Althea Flynt
Althea Flynt (born November 6, 1953 in Marietta (Ohio) , † June 27, 1987 in Los Angeles ), née Leasure, was the fourth wife of Larry Flynt and the co-publisher of the adult magazine Hustler .
Life
Althea Leasure and her four siblings Sherry, Debbie, Marsha and Richard come from a broken family. At the age of 8, Althea watched her father Richard shoot her mother June, her grandfather and her mother's best friend. He then shot himself. She was sent to an orphanage, but ran away when she was a teenager.
Althea met Larry Flynt in 1971 at the age of 17; she applied to be a stripper at his club in Columbus, Ohio. The two quickly became close and married on August 21, 1976. Althea was entrusted with the Hustler's management and publication of the magazine during their eleven-year marriage. During Larry's brief conversion to religion in 1977, she maintained Hustler magazine.
In 1983 she was diagnosed with AIDS . Larry Flynt claims that she was infected from a blood transfusion during total surgery .
After Larry was shot in 1978, Althea began to abuse the drugs he was prescribed as drugs. Althea Flynt drowned in the bathtub of her mansion in Los Angeles, California, on June 27, 1987, apparently after an overdose of these drugs.
She was portrayed by Courtney Love in the movie Larry Flynt .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sohaila Abdulali. The Life & Death Of Althea Flynt The Porn King's Wife Stick By Him To The End . July 15, 1987. Retrieved October 19, 2015
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| SURNAME | Flynt, Althea |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leasure, Althea (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | fourth wife of Larry Flynt and co-publisher of the adult magazine Hustler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marietta (Ohio) |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 1987 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |