Michael Thevis

Michael George Thevis (February 25, 1932 – November 20, 2013) was a Greek American millionaire pornographer and convicted murderer based in Atlanta, Georgia, but with close links to the Five Families of New York City and the DeCavalcante crime family of Newark, New Jersey. After escaping from prison on April 28, 1978, Thevis was put on the FBI Most Wanted List. He was known as "The King of Pornography" and "The Sultan of Smut", and was a millionaire by age 37. He was also involved in music recording: rock group Flood recorded a soundtrack for the US release of the martial arts movie Blood of the Dragon starring Jimmy Wang Yu, which was produced by author William Diehl. Flood disbanded when Thevis' GRC Records label folded after his arrest. Other artists who recorded for GRC included Sammy Johns (million-seller "Chevy Van"), Moe Bandy and Loleatta Holloway.

He commissioned one of the largest residences to be built in Atlanta in 1972, a 30-room British Tudor-style mansion called "Lion's Gate." During the 1990s, the Thevis mansion was the home of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.

Legal history In November 1970, Thevis shot and killed business rival Kenneth Hanna.

Thevis died in prison in Bayport, Minnesota, on November 20, 2013.