on october 16, 2018, dennis hof, the owner of the love ranch property was found dead in his bedroom at the love ranch. he is believed to have died in his sleep due to natural causes. hof died at his love ranch in pahrump, nevada following a party for his 72nd birthday that had been attended by flavor flav, joe arpaio, grover norquist and ron jeremy, the last of whom found hof unresponsive. police did not suspect foul play at the time of his death.