Editing Larry Flynt (section)

==Personal life and death==
Flynt was married five times; his wives were:<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |title=''Hustler'' magazine founder Larry Flynt dies at age&nbsp;78 |magazine=People magazine |lang=en |url=https://people.com/human-interest/larry-flynt-dead-hustler-magazine/ |access-date=February 11, 2021}}</ref>
* Mary Flynt (1961–1965)
* Peggy Mathis (1966–1969)
* Kathy Barr (1970–1975)
* [[Althea Flynt|Althea Leasure]] (1976–1987)
* Elizabeth Berrios (1998–2021)
He married his fourth wife, [[Althea Flynt|Althea]], in 1976, and they remained married for ten years<ref name=":1"/> until her death at age&nbsp;33. Larry reported she had ARC (AIDS-related complex), but drowned in a bathtub in 1987.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gorney |first=Cynthia |date=July 6, 1987 |title=The brief, hot flame of Althea Flynt |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |type=obituary |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/07/06/the-brief-hot-flame-of-althea-flynt/695cf27e-fd49-447b-a019-e420ebffbcb5/ }}</ref><ref name=":0"/> Toxicology reports were inconclusive.<ref>{{cite news |title=Flynt autopsy inconclusive |date=November 10, 2017 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/30/us/flynt-autopsy-inconclusive.html |access-date=February 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110065033/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/30/us/flynt-autopsy-inconclusive.html |archive-date=November 10, 2017}}</ref> He married his fifth wife, Elizabeth Berrios, in 1998. Flynt had four daughters and a son, as well as many grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web |title=Larry Flynt, ''Hustler'' founder, dead at&nbsp;78 |website=Entertainment Tonight |date=February 10, 2021 |language=en-US |type=obituary |url=https://www.etonline.com/larry-flynt-hustler-founder-dead-at-78-160417 |access-date=February 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=February 11, 2021 |title=Larry Flynt, who built a porn empire with ''Hustler'', dies at 78 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |issn=0362-4331 |type=obituary |language=en-US |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/business/media/larry-flynt-dead-hustler-magazine.html |access-date=February 21, 2021}}</ref> His daughter Lisa Flynt-Fugate died in a car crash in Ohio in October&nbsp;2014 at age&nbsp;47.<ref>{{cite web|title=Funeral services set for daughter of Larry Flynt|url=http://www.whio.com/news/news/crime-law/daughter-larry-flynt-critical-after-riverside-cras/nhmpd/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910195945/http://www.whio.com/news/news/crime-law/daughter-larry-flynt-critical-after-riverside-cras/nhmpd/|archive-date=September 10, 2015|access-date=August 28, 2015|website=[[WHIO-TV|WHIO]]}}</ref>

He said he was an [[Evangelicalism|evangelical Christian]] for one year, "converted" in 1977 by evangelist [[Ruth Carter Stapleton]], the sister of [[Jimmy Carter]]. He said he became "[[Born again (Christianity)|born again]]" and that he had a vision from God while flying with Stapleton in his jet. He continued to publish his magazine, however, vowing to "hustle for God".<ref>{{cite web |quote='Stapleton and Flynt formed a fast friendship', which resulted in Flynt's surprising and publicized conversion to Christianity. |website=Biography.com |title=Larry Flynt |url=http://www.biography.com/people/larry-flynt-9542114 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227002253/http://www.biography.com/people/larry-flynt-9542114 |archive-date=February 27, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Flynt-Ross-1996/>{{rp|166}} He later declared himself an [[Atheism|atheist]].{{refn|I have left my religious conversion behind and settled into a comfortable state of atheism.<br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; — L. Flynt (1996)<ref name=Flynt-Ross-1996/>{{rp|at=epilogue}} }}<ref>{{cite AV media |quote=I am not saying he do[es]n't believe in God. I am just saying I don't believe in God. That puts me at odds with him. |url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9701/11/falwell.v.flynt/lkl.00.html |title=Larry King Live |date=January 10, 1996 |website=CNN |series=Showbiz |first=Larry |last=Flynt |ID=9701/11}}</ref>

In 1994, Flynt bought a [[Gulfstream II]] private jet, which was used in the movie ''[[The People vs. Larry Flynt]]''. In 2005, he replaced it with a [[Gulfstream IV]]. At the time of his death, he resided in the [[Hollywood Hills]].

Flynt said he had [[bipolar disorder]].<ref>{{cite news |website=CNN |title=Newscast transcripts |ID=1104/20 |page=01 |url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/pmt/date/2011-04-20/segment/01}}</ref>

Flynt died from [[heart failure]] in Los Angeles on February 10, 2021, at age&nbsp;78.<ref>{{cite news |last = Ulaby |first = Neda |date = February 10, 2021 |title = Larry Flynt, porn mogul and ''Hustler'' founder, dies at 78 |website=[[NPR]] |type=obituary |url = https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/966559853/larry-flynt-porn-mogul-and-hustler-founder-dies-at-78 |access-date = February 10, 2021}}</ref>