Obituaries

Sleaze promoter Bob Guccione, 78, founder of Penthouse magazine, a rival of sorts to Playboy, of lung cancer. He had the disease for several years.

Guccione once made the Forbes 400 list of richest people. His biggest claim to fame was the publication of the Vanessa Williams pictures, which ended up costing her the Miss America title, but ultimately didn't hurt her career ambitions at all.

The magazine also published a story of the prostitute who "serviced" evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, thus helping to bring about his downfall.

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