SFGate reports Nevada brothel owner Dennis Hof has been found dead. He was 72. Hof's business was at the center of the HBO series “Cathouse. He also wrote a memoir, “The Art of the Pimp,” which was published in 2015. That same year, he gained further notoriety when former Los Angeles Lakers player Lamar Odom collapsed at Hof's Love Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nevada, after booking a five-day package at the establishment.