# Paul Raymond

paul raymond (15 November 1925 – 2 March 2008), born Geoffrey Anthony Quinn, was an English strip-club owner, publisher of pornography and property developer who was dubbed the "King of Soho".After opening the UK's first nightclub to stage live striptease, Raymond launched paul raymond Publications with the soft-porn magazine Men Only, soon followed by Escort, Club International, Mayfair and many other titles. He bought property on a large scale and became wealthy.He was starting to hand over control to his daughter Debbie when she died of a heroin overdose in 1992, after which he became a recluse. == Early life == Raymond was born and raised in Liverpool to a Roman Catholic family; the family was abandoned by the father (a lorry driver) when Raymond was five with the result that he was brought up by his mother, who refused to allow the News of the World in the family home.