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Hugh Hefner
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| Born | Hugh Marston Hefner ()April 9, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | September 27, () (aged&#;91) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause&#;of death | Cardiac arrest and sepsis complicated by respiratory failure and E.
coli infection |
| Resting place | Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery[1] |
| Alma&#;mater | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign(B.A.) |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, magazine publisher |
| Known&#;for | Editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises |
| Political party | Independent |
| Board member&#;of | Playboy Enterprises |
| Spouse(s) | Mildred Williams &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Kimberley Conrad &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; |
| Partner(s) | Barbi Benton(–76) Brande Roderick(–01) Holly Madison(–08) Bridget Marquardt(–09) Kendra Wilkinson(–08) |
| Children | 4, including Christie Hefner |
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Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, &#; September 27, ) was the founder of Playboy Magazine and its Editor-in-Chief.[2]
Birth and education
[change | change source]Hefner was born into a Methodist family, to Glenn Hefner, an accountant, and Grace (Swanson) Hefner, a teacher, on April 9, in Chicago, Illinois.
He was raised in Woodlawn, Chicago. Hefner served in the US Army ( - ).
Hugh m hefner biography Hefner took advantage of this social change, but the real key to the success of Playboy was that it treated sex as only one aspect of the good life, also talking about cars, clothing, and fine wines and offering writing good enough to make plausible the claim that readers purchased the magazine for that. Yet he also earned a reputation for being controlling and trying to enforce double standards. Not just in regard to sex, but the whole range of play and pleasure. Hefner's approach was not all hedonism, however.He attended the Art Institute of Chicago (), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, earning a BA in psychology (), and Northwestern University, [2]
Marriages and children
[change | change source]Hefner married Mildred Williams (June 25, - , divorced); Kimberley Conrad (July 1, - September , divorced); and Crystal Harris (December 31, - , his death).[2]
Hefner has several children.
With Mildred, he has David Paul (August 30, ) and Christie Ann (November 8, ). With Kimberley, he has Cooper Bradford (September 4, ) and Marston Glenn (April 9, ).[2]
Hefner was a distant relative of George W. Bush and John Kerry.[3]
Career
[change | change source]Hefner owned a multi-million mansion called the Playboy Mansion.
He was also the executive producer of Roman Polanski's movie version of Macbeth.[4] Hefner also appeared in cameos of himself in some movies.
David hefner Playboy was an instant sensation, mainly because Hefner had shrewdly purchased a nude photograph of actress Marilyn Monroe ; it had been taken before her success in Hollywood, and Hefner used it as the centerfold of his first issue. Archived from the original on January 27, In , Hefner helped organize fund-raising efforts that led to the restoration of the Hollywood Sign. Retrieved April 22,When nude photographs of Jayne Mansfield on the set of Promises! Promises! were published in the June issue of Playboy, Hefner was brought into Chicago city court on obscenity charges.[5][6]
In , Hefner announced that his youngest son, Cooper, would succeed him and eventually help run the Playboy Empire.[7]
Hefner supported legalizing same-sex marriage.
He said that a fight for gay marriage is "a fight for all our rights. Without it, we will turn back the sexual revolution and return to an earlier, puritanical time."[8]
Hefner owned a burial plot next to Marilyn Monroe's grave in Los Angeles.[2]
Death
[change | change source]Hefner died at his home in Beverly Hills, California on September 27, after suffering from a cardiac arrest and sepsis caused by respiratory failure and an e.
coli infection the age of [9]
References
[change | change source]- ↑"Hugh Hefner spent $75, to be buried beside his favorite Playmate".
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Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 14, Retrieved February 11,
- ↑ Library, C. N. N. (April 8, ). "Hugh Hefner Fast Facts". CNN.
- ↑Roberts, Joel (February 11, ).Hugh m hefner biography wikipedia Adam Sedgwick. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Tools Tools. He was
"Bush, Kerry & Hefner: Odd Cousins". CBS. Archived from the original on June 9, Retrieved July 11,
- ↑Macbeth and its Afterlife: Shakespeare Survey 57 Cambridge University Press Williams, Deanne Mick Jagger Macbeth page
- ↑Klockars, Karl (April 10, ). "Friday Flashback: Hef's Obscenity Battle".
Archived from the original on April 14, Retrieved January 25,
- ↑"Biography: Jayne Mansfield". Archived from the original on December 6, Retrieved June 1,
- ↑"Playboy's Hugh Hefner and son Talk Succession", The Wall Street Journal, #!6D8B6BAAFD7EFE6
- ↑"Playboy founder Hugh Hefner writes passionate plea in support of gay marriage".Hugh m hefner biography children Hugh of Honau. Retrieved September 28, Archived from the original on October 19, The first issue was published in December and featured Marilyn Monroe from a nude calendar shoot she did under a pseudonym.
Daily News. New York. August 23, Retrieved August 23,
- ↑Inc, Playboy Enterprises. "American Icon and Playboy Founder, Hugh M. Hefner, Has Died". PR Newswire.