Hugh Marston Hefner was an American magazine publisher.
39 Facts About Hugh Hefner
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Hugh Hefner was the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, a publication with revealing photographs and articles that provoked charges of obscenity.
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Hugh Hefner resided in luxury mansions where Playboy Playmates shared his wild partying life, fueling media interest.
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Hugh Hefner was a political activist in the Democratic Party and for the causes of First Amendment rights, animal rescue, and the restoration of the Hollywood Sign.
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Hugh Hefner's mother was of Swedish ancestry, and his father was German and English.
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Hugh Hefner described his family as "conservative, Midwestern, [and] Methodist".
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Hugh Hefner's mother had wanted him to become a missionary.
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Hugh Hefner attended Sayre Elementary School and Steinmetz High School, then served from 1944 to 1946 as a US Army writer for a military newspaper.
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In January 1952, Hugh Hefner left his job as a copywriter for Esquire after he was denied a $5 raise.
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Esquire magazine rejected Charles Beaumont's science fiction story "The Crooked Man" in 1955, so Hugh Hefner agreed to publish it in Playboy.
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Hugh Hefner promoted a bon vivant lifestyle in his magazine and in the television shows that he hosted Playboy's Penthouse and Playboy After Dark.
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Hugh Hefner was the chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises, the publishing group which operates the magazine.
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On June 4,1963, Hugh Hefner was arrested for promoting obscene literature after he published an issue of Playboy featuring nude shots of Jayne Mansfield in bed with a man present.
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In 1970, Hugh Hefner stated that "militant feminists" are "unalterably opposed to the romantic boy-girl society that Playboy promotes" and ordered an article in his magazine against them.
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In 1999, Hugh Hefner financed the Clara Bow documentary Discovering the It Girl.
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Hugh Hefner guest-starred as himself in a 2006 episode of Seth Green's Robot Chicken on the late-night programming block Adult Swim.
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Hugh Hefner has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for television and made several movie appearances as himself.
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Hugh Hefner made a voice-only appearance as himself in the 2011 film Hop.
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In 2012, Hugh Hefner announced that his youngest son Cooper would succeed him as the public face of Playboy.
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Hugh Hefner was known to friends and family simply as "Hef".
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Hugh Hefner married Northwestern University student Mildred Williams in 1949.
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Hugh Hefner remade himself as a bon vivant and man about town, a lifestyle that he promoted in his magazine and TV shows.
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On March 7,1985, Hugh Hefner had a minor stroke at age 58, whereupon he re-evaluated his lifestyle, making several changes.
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Hugh Hefner toned down the wild, all-night parties;, daughter Christie took over the operation of Playboy's commercial operations in 1988.
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Hugh Hefner filed for divorce from Conrad in 2009 after an 11-year separation, citing irreconcilable differences.
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Hugh Hefner stated that he only remained nominally married to her for the sake of their children, and their youngest child had just turned 18.
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Hugh Hefner became known for moving an ever-changing coterie of young women into the Playboy Mansion, including twins Mandy and Sandy Bentley.
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Hugh Hefner dated Brande Roderick, Izabella St James, Tina Marie Jordan, Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson.
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In January 2009, Hugh Hefner began a relationship with Crystal Harris; she joined the Shannon Twins after his previous "number one girlfriend" Holly Madison had ended their seven-year relationship.
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In January 2016, the Playboy Mansion was put on the market for $200 million, on condition that Hugh Hefner would continue to work and live in the mansion.
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Hugh Hefner donated and raised money for the Democratic Party.
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In 1978, Hugh Hefner helped organize fund-raising efforts that led to the restoration of the Hollywood Sign.
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Hugh Hefner hosted a gala fundraiser at the Playboy Mansion and contributed $27,000 by purchasing the letter Y in a ceremonial auction.
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Hugh Hefner died at the Playboy Mansion on September 27,2017, at the age of 91.
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Hugh Hefner is interred at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, in the crypt beside Marilyn Monroe, for which he paid $75,000 in 1992.
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Suzanne Moore wrote in The Guardian that Hugh Hefner threatened to file a lawsuit against her for calling him a "pimp".
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Hugh Hefner's legacy is full of evidence of the exploitation of women for professional gain.
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The Amazon original series American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story was released in April 2017.
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On October 3,2017, Playboy Enterprises announced that a Hugh Hefner biopic directed by Brett Ratner with the screenplay by Jeff Nathanson was greenlit with Jared Leto rumored to play Hefner.