Dennis Hof, owner of the famous Bunny Ranch, died on Tuesday at one of his brothels after a birthday party.

Hof, who was involved in the cocaine and viagra Kardashian incident back in 2015, was also the Republican candidate for state Assembly in a district in southern Nevada.

I guess one positive here is that there won’t be yet another sleazy man in American politics.

The 72-year-old died in his sleep after a party attended by the likes of porn star Ron Jeremy, former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, and anti-tax activist Grover Norquist. Here’s the Washington Post:

The Nye County Sheriff’s office said Tuesday that it was investigating Hof’s death. He was found at the Love Ranch in Crystal Tuesday morning by Jeremy, who went to wake him for a meeting, police and Muth said.

Adult film star Ron Jeremy now providing entertainment playing Happy Birthday on the harmonica. Only in Nevada! pic.twitter.com/c36sSlZaiD

— Chuck Muth (@ChuckMuth) October 16, 2018

“We had a wonderful event last night,” Muth told the Reno Gazette Journal. “He was having the time of his life.”

Hof really rose to fame when HBO decided to create a reality TV show about one of his brothels, the Moonlite Bunny Ranch near Nevada.

Hof, along with many of his female employees, was a lively presence on the racy show, which regularly featured nude scenes as part of its behind-the-curtain peek at life and work at a brothel.

The show began to air on the network in 2005 and was a regular feature of its “late-night” offerings for years, before the network axed its pornographic content earlier this year.

Hof had a talent for keeping the media interested in his businesses, pulling stunts like posting bail for Liberace’s former lover, Scott Thorson, in 2013, after Thorson took up residence at the Bunny Ranch.

He rode his fame to a successful candidacy on the Republican ticket for a state assembly seat after ousting the incumbent in the primary. But his foray into politics brought greater scrutiny to his businesses, one of which had its brothel license suspended earlier this year, as well as his background.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported earlier this year that multiple former prostitutes accused Hof of sexual assault earlier this year. The cases were never prosecuted. According to USA Today, Hof denied the allegations.

Hoff described Trump as his “Christopher Columbus” who found the way, and gave him the opportunity to “jump on it”.

Here’s a quick look inside the Moonlite Bunny Ranch from two years ago:

I’m sure there are many who feel like the world is a slightly better place without this guy in it.

[source:washingtonpost]