Paul Snider Paul Snider Paul Leslie Snider (April 15, 1951 – August 14, 1980) was a Canadian man who was one of the creators of the male stripping act the "Chippendales". He was the estranged husband and manager of "Playboy" model Dorothy Stratten, whom he raped and murdered the day he killed himself. Snider was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to Jewish parents. By the mid-1970s, he was a night-club promoter and erstwhile pimp. In 1977, Snider met Dorothy Stratten at a Vancouver-area Dairy Queen, where she was working part-time while still attending high school, and romanced her. In 1979, he sent
Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, a rock song called "Bet", written by Snider himself and composed by the Norwegian heavy metal artist Ronni Le Tekrø. Snider asked Republican vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan's camp not to play his hit song in their campaign. On September 6, 2012 Snider performed "We're Not Gonna Take It" on "America's Got Talent". Also in 2012, Snider played Larry, the owner of a dive bar in the mockumentary "Future Folk" about an alien bluegrass band. On January 24, 2013, at the City National Grove of Anaheim, Snider was honored as roastee at the "Revolver Magazine"/"Guitar World"