Al Goldstein: Screw Magazine Publisher Dies at 77

Al Goldstein was an American publisher. Born on January 10, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York, he co-founded the sex tabloid Screw in 1968.

He was arrested 19 times on obscenity charges and won a significant First Amendment case in 1974. He hosted the cable show Midnight Blue for nearly 30 years.

He once offered $1 million for the assassination of Ayatollah Khomeini. Goldstein went bankrupt in 2003. He died of renal failure at a nursing home in Brooklyn on December 19, 2013, at age 77.

Achievements: Founder of Screw magazine.

Birth: January 10, 1936 - Brooklyn, New York.

Profession: Publisher.

Interesting Facts: His Florida mansion had a giant middle finger statue.