Onetime porn king of Minnesota dies
Minneapolis Star-Tribune obituary: "In the 1970s, Ferris Alexander was the reputed pornography king of Minnesota. But that empire crashed when he became the first person in the United States to be sentenced for pornography violations under a federal racketeering law [in 1990]. Alexander, who had been in failing health for several years, died recently. He was 84. A longtime fighter for free speech, he appealed his case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld the seizure of his assets and property."
