Naked Came the Stranger

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Lyle Stuart - who was once Mad publisher’s William M. Gaines’ accountant has died.

A raconteur of the roundabout school, Mr. Stuart once began a conversation, “Well, I was in a nudist colony in California … ,” before eventually explaining how he obtained the cover art for Naked Came the Stranger, a photograph of a nude woman, back to the camera, brunette hair cascading to her waist. He ripped it out of a nudist magazine from Hungary, he recalled. (The surprised model and photographer later demanded payment, and received it, he said.)

Lyle Stuart, Publisher of Renegade Titles, Dies at 83