NEW YORK (AP) — Al Goldstein, the publisher of Screw magazine, has died in New York after a long illness.
Attorney Charles C. DeStefano (deh-STEHF'-eh-noh) says Goldstein died early Thursday at a hospice in Brooklyn. The bird-flipping Goldstein helped break down legal barriers against pornography and raged against politicians, organized religion and anything that even suggested good taste.
His angry humor, garish attire, numerous divorces and X-rated mind made him an infamous national figure.
He took potshots at sacred cows in the magazine's pages and placed an 11-foot-tall sculpture of an extended middle finger outside his former Florida home.
DeStefano says Goldstein was an "intellectual who cared about the world and geopolitics."
But after a lavish lifestyle, Goldstein fell on difficult times, landing in a homeless shelter and a veterans hospital.
Attorney Charles C. DeStefano (deh-STEHF'-eh-noh) says Goldstein died early Thursday at a hospice in Brooklyn. The bird-flipping Goldstein helped break down legal barriers against pornography and raged against politicians, organized religion and anything that even suggested good taste.
His angry humor, garish attire, numerous divorces and X-rated mind made him an infamous national figure.
He took potshots at sacred cows in the magazine's pages and placed an 11-foot-tall sculpture of an extended middle finger outside his former Florida home.
DeStefano says Goldstein was an "intellectual who cared about the world and geopolitics."
But after a lavish lifestyle, Goldstein fell on difficult times, landing in a homeless shelter and a veterans hospital.
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