Hugh Hefner

Legendary magazine publisher Hugh Marston Hefner was born on April 9, 1926 in Chicago Illinois. Hugh served in the U.S. Army and worked as a copywriter for Esquire before launching Playboy magazine in December 1953. The inaugural issue featured iconic screen actress and entertainer Marilyn Monroe.

In 1959 Hugh Hefner divorced his wife of 10 years (and mother of his two children), Mildred Williams. He continued heading Playboy as a bachelor until 1989, when he married Playmate of the Year Kimberley Conrad in an extravagant wedding at the Playboy Mansion. The couple would go on to have two children together before separating in 1999.

In 2005, reality TV invaded the Playboy Mansion when the E! network launched The Girls Next Door, a reality-based show that followed around three of Hefner’s main girlfriends at the time - Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson.

Hefner's authorized biography, Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream, was released in October of 2008. The book documents Hugh Hefner's life and examines his undeniable influence on American culture.

Hugh Hefner celebrated the 55th anniversary edition of Playboy magazine on December 12, 2008.

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• Michelle Braun Playboy Tell-All

  
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  Hollywood madam Michelle Braun is on her way to crush the myth about Playboy Playmates that they are gorgeous decent girls who don’t mind showing up their beauty. Braun is planning to write a tell-all book about her 11 year career matching up Playmates and porn stars with the men who wouldn’t mind spending the ...
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• Aussie crashes Hugh Hefner’s naked Halloween party

  
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• Hugh Hefner and girlfriends celebrate Thanksgiving by watching New Moon

  
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• Sex With Playmates Nearly Kills Hugh Hefner

  
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  Asked by the UKs The Guardian "What is the closest youve come to death?" The octogenarian answered: "There was a moment when I was having sex with four Playmates and I almost swallowed a Ben Wa ball." Keywords: celeb love , celebrity , Hugh Hefner , playboy , playboy mansion , sex toy Bookmark/Share this ...
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• Pitbull To Party It Up With Playboy Bunnies!

  
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• Et Tu, Playboy? Hugh Hefner Outsources Jobs, Preps For Layoffs

  
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• HUGH HEFNER HAS A STABLE OF PROSTITUTES

  
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• Hugh Hefner’s Ho?

  
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  Kendra Wilkinson posted a picture of her very pregnant self on her blog .  Why do people insist on torturing their animals by putting them in Santa apparel?  In human terms, I guess it’s similar to those folks who Scotch tape a bow on their bald-skulled babies. Anyway, according to Kendra, her dogs Rascal and ...
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• Hugh Hefner almost choked to death on a sex toy

  
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• Playboy outsources magazines business operations

  
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• Hollywood Madam Michelle Braun Is Writing An Embarrassing Tell All About Playboy

  
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• Hollywood Madam: many of Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends were my prostitutes

  
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• We meet the Costa Rican Hugh Hefner

  
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• Hugh Hefner Almost Died Having Sex

  
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  Hugh Hefner almost died having sex. The 83-year-old Playboy publisher, who is currently dating Crystal Harris and twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon, choked on a sex toy while in bed with a group of his girlfriends. He revealed, “What is the closest I’ve come to death? There was a moment when I was having sex ...
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• When Hugh Hefner almost died having sex

  
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  Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner has spoken of the time when he nearly died having sex. The 83-year-old, who is presently dating Crystal Harris and twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon, revealed he choked on a sex toy while between the sheets with some his girlfriends. “What is the closest I”ve come to death? There was a ...
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