Playboy Enterprises Inc. said on Wednesday its founder Hugh Hefner has died from natural causes. Hefner was at 91, peacefully passed away at his home, surrounded by loved ones, Playboy Enterprises said in a statement. Hefner founded Playboy magazine in 1953. Hugh was born on April 9, 1926, in Chicago.
The Playboy Magazine website, in tribute, has a file picture of Hefner, with a quote: “Life’s too short to be living somebody else’s dream”.
Hefner is survived by his wife Crystal and four children – Christie, who served as CEO of Playboy Enterprise for more than 20 years, David, Marston and Cooper, who currently serves as Chief Creative Officer at the company. Hefner settled down somewhat in 2012 at age 86 when he took Crystal Harris, who was 60 years younger, as his third wife.
Time Magazine once called Hefner the ‘prophet of pop hedonism’. In an interview with CNN about a decade ago, Hefner, when asked about his flamboyant lifestyle, said: “I’m never going to grow up. Staying young is what it is all about for me. Holding on to the boy and long ago I decided that age really didn’t matter and as long as the ladies … feel the same way, that’s fine with me.”
Hefner created Playboy as the first stylish glossy men’s magazine and in addition to nude fold-outs, it had intellectual appeal with top writers such as Kurt Vonnegut, Joyce Carol Oates, Vladimir Nabokov, James Baldwin and Alex Haley for men who liked to say they did not buy the magazine just for the pictures.
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