RIP Hugh Heffner
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 2:39 pm
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I was more a Penthouse guy myself, but he was quite the legendary figure. And not a good one, to many eyes who considered his life to primarily consist of exploiting women. I don't know that I'd say I admire him or aspire to his lifestyle, but he sure lived his life the way he wanted to, and to the fullest.Playboy Enterprises Inc said he passed away peacefully at home in Los Angeles, from natural causes. Hefner began publishing Playboy in his kitchen in 1953. It became the largest-selling men's magazine in the world, shifting seven million copies a month at its peak.
Cooper Hefner, his son, said he would be "greatly missed by many". He paid tribute to his father's "exceptional and impactful life as a media and cultural pioneer," and called him an advocate for free speech, civil rights and sexual freedom.
Hefner's trailblazing magazine helped make nudity more acceptable in mainstream publications, despite emerging at a time when US states could legally ban contraceptives.
It also made him a multi-millionaire, spawning a business empire that included casinos and nightclubs.
