Hustler publisher Larry Flynt dies at 78

Pornography publisher Larry Flynt, who died on Wednesday (Damian Dovarganes/AP)

Pornography purveyor Larry Flynt, who built Hustler magazine into an adult entertainment empire while championing First Amendment rights, died Wednesday. He was 78.

Flynt had been in frail health and died of heart failure at his Hollywood Hills home, his nephew Jimmy Flynt said.