PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) – America’s most famous pimp partied for days with porn stars, political pals and others to celebrate his 72nd birthday, but the revelry ended when Dennis Hof was found dead in one of his Nevada brothels.
Hof, a Donald Trump-style Republican who won a GOP primary for a seat in the state Legislature this year, spent his last nights in a series of celebrations across Nevada that drew notables from politics and the sex industry – two worlds he managed to bridge.
His final party Monday night at the Pahrump Nugget hotel-casino, about an hour’s drive outside Las Vegas, included aging porn star Ron Jeremy, tax-cut activist Grover Norquist, one-time “Hollywood Madam” Heidi Fleiss and ex-Arizona sheriff and politician Joe Arpaio.
“Boy, that’s shocking,” Arpaio, the former six-term sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix, said of Hof’s death. He said Hof was in good spirits when Arpaio left the party around 10 p.m.
Hof didn’t drink, smoke or use drugs, Hof’s campaign consultant Chuck Muth said. Despite the rigorous schedule, Hof seemed in a “perfect mood” and in “perfect health” at the parties.