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Subject: Porn baron Paul Raymond dies aged 82
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/03/08 at 2:57 pm
Full Obit on BBC News Online
Porn baron and property magnate Paul Raymond has died, the Paul Raymond Organisation said.
Raymond, 82, the son of a Liverpool lorry driver, founded a huge pornographic empire which included magazines such as Mayfair and Men Only.
He was once dubbed the King of Soho and in 1958 opened the only premises in the UK to stage live striptease shows.
Raymond acquired property in London's West End in the 1970s and was thought to be worth £650m when he died.
Born Geoffrey Anthony Quinn in November 1925, Raymond left school at 15 to pursue a career in showbusiness and started with a mind-reading act on Clacton Pier.
He soon discovered his real talent lay as a producer and went on to exploit not only the public's fascination with sex and nudity, but also the gradual liberalisation of the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
His big break came after he side-stepped censorship laws that prevented naked women from moving on stage by having topless women stand completely still.
Raymond later bought the Whitheall Theatre, where he staged sex farces with titles like Yes, We Have No Pyjamas.
Subject: Re: Porn baron Paul Raymond dies aged 82
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/07/08 at 6:56 pm
It never ceases to amaze me how much these porn moguls make!
Subject: Re: Porn baron Paul Raymond dies aged 82
Written By: saver on 03/08/08 at 12:22 am
It never ceases to amaze me how much these porn moguls make!
maybe when he went to the next world poetic justice was served and he was greeted by 16 hot guys :P
Subject: Re: Porn baron Paul Raymond dies aged 82
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/12/08 at 6:45 pm
Porn moguls don't necessarily like sex or pornography more than anybody else. It's just a business.