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A man who owned six tons of porn died when his collection of filthy magazines fell on top of him.

The 50-year-old's body was was only discovered six months later when the landlord entered his flat in Japan to find out why the rent had not been paid.

The porn addict's lowly tragic death was revealed by a member of the cleaning team, who said that his company had been hired to remove the magazines discreetly in a way that would not be noticed by neighbours and the man's family to save them from the shame.

He said that the dead man, a former car-maker identified only by the name Joji, had died buried under a pile of the pornographic magazines.

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He said it was unclear if he had suffered a heart attack and fallen into the stacks of magazines which had then fallen on top of him, or whether he had been crushed by the mass of paper.

Either way, if he was still conscious the paper would probably have muffled his cries, according to the cleaner.

The cleaner said that every space in the flat was filled with piles of magazines, which also stacked on tables and on shelves.

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There are also clippings from erotic magazines where it appeared the man had cut out his favourite articles, and thrown away the rest of the magazine.

Despite these efforts however, at the time of his death the collection weighed in at six tons.