Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine is dead. The 91 year old died at his home, the Playboy Mansion, of natural causes surrounded by loved one
Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine is dead. The 91 year old died at his home, the Playboy Mansion, of natural causes surrounded by loved ones. Hugh Hefner’s health had been in serious decline over the last year and had not been seen in public for some time. His passing comes just over a year after his brother, Keith, died.
Hugh Hefner founded Playboy magazine with money he borrowed from his mother, over 60 years ago in a bid to create a niche upscale men’s magazine, combining images of nude women with in-depth articles, interviews and fiction by a variety of well-known writers. The first centerfold, an iconic feature of the monthly magazine, was of Marilyn Monroe.
While the magazine managed to both inspire and ride the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 70s, it however struggled in the face of tough competition from the availability of free pornography online. For a brief period from mid-2016 through early 2017, the magazine experimented with avoiding nudity, before returning to its previous formula.
Hefner led free-speech battles in the U.S., fighting all the way to the Supreme Court after the U.S. Post Office refused to deliver his magazine. Hugh Hefner was survived by his 3rd wife, Crystal, the 31 year old whom he married in 2012, Christine and David from his first marriage, Cooper and Marston from his second marriage.
