Hugh Hefner | 1926 – 2017
Hefner with actress Barbi Benton and others at his Playboy Club in London in 1969.
(Michael Webb / Getty Images)Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner has died.
Hefner and Barbi Benton with film director Roman Polanski at Le Bourget airport outside Paris in 1970.
(AFP/Getty Images)American millionaire Hugh Hefner, founder of the Playboy empire, during a visit to England in 1966.
(John Downing / Getty Images)Hugh Hefner at Playboy’s 60th anniversary special event on Jan. 16, 2014 in Los Angeles.
(Charley Gallay / Getty Images)Hugh Hefner at his mansion in Los Angeles.
(HECTOR MATA / AFP/Getty Images)Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner poses with playmates Holly Madison, left, and Bridget Marquardt, right, during a photocall at the 47th Monte Carlo Television Festival in Monaco.
(VALERY HACHE / AFP/Getty Images)Publisher Hugh Hefner poses with a few of the 100 girls vying to be the 50th anniversary Playmate at the Playboy Mansion.
(David Klein / Getty Images)Hugh Hefner in Le Bourget, France, in 1970.
(AFP/Getty Images)Bridget Marquardt, Hugh Hefner and Holly Madison pose with a snake as they arrive at the 10th Annual Safari Brunch at the Playboy Mansion in 2004.
(Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)From left: Melissa Taylor, television personality; model Holly Madison; Playboy founder Hugh Hefner; Crystal Harris; and Anna Berglund appear in Madison’s dressing room after Hefner and his friends attended the adult production, “Peepshow” starring Madison at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
(Ethan Miller / Getty Images)Hugh Hefner arrives at a June 2006 party with friends Bridget Marquardt, left, and Holly Madison to celebrate his 80th birthday at Villa Miani in Rome.
(Tiziana Fabi / AFP/Getty Images)Hugh Hefner receives kisses from Playmates during the 52nd Cannes Film Festival in May 1999.
(Laurent Rebours / AP)Hugh Hefner with friends, from left, Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson during the 47th Monte Carlo TV Festival in Monaco, in June 2007.
(STR/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock )Hugh Hefner with (from left) Karissa Shannon, her twin Kristina Shannon and Krystal Harris at the reception for Hefners six volume book at Taschen’s in Beverly Hills.
(Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)Playboy magazine president Hugh Hefner poses with Playmates on the steps of the Palais des Festivals before the screening of their movie “Entrapment” in Cannes, France.
(PASCAL GUYOT / AFP/Getty Images)Hugh Hefner flashes a smile as he watches the action during the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl.
(Rchard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)Playboy Magazine founder Hugh Hefner on his yacht at the Cannes Film Festival in 1999.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)Hugh Hefner and Dr. Joyce Brothers at the New York Hilton Hotel for his New York Friars Club Roast in 2001.
(Evan Agostini / Getty Images)Hugh Hefner and his dates arrive for the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to Paul McCartney in Los Angeles.
(Frederic J. Brown / AFP/Getty Images)Hefner answers questions in a Censorship in Media class at USC in 2008.
(Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)Hefner at the annual Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl in 2001.
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