HUGH HEFNER IS DEAD

Hugh Hefner created Playboy at his kitchen table in Chicago. The magazine was blamed for (or credited with) setting off a cultural revolution in America, but within a few years Hefner was branded a male chauvinist. He was a proponent of free speech and a champion of civil rights who was decried as a merchant of smut.

Hefner died Wednesday at the age of 91, the magazine announced in a statement, writing that he “peacefully passed away today from natural causes at his home, The Playboy Mansion, surrounded by loved ones.”

“My father lived an exceptional and impactful life as a media and cultural pioneer and a leading voice behind some of the most significant social and cultural movements of our time in advocating free speech, civil rights and s*xual freedom,” Hefner’s son Cooper, now the company’s chief creative officer, wrote in the company’s statment. “He defined a lifestyle and ethos that lie at the heart of the Playboy brand.”

4 thoughts on “HUGH HEFNER IS DEAD

  1. Met I hears he was already dead months ago and it is just now being announced, heard he was very ill for a while and he disnt want anybody to know

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