Playboy Founder and Icon Hugh Hefner Dead at 91

bigzman · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:13 am **Posts:** 6429

What a man, what a legend.

So long, Mr. Playboy.
Sure hope that little wish penned years ago by Shel Silverstein in the 2004 Little Black Book doesn't surface on his way to heaven, because he has several Playmates just waiting to kiss him:

http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/27/media/hugh-hefner/index.html

Some fast facts about his life and the former head of Hostess Twinkies, who sadly will soon begin to turn the Playboy Mansion into a compound:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/08/us/hugh-hefner-fast-facts/index.html?iid=EL

Pool · **Joined:** Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:12 pm **Posts:** 8631

My role model

Great guy who admired women like we all do

bigzman · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:13 am **Posts:** 6429

One of his most famous quotes up on Playboy.com, as the site has gone dark to mark his passing:

“Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dream."
HUGH M. HEFNER

xxmy22ok · **Joined:** Sun Jul 14, 2013 5:06 pm **Posts:** 3659

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RIP Hef....

bigzman · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:13 am **Posts:** 6429

Staying true to form after his death, he paid a reported $75,000 in 1992 so he could be buried next to his first cover girl in Marilyn Monroe in Los Angeles:

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/28/hugh-hefner-to-be-buried-next-to-marilyn-monroe-playboys-first-cover-girl/

bigzman · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:13 am **Posts:** 6429

How Hugh Hefner became Hef, The Early Years Spent in Chicago:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-hugh-hefner-childhood-to-playboy-20170928-story.html

And, for those who might be curious what Hef's net worth will be, check out this article from AOL.com:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hugh-hefner-apos-net-worth-155451563.html

Nick! · **Joined:** Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:48 am **Posts:** 5566

A must see for Playboy and Hef fans...

chrislognshot · **Joined:** Mon Aug 16, 2004 5:33 pm **Posts:** 1303

who here knew they had hotel at one time in north midwest area of usa.

fordloco · **Posted:** Sun Oct 01, 2017 6:04 pm

For sure about everyone on here there has always been Hef and Playboy so at least a permanent part of our lives.

pacificRT · **Posted:** Sun Oct 01, 2017 7:26 pm

fordloco wrote:

For sure about everyone on here there has always been Hef and Playboy so at least a permanent part of our lives.

Definitely -
and educational in obvious and not-so obvious ways.
As fascinated I may have been with the visual aspect of it back in the day,
from my teens and 20s, I found myself staying for the interviews, too.

So it wouldn't be totally inaccurate to say I read it for the articles.

(Bringing back one of my classic sigs below for a little while - Laura Benanti in a number from "The Playboy Club", 2011)

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