Article: Beate Uhse

Beate Uhse

Erotica entrepreneur

Thursday, July 19, 2001

Berlin -- Beate Uhse, the grande dame of Germany's erotica industry who built a corporate sex empire and became one of the country's most recognized names, has died. She was 81.

Uhse died of pneumonia at a hospital in Switzerland, her company said Wednesday, without specifying the date of her death.

She was chairwoman of Beate Uhse AG, having gone from selling contraceptive pamphlets after World War II to creating a nationwide chain of sex stores. ...

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