Bob Guccione: A life in pictures

1972: Bob Guccione with women dressed in French maid outfits Photograph: Rex Features/Rex Features

17 September 1973: Bob Guccione at a party for Viva magazine Photograph: Ron Galella/WireImage

Bob Guccione with his wife and fellow publisher Kathy Keeton Photograph: Ron Galella/WireImage

1980: Bob Guccione poses with Penthouse models Photograph: Peter Brooker / Rex Features/Peter Brooker / Rex Features

December 1993: Bob Guccione works with his wife, Kathy Keeton Photograph: David Montgomery/Getty Images

July 2001: Bob Guccione strikes a pose Photograph: Ted Thai/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images

New York 1994: Sasha Vinni, Bob Guccione, and Leslie Glass attend the Penthouse Pet video release party at Club USA Photograph: Steve Eichner/Getty Images

Bob Guccione at work Photograph: David Reed/David Reed/Corbis

Bob Guccione, singer and actress Pia Zadora, artist Andy Warhol and Zadora's husband, Meshulam Riklis Photograph: Ann Clifford/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image

1982: Bob Guccione and Danielle DeNeux at a party for Penthouse's 1981-82 Pet of the Year at his Manhattan townhouse in New York Photograph: Ron Galella/WireImage

4 June 1986: Bob Guccione holds up Penthouse and Playboy magazines at a news conference announcing his anti-censorship campaign at the Penthouse magazine offices in New York Photograph: Richard Drew/AP

1976: Bob Guccione on the Russell Harty Show Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/ITV / Rex Features

Bob Guccione with two Penthouse pets Photograph: David McGough/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image

Bob Guccione attends a party at Penthouse headquarters in London Photograph: David Westing/EMPICS Entertainment

June 2003: Bob Guccione with Penthouse pets in New York Photograph: Rex Features/Rex Features