 In 1951, Flynt's sister, Judy, died of leukemia at age four.The death provoked his parents' divorce one year later; Flynt was raised by his mother in Hamlet, Indiana, and his brother, Jimmy, was raised by his maternal grandmother in Magoffin County.Two years later, Flynt returned to live in Magoffin County with his father because he disliked his mother's new boyfriend.