Bob Guccione

Robert Charles Joseph Edward Sabatini Guccione December 17 1930 October 20 2010 was an American photographer and the founder of the adult magazine Penthouse in 1965 This was aimed at competing with Hugh Hefners Playboy but with more extreme erotic content a special style of softfocus photography and indepth reporting of government corruption scandals By 1982 Guccione was listed in the Forbes 400 wealth list and owned one of the biggest mansions in Manhattan But he made some extravagant investments that failed and the growth of free online pornography in the 1990s greatly diminished his market In 2003 Gucciones publishers declared bankruptcy and he resigned as chairman In 2013 documentary filmmaker Barry Avrich produced and directed a biography on Guccione entitled Filthy Gorgeous The Bob Guccione Story The film had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival prior to airing on Epix and HBO The film was independently produced by Melbar Entertainment Group From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia