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Hugh Hefner , American publishing company and founder of Playboy , elapse away at the age of 91.Playboyannounced the news Wednesday evening , state Hefner"peacefully passed away today from natural suit at his home , The Playboy Mansion , surrounded by loved ones . “He is most well known for launch the men ’s lifestyle magazinePlayboyin 1953 and turn it into a widely recognize and successful globular brand .
have a bun in the oven April 9 , 1926 in Chicago , Illinois , Hefner was raised by a conservative Methodist family before graduate high school and help as a writer in the U.S. Army for a military newspaper . He graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with a John R. Major in psychology , double minor in creative writing and nontextual matter in 1949 . After working as a copywriter forEsquire , Hefner took out a loan and raised investor money - including $ 1,000 from his female parent - to launchPlayboy , with the first result being published in December 1953 .
Hefner became a key name in the sexual rotation of the sixties and 1970s , though he was both criticize for objectifying char and praised for earmark them a fomite for their own authorization . He was arrested in 1963 on charges of publishing and circulating obscene lit , but the jury was dismissed after it deadlocked on acquittal . In the 1970s , Hefner - throughPlayboy- purchased the Beverly Hills residence that became known as The Playboy Mansion , and it became Hefner ’s home .
Playboy honored Hefner onTwitter :
American Icon and Playboy Founder , Hugh M. Hefner reach forth today . He was 91.#RIPHefpic.twitter.com / tCLa2iNXa4 — Playboy ( @Playboy)September 28 , 2017
Hefner ’s boy and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises Cooper Hefner said of his Father of the Church :
" My father live an exceptional and impactful liveliness as a media and cultural groundbreaker and a leading representative behind some of the most significant societal and cultural movements of our clock time in advocating free lecture , polite rights and intimate freedom . He defined a lifestyle and ethos that lie at the heart of the Playboy brand , one of the most recognisable and live on in history . He will be greatly miss by many , include his married woman Crystal , my sister Christie and my brothers David and Marston and all of us at Playboy Enterprises . "
Hefner has produced many Playboy videos as well as a phone number of feature films , including Monty Python’sAnd Now for Something Completely Differentand Roman Polanski’sMacbeth . He also co - createdThe female child Next Doorreality series that followed Playboy Playmates including Holly Madison , Bridget Marquardt , and Kendra Wilkinson . It ran for six seasons on E ! from 2005 - 2010 , but has launched spinoff serial . Hefner appeared in a issue of plastic film and tv set series as himself , includingThe House Bunny , Entourage , The Simpsons , Family Guy , Curb Your Enthusiasm , Sex and the City , and more .
Hefner is survived by his married woman Crystal and four grown child , Christie , David , Marston and Cooper .
Rest in Peace Hugh Hefner: April 9, 1926 - September 27, 2017
Source : Playboy
