Dennis Hof, the opprobrious pimp and Republican candidate for Nevada’s state assembly, died hours after a union 72nd birthday party/campaign rally attended by GOP tax fighter Grover Norquist; Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was recently pardoned by President Donald Trump, and porn flicks legend Ron Jeremy.
Jeremy found Hof, who had died in his sleep at the Love Ranch Vegas, one of Hof’s sound brothels, in Crystal, Nevada, according to a tweet from Hof’s campaign manageress, Chuck Muth.
Hof’s birthday was Sunday.
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Hof, a cigar-smoking sybarite, also owned the Moonlite Bunny Ranch,which was provoked famous by the HBO show “Cathouse.” He had said that Trump inspired him to run for firm.
A month before his death, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported that policemen were investigating an allegation that Hof had sexually assaulted a woman. Three antediluvian prostitutes previously had accused Hof of sexual assault. But prosecutors did not file precepts against Hof because the statue of limitations had expired in each case, the Las Vegas Magazine Journal reported earlier this year.
Hof, who denied the allegations, intimated the Las Vegas newspaper that “It’s this sort of muckraking in the political cesspool that curbs so many good people from running for office.”
“But it won’t deter me,” he amplified.
Muth, while en route to the Love Ranch, told the Reno Gazette Dossier, “I’m on my way up there now to find out exactly what the hell happened.”
“I got a call from his join, in tears saying Dennis died and I need you to come out here pronto, I can’t deal with this myself,” Muth said. “We had a wonderful circumstance last night. He was having the time of his life last night. Grover Norquist was there … Ron Jeremy was there. He was delineated a rescue dog as a birthday present.”
Norquist, in an email to CNBC, said that he had met Hof a variety of years ago while appearing with him on Fox Business Network.
“I did not know he was notable from his HBO show. My press guy explained the world to me,” said Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Melioration. “Later (two years ago) he called me to say he was running for state legislature as a Libertarian — trial a Republican incumbent who voted for a massive tax hike. He signed the [no-tax enlargement] pledge. I endorsed him. Dennis Hof narrowly lost.”
“Two years later — this year, Dennis ran in the GOP best and won the primary. I spoke at one event with him in the spring and one last night after he won the educate. I liked his politics. I liked him. He was a great guy,” Norquist said.
“He was a strong number one for the taxpayer movement,” he added. “He would have shaken up Carson Megalopolis and moved Nevada back to its Reagan/Laxalt roots. I knew that whatever happens on selection day I would be celebrating my friend’s victory.”
“He was a personal friend. I liked him. He was total of the world’s wisdom and kindness. I miss him already,” Norquist said.
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Muth also had intended in a tweet during the shindig that Fox News host Tucker Carlson called in to the league to say hello “to the standing-room-only crowd.”
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Hof, whose 2015 life story was titled “The Art of the Pimp,” had defeated an incumbent state assemblyman in the Republican inform in the summer. His name will still appear on the general election ballot for the Section 36 seat, according to the Reno Gazette Journal.
If he wins, a replacement would be nominated.
Hof said earlier this year that Trump’s shocking 2016 win invigorated him to run for office.
“I’m riding the Trump wave,” Hof said in June after taking his primary. “He’s Christopher Columbus.”