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Al Goldstein

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Al Goldstein

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  • Co-founder, with Jim Buckley, of the influential 1960s sex newspaper "Screw".
  • Attended Pace University in Lower Manhattan.
  • Was a licenced NYC taxi driver.
  • Is currently on his feet again, working at a deli in New York City, USA. (February 2005)
  • Is bankrupt from numerous lawsuits stemming from harassment charges. Is now living in a homeless shelter and has lost everything. (2004)
  • In 1967 he went to work as a writer for a publishing company called "Countrywide Publications", which published a string of low-grade tabloid publications sold mainly at supermarket checkout counters. He wrote completely fabricated stories with headlines like "Wife Grinds Up Children, Feeds Them to Goldfish", "Barber Shoves Scissors Up Girlfriend's Nostrils" and "Man Gets Horse Organ in Sexual Transplant".
  • In 1960, on assignment in Cuba as a photographer for "Pictorial Parade", he was arrested and thrown in prison for taking photographs near where Raúl Castro, the brother of Fidel Castro, was speaking. He spent several days in prison before being released and deported.
  • Has a son Jordan.
  • At the end of his life he was financially supported by illusionist Penn Jillette.
  • Captained the debate team at Pace University.
  • Served as a photojournalist in the United States Army.

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