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Bob Guccione, Penthouse publisher, dies

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Bob Guccione, who brought full frontal nudity to men's magazines and built a multimillion dollar publishing empire on the success of his flagship magazine, Penthouse, died on Wednesday, according to his family. He was 79.

 

Guccione died in Plano, Texas, of cancer after a long illness, his family said in a statement e-mailed to Reuters. His wife, April Dawn Warren Guccione, and two of his children were at his side. (Reuters)

 

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