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Magazine founder leaves racy legacy

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Penthouse magazine publisher Bob Guccione poses in his New York mansion with an over-sized gavel his daughter gave him after he was victorious in a California court battle, in May 1982.

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Danielle Deneux, Penthouse Pet of the Year, poses with publisher Bob Guccione at a poolside party in his townhouse in New York, in September 1981.The Associated Press

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Penthouse publisher and founder Bob Guccione holds up his magazine and Playboy magazine at a news conference announcing an anti-censorship campaign, in June 1986.

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Penthouse magazine publisher Bob Guccione is seen in a January 1998 file photo.

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Bob Guccione leaves the U.S. Federal Courthouse in New York in May 2002 during a hearing over a Penthouse issue containing photos of a topless sunbather mistakenly identified as tennis star Anna Kournikova.

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