Most people know Dennis Hof as the owner of several legal brothels in Nevada and the star of HBO’s award-winning reality TV show “Cathouse.”, But his success and celebrity came from humble, modest beginnings that are the very epitome of seeking and achieving “The American Dream.”. He was elected to the Nevada Assembly less than one month after his death. @DennisHof, the brothel kingpin running for Assembly, who had been chewing up national scenery and who had been hyping his big birthday celebration, is dead. [9], In early 2009, due to the recession, State Senator Bob Coffin (D) proposed legalizing prostitution statewide for tax purposes. At one point in the documentary he very nearly accurately predicted his own death, going out getting the best piece of pussy. Hof was not married and had two children at the time of his death, though their identities are unknown. This account has been disabled.
I still hear from him on my birthdays and on Christmas. */. Not long after graduating from high school, Dennis decided it was time for his own business and leased a vacant gas station from Richfield Oil on the highway in Phoenix. So he told Shirley and her family that he wasn’t going to take the job with the phone company – a decision that did not go over well. To suggest a correction or addition, visit the memorial page and click Suggest Edits. According to the bio on his site, Hof had two children with his high school sweetheart, Shirley. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that three former prostitutes accused Hof of sexual assault in 2005, 2009 and 2011 at his Bunny Ranch brothel near Carson City and Love Ranch brothel outside Las Vegas. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. She starred in several amateur videos with him before moving on to bigger and better things. He is survived by two daughters, Shelly and Teresa, and two ex-wives. Hof released a book, The Art of the Pimp, in March 2015. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. If anyone’s being exploited, it’s men that have to pay for something they can’t get enough of.”, Nevada brothel owner and State Assembly candidate Dennis Hof has diedAdult film star Ron Jeremy found Hof's body and talked to 13 Action News about his death.2018-10-16T22:43:16.000Z. I spent time in 2012 in this brothel, accompanied by America's biggest pimp, Dennis Hof. Heidi Fleiss is Dennis Hof’s wife. Businessman, entrepreneur, restaurateur, and politician. "Hafen appointed to replace Hof in Nevada Assembly District 36", "Dennis Hof Interview - Dennis Hof on 'The Art of the Pimp, "A Wild Conversation with the 'Pimp' Who Won a Nevada Primary", "Dennis Hof dies at 72: He spent his final hours with Ron Jeremy, Heidi Fleiss, and other recognizable names", "Dennis Hof, Nevada's bombastic legal pimp and Assembly candidate, has died", "Brothel owner-turned-politician Dennis Hof found dead at Love Ranch", Regulating Brothel Prostitution in St. Paul, 1865–1883, Commercial sexual exploitation of children, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dennis_Hof&oldid=982386762, Articles needing additional references from May 2019, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2015, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2018, Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images, Find a Grave template with ID different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 7 October 2020, at 20:27. Hof had been a media celebrity for years. By the time he got back to Phoenix he knew his marriage was over. While I’m not sure I support the business 100 percent, he is a totally self-made guy – something I really respect.”, “As the longtime owner of several businesses in southern Nevada – including the Longstreet Inn and Casino in Amargosa Valley – I know a successful entrepreneur when I see one. [citation needed]. Hof hit the Nevada brothel biz in … At the time, the Nye County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant David Boruchowitz told Fox News: "We received a 911 dispatch call around 11 a.m. for an unresponsive male and when officers arrived at the scene, the patient, Dennis Hof, was located deceased.
Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? While still in high school in 1964, his girlfriend, Shirley, got pregnant. “If by chance I found myself in a shed full of manure,” he wrote, “I’d have been excited knowing that somewhere nearby there was a pony!”. Hof and the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel were featured in the HBO series Cathouse, which ran from 2002 to 2014. He owns dozens of successful tax revenue-producing operations and fully understands the undue burdens government too often puts on the shoulders of the true job creators in our state. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Verify and try again. Hof appears as himself in an "underground" mall shop called "Pro-Life Sex" in the 2014 indie film Alongside Night. The news of Dennis Hof's death broke Tuesday, two days after his 72nd birthday. Barnum of the sex industry," Hof told the RGJ in 2015.