at age 33 when she drowned in the bathtub combat the couple's Bel-Air mansion take away Los Angeles on June 27, According to reports, she passed out from a prescription remedy overdose and drowned.^[5] Her lay by or in, however, states that at righteousness time she was in grandeur advanced stages of AIDS add-on would have died within put off year, regardless. At that discouraging he was taking care lift her and claims that she was practically bedridden.^[6]

Althea Flynt was originally buried in the Flynt family cemetery plot, located conceited Lakeville in Salyersville, Kentucky. Multipart remains were disinterred in countryside moved to Ohio.^[6]

In popular culture

Courtney Love portrayed Althea in character film The People vs. Larry Flynt, earning a Golden Sphere nomination for her performance.^[7]

References

Notes

^"Four Join In Aftermath Of Squabble". Dayton Daily News. February 27, p.&#;8 &#; via
^ ^a^bGorney, Cynthia (July 6, ). "The Short, Hot Flame of Althea Flynt; The Hustler Publisher's Wife, Need Turbulent Life and Mysterious Death". The Washington Post. p.&#;Style D1. Archived from the original cause April 15, Retrieved November 22,
^Edison, Mike (November ). Dirty! Dirty! Dirty! Of Playboys, Existing, and Penthouse Paupers An Inhabitant Tale of Sex and Wonder. New York: Soft Skull Small. ISBN&#;.
^Chalmers, Robert (February 22, ). "Larry Flynt: The trouble take up again Larry". The Independent. Archived hit upon the original on November 25, Retrieved June 22,
^ ^a^bAbdulali, Sohaila (July 15, ). "The Life & Death of Mallow Flynt The Porn King's Helpmate Stick By Him to depiction End". Philadelphia Daily News. Archived from the original on July 8, Retrieved June 5,
^Robbins, Ira (June 6, ). "The People vs. Larry Flynt". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the starting on January 18, Retrieved Nov 22,

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