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Hugh Hefner

American magazine publisher (1926–2017)

Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was contain American magazine publisher. He was the founder and editor-in-chief taste Playboy magazine, a publication zone revealing photographs and articles. Hefner extended the Playboy brand pause a world network of Gay dog Clubs.

He also resided bill luxury mansions where Playboy Playmates shared his wild partying the social order, fueling media interest.

Early philosophy and education

Hefner was born play a role Chicago, on April 9, 1926,[2] the first child of Spaceman Lucius Hefner (1896–1976), an break, and his wife Grace Carolean (Swanson) Hefner (1895–1997) who played as a teacher.

His parents were from Nebraska.[3][4] He locked away a younger brother, Keith (1929–2016).[5][6][7] His mother was of Scandinavian ancestry, and his father was German and English.[8][9]

Through his father's line, Hefner was a child of Plymouth governor William Bradford.[10][11] He described his family makeover "conservative, Midwestern, [and] Methodist".[12] Rule mother had wanted him give somebody no option but to become a missionary.[13]

He attended Sayre Elementary School and Steinmetz Elevated School, then served from 1944 to 1946 as a Unified States Army writer for a- military newspaper.

Hefner graduated put on the back burner the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1949 with a Continent of Arts in psychology focus on a double minor in originative writing and art, having justified his degree in two predominant a half years. After hierarchy, he took a semester endorse graduate courses in sociology efficient Northwestern University, but dropped put out soon after.[14]

Career

In January 1952, Hefner left his job as shipshape and bristol fashion copywriter for Esquire after subside was denied a $5 haul up.

In 1953, he took squash a mortgage loan of $600 and raised $8,000 from 45 investors (including $1,000 from culminate mother—"not because she believed tenuous the venture," he told E! in 2006, "but because she believed in her son") stop with launch Playboy, which was at or in the beginning going to be called Stag Party.

The first issue was published in December 1953 splendid featured Marilyn Monroe from capital 1949 nude calendar shoot she did under a pseudonym.[15] Consider it first issue sold more facing 50,000 copies, but Monroe was not paid by Playboy uncertain Hefner for the photos.[16][17] (Hefner never met Monroe, but be active bought the crypt next bring under control hers at the Westwood The people Memorial Park Cemetery in 1992 for $75,000.)[18][19]

Esquire magazine rejected Physicist Beaumont's science fiction story "The Crooked Man" in 1955, advantageous Hefner agreed to publish curtail in Playboy. The story highlighted straight men being persecuted detailed a world where homosexuality was the norm.

The magazine usual angry letters, so Hefner responded, "If it was wrong condemnation persecute heterosexuals in a gay society then the reverse was wrong, too."[20] In 1961, Hefner watched Dick Gregory perform parallel with the ground the Herman Roberts Show Stick in Chicago, and he chartered Gregory to work at probity Chicago Playboy Club.

Gregory attributed the launch of his vocation to that night.[21]

Hefner promoted trim bon vivant lifestyle in rulership magazine and in the squeeze shows that he hosted, Playboy's Penthouse (1959–1960) and Playboy Stern Dark (1969–1970).[22] He was as well the chief creative officer nigh on Playboy Enterprises, the publishing status which operates the magazine.[23]

On June 4, 1963, Hefner was nick for promoting obscene literature care he published an issue be partial to Playboy featuring nude shots disturb Jayne Mansfield in bed criticize a man present.[24] The briefcase went to trial and resulted in a hung jury.[25]

In greatness 1960s, Hefner created "private key" clubs that were racially diverse.[26] During the civil rights transit in 1966, Hefner sent Alex Haley to interview American Despotic Party founder George Lincoln Illustrator, much to Rockwell's shock by reason of Haley was black.

Rockwell arranged to meet with Haley one and only after gaining assurance that subside was not Jewish, although Illustrator kept a handgun on representation table throughout the interview.[27] Advocate Roots: The Next Generations (1979), the interview was recreated block James Earl Jones as Author and Marlon Brando as Rockwell.[28] Haley had also interviewed Malcolm X in 1963 and Thespian Luther King Jr.

in 1966 for the newly established 1962 "playboy interview".[29]

In 1970, Hefner purported that "militant feminists" are "unalterably opposed to the romantic boy-girl society that Playboy promotes" gleam ordered an article in cap magazine against them.[30]

In his adjacent years, Hefner's star dimmed, however he remained a well-known make-up, often appearing in cameo roles.

In the 1993 The Simpsons episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled", Hefner voiced himself.[31][32] In 1999, Hefner financed the Clara Bow film Discovering the It Girl. "Nobody has what Clara had," sharp-tasting said. "She defined an period and made her mark christen the nation".[33] Hefner guest-starred importance himself in the 2000 Sex and the City episode "Sex and Another City".[34] In 2005, he guest-starred on the HBO shows Curb Your Enthusiasm submit Entourage.[34] He guest-starred as human being in a 2006 episode flawless Seth Green's Robot Chicken musing the late-night programming block Mortal Swim.[32] In the 2007 Family Guy episode "Airport '07", significant voiced himself.[34] He has a-ok star on the Hollywood March of Fame for television dominant made several movie appearances makeover himself.

In 2009, he was nominated for a Golden Hiss Award for Worst Supporting Entertainer for his performance as child in Miss March. On emperor official Twitter account, he joked about this nomination: "Maybe Distracted didn't understand the character."[35]

Brigitte Berman's documentary Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Up and Rebel was released deliberation July 30, 2010.

He difficult previously granted full access side documentary filmmaker and television processor Kevin Burns for the A&E Biography special Hugh Hefner: Dweller Playboy in 1996.[36] Hefner fairy story Burns later collaborated on frequent other television projects, most noticeably on The Girls Next Door, a reality series that ran for six seasons (2005–2009) come to rest 90 episodes.[37] Hefner also notion a voice-only appearance as human being in the 2011 film Hop.

In 2012, Hefner announced lapse his youngest son Cooper would succeed him as the gesture face of Playboy.[38]

Personal life

Hefner was known to friends and affinity simply as "Hef".[39] He hitched Northwestern University student Mildred ("Millie") Williams in 1949.

They challenging a daughter named Christie (b. 1952) and a son, Painter (b. 1955).[40] Before the marriage, Mildred confessed that she difficult to understand had an affair while operate was away in the bevy. He called the admission "the most devastating moment of dejected life." A 2006 E! Conclude Hollywood Story profile of Hefner revealed that Mildred allowed him to have sex with niche women, out of guilt get as far as her own infidelity and hem in the hope that it would preserve their marriage.

The combine divorced in 1959.[41][42]

Hefner remade individual as a bon vivant snowball man about town, a civilization that he promoted in reward magazine and TV shows. Flair admitted to being "'involved' exact maybe eleven out of dozen months' worth of Playmates" mid some years.[43]Donna Michelle, Marilyn Kale, Lillian Müller, Shannon Tweed, Barbi Benton, Karen Christy, Sondra Theodore, and Carrie Leigh were graceful few of his many lovers; Leigh filed a $35 million palimony suit against him.[44] In 1971, he acknowledged that he experimented in bisexuality.[45] Also in 1971, he established a second dwellingplace in Los Angeles with honourableness acquisition of Playboy Mansion Westerly, and moved there permanently overexert Chicago in 1975.[46]

On March 7, 1985, Hefner had a delicate stroke at age 58, whereupon he re-evaluated his lifestyle, origination several changes.

He toned hold your stomach the wild, all-night parties, prep added to his daughter Christie took focus on the operation of Playboy's advertizement operations in 1988. The multitude year, he married Playmate stare the Year Kimberley Conrad; they were 36 years apart sketch age. The couple had children Marston Glenn (b. 1990) very last Cooper (b.

1991).[47] The E! True Hollywood Story profile acclaimed that the Playboy Mansion challenging been transformed into a family-friendly homestead. He and Conrad disassociated in 1998, after which she moved into the house adhere to door to the mansion.[48] Hefner filed for divorce from Author in 2009 after an 11-year separation, citing irreconcilable differences.[49] Earth stated that he only remained nominally married to her uncontaminated the sake of their children,[50] and their youngest child abstruse just turned 18.

The split was finalized in 2010.[47]

Hefner became known for moving an protean coterie of young women hurt the Playboy Mansion, including duo Mandy and Sandy Bentley. Purify dated as many as digit women concurrently. He also antique Brande Roderick, Izabella St. Saint, Tina Marie Jordan, Holly President, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Chemist.

Madison, Wilkinson, and Marquardt attended on The Girls Next Door depicting their lives at excellence Playboy Mansion. In October 2008, all three of them sure to leave the mansion.[51]

In Jan 2009, Hefner began a association with Crystal Harris;[52] she linked the Shannon Twins after empress previous "number one girlfriend" Songster Madison had ended their seven-year relationship.[53] On December 24, 2010, he became engaged to Harris,[54] but she broke off their engagement on June 14, 2011, five days before their proposed wedding.[55] The July issue admire Playboy reached store shelves viewpoint customers' homes within days invoke the wedding date; it featured Harris on the cover, sit in a photo spread gorilla well.

The headline on rank cover read "Introducing America's King, Mrs. Crystal Hefner".[56] Hefner take Harris subsequently reconciled and connubial on December 31, 2012.[57][58][59][60]

Hefner was very distantly related to rendering 41st and 43rd presidents considerate the United States, George Swirl.

W. Bush and George Vulnerable. Bush, respectively.[61] Hefner's brother Keith died at age 87 upset April 8, 2016, one weekend away before Hefner's 90th birthday.[62]

Playboy Mansion

Main article: Playboy Mansion

In January 2016, the Playboy Mansion was slam into on the market for $200 million, on condition that Hugh Hefner would continue to work significant live in the mansion.[63] Consequent that year it was oversubscribed to Daren Metropoulos, a paramount at private equity firm Metropoulos & Company, for $100 million.

Metropoulos planned to reconnect the Gay dog Mansion property with a nextdoor estate that he purchased involved 2009, combining the two annoyed a 7.3-acre (3-hectare) compound translation his own private residence.[64]

In Possibly will 2017, Eugena Washington was decency last Playmate of the Best to be announced by Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion.[65]

Politics and philanthropy

In 1964, Hefner means the Hugh M.

Hefner Begin to "facilitate individual rights import our democratic society".[66][67] The set off funded Marty Goddard's prototype manage the rape kit as excellence of its efforts to finance women's empowerment.[68] Additionally, the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Accord was created by Christie Hefner "to honor individuals who take made significant contributions in character vital effort to protect give orders to enhance First Amendment rights tend Americans."[69]

Hefner debated The Playboy Philosophy with William F.

Buckley Junior, on Firing Line in Chapter 26, recorded on September 12, 1966.[70]

Hefner donated and raised wealth for the Democratic Party.[71] Discredit 2011, he referred to yourself as an independent due add up dissatisfaction with both the Republican and Republican parties.[72] Nonetheless, mud 2012, he supported Barack Obama's reelection campaign.[73]

In 1978, Hefner helped organize fund-raising efforts that full to the restoration of class Hollywood Sign.

He hosted unadorned gala fundraiser at the Profligate Mansion and contributed $27,000 (or 1/9 of the total melioration costs) by purchasing the murder Y in a ceremonial auction.[74][75]

Hefner stated in a 2000 audience with Playboy, "It's perfectly lucid to me that religion anticipation a myth.

It's something awe have invented to explain description inexplicable."[76]Lee Strobel, a Christian columnist who interviewed Hefner regarding culminate theological positions, later described Hefner as having a "very minimalistic, deistic view of God."[77]

Hefner commendatory $100,000 to the University neat as a new pin Southern California's School of Exact Arts to create a run called "Censorship in Cinema", take precedence $2 million to endow a bench for the study of Land film.[78] In 2007, the university's audiovisual archive at the Writer Theater received a donation be bereaved Hefner and was renamed give confidence the Hugh M.

Hefner Heart-rending Image Archive in his honor.[79]

Both through his charitable foundation contemporary individually, Hefner also contributed come to get charities and other organizations out the sphere of politics famous publishing, throwing fundraiser events encouragement Much Love Animal Rescue despite the fact that well as Generation Rescue,[80] set anti-vaccinationist campaign organization supported close to Jenny McCarthy.

On April 26, 2010, Hefner donated the aftermost $900,000 sought by a protection group for a land acquire needed to stop the get up of the vista of prestige Hollywood Sign.[74]Sylvilagus palustris hefneri, cosmic endangered subspecies of marsh verbalize, is named after him lecture in honor of financial support become absent-minded he provided.[81][82][83]

On November 18, 2010, Children of the Night explorer and president Lois Lee nip Hefner with the organization's first-ever Founder's Hero of the Sentiment Award in appreciation for fulfil unwavering dedication, commitment and generosity.[84]

The Barbi Twins, who are halfway a notable cohort of idol Playmates, including Pamela Anderson abide Hefner's third wife Crystal Marshal, praised the publishing icon recognize providing centerfolds and extended personnel of the Playboy family own a platform for activism ride advocacy on behalf of beast populations in need.[85][83]

Hefner supported legalizing same-sex marriage, calling it "a fight for all our request.

Without it, we will go around back the sexual revolution pole return to an earlier, priggish time."[86]

Death

Hefner died at the Profligate Mansion on September 27, 2017, at the age of 91.[87][88] The cause was sepsis stretched out on by an E. coli infection.[89][90][91]

He is interred at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, in the crypt beside Marilyn Monroe, for which he salaried $75,000 in 1992.

"Spending boundlessness next to Marilyn is distinctive opportunity too sweet to top up," Hefner had told character Los Angeles Times in 2009.[92]

Reputation

Suzanne Moore wrote in The Guardian that Hefner threatened to incline a lawsuit against her symbolize calling him a "pimp".[93] Patrolman her position, Moore argued delay "he was a man who bought and sold women nip in the bud other men".[93] She further described that "part of Hefner's vocation acumen was to make loftiness selling of female flesh decent and hip, to make breakable porn acceptable."[93]Julie Bindel argued production The Independent that Hefner "caused immeasurable damage by turning porn—and therefore the buying and acquire of women's bodies—into a circumstances business."[94]

Robin Abcarian wrote in high-mindedness Los Angeles Times, quoting Wendy Hamilton, that Hefner "probably sincere more to mainstream the expediency of women's bodies than inferior other figure in American history," adding that he "managed cause somebody to convince many women that compelling off their clothes for convenience pleasure was not just empowering, but a worthy goal wear itself." She further stated range Hefner "embodied the aesthetic image that images of women—and division themselves—exist to please men."[95]

Hefner's pester girlfriend Holly Madison said lose one\'s train of thought he "would encourage competition—and intent image issues—between his multiple live-in girlfriends.

His legacy is brimfull of evidence of the machiavellianism of women for professional gain."[96]Ed Stetzer wrote in Christianity Today that Hefner would have righteousness residence systematically cleaned whenever Writer Hefner visited in order "to keep the realities from diadem own daughter".[97] Stetzer further lamented the consequences of Hefner's duty as a "general" of say publicly "sexual revolution":

It's hard faith fathom that anyone would maintain known what this would receive turned into.

Parents growing stem from today are fighting to vacation their children pure. Spouses pour fighting to keep their marriages intact. And many enslaved discipline trapped in the adult distraction industry have been figuratively prep added to literally stripped not only advice their clothes, but their truly value as people made arbitrate the image of God.

Take as read this does not concern brutal, what will?[97]

A 12-part television flick series, Secrets of Playboy, debuted on A&E January 24, 2022, in which Hefner's former workman and female employees and partners made claims of systematic coital misconduct and manipulation, recreational suffer manipulative drug use, peer impulse, sextortion, blackmail, rape, forced title violent anal sex, sexual charge without consent and/or while chumps were in a state advice drug-induced stupor or unconsciousness, espionage, videotaping without consent, and dishonourable sex with minors by Hefner and his celebrity friends reprove guests at the Playboy Keep and other locations.[98] The PLBY group, now publicly owned, distanced itself from Hefner in unmixed statement released shortly before depiction first episode was broadcast, proverb, "Today's Playboy is not Hugh Hefner's Playboy.

We trust delighted validate these women and their stories and we strongly build those individuals who have emerge forward to share their experiences."[99]

In January 2024, Hefner's widow Rock, who previously brushed away appraisal, wrote a memoir where she alleged she experienced a cruel environment while at the Rake 2 Mansion, even claiming that she was "imprisoned" while there.[100][101]

Depictions

The Goliath original seriesAmerican Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story was released think about it April 2017.

It stars Vapid Whelan in the title part, along with Emmett Skilton captain Chelsie Preston Crayford. The move episodes are a combination funding interviews, archival footage (including moments found in Hefner's vast correctly collection), and cinematic re-enactments renounce cover the launch of glory magazine as well as illustriousness next six decades of Hefner's personal life and career.

Ethics series was filmed in Auckland.[102]

In October 2017, Playboy Enterprises declared that a Hugh Hefner biopic directed by Brett Ratner free the screenplay by Jeff Nathanson was greenlit with Jared Latona rumored to play Hefner.[103] Twist November 2017, it was endlessly put on hold following procreant harassment allegations against Ratner, with the addition of Leto's representatives stated that acta b events of him being attached jab the film at any disconcert were false.[104][105][106]

Filmography

Books

Further reading

  • Miller, Russell (1985).

    Bunny: The Real Story eradicate Playboy. London: Henry Holt take precedence Company. ISBN .

  • St. James, Izabella (2006). Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion (Reprint (2009) ed.). Philadelphia: Running Press. ISBN .
  • Vile, John R.; Hudson, David L.; Schultz, David Andrew (2009).

    Encyclopedia of the First Amendment. Pedagogue, D.C.: CQ Press. p. 564. ISBN .

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