Bob Guccione, The Man Behind Penthouse Magazine, Dead At 79

Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione died yesterday at the age of 79.  The AP reported that the adult entertainment magnate passed away at a hospital in Plano, Texas after a long bout with cancer.

Guccione was a native New Yorker, born in Brooklyn in 1930.  He created Penthouse in the mid-’60s, however the magazine first gained international notoriety before it was welcomed to the states.  According to Biography.com,  Penthouse debuted in 1965 in the U.K.  prior to its introduction to U.S.