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Hugh Hefner, Playboy Magazine Founder and Star of Girls Next Door, Dies at 91
"Hugh M. Hefner, the American icon who in 1953 introduced the world to Playboy magazine and built the company into one of the most recognizable American global brands in history, peacefully passed away today [September 27] from natural causes at his home, The Playboy Mansion, surrounded by loved ones," a rep for the Playboy Enterprises founder said in a statement to PEOPLE.
[...] "My father lived an exceptional and impactful life as a media and cultural pioneer and a leading voice behind some of the most significant social and cultural movements of our time in advocating free speech, civil rights and sexual freedom. He defined a lifestyle and ethos that lie at the heart of the Playboy brand, one of the most recognizable and enduring in history. He will be greatly missed by many, including his wife Crystal, my sister Christie and my brothers David and Marston, and all of us at Playboy Enterprises," said Cooper Hefner, his son and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises.
By putting up his furniture as collateral for a loan and borrowing the rest from family and friends, Mr. Hefner published the very first issue of Playboy in December of 1953, which featured a nude Marilyn Monroe.
The same year, Hefner launched media and lifestyle company Playboy Enterprises, Inc., on which he served as a board member until the time of his death.
[...] The magazine became known for its articles as well as the beautiful women that graced its pages, with Hefner asking some of the world's greatest and most progress literary figures to write for him including, Hunter S. Thompson, John Updike, Ian Fleming, Joseph Heller, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Margaret Atwood, Jack Kerouac and Kurt Vonnegut.
Also at The New York Times, NPR, BBC (obituary), The Guardian, and Reuters.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Thursday September 28 2017, @09:38PM
Its worth pointing out that home automation was just kicking off. Now that food is a TV dinner instead of slaving over a hot stove all day, the vacuum cleaner takes no time compared to beating carpets with a carpet beater, and washing day means loading and unloading a machine rather than manual clothes washing being a days labor, the girls gotta find something to do. Stay at home wives really did have a full time job in perhaps 1940, not so much by 1960. If my job disappeared I would not be opposed to endless sex all day to fill the new spare time. I think there's aspects of that part of the story that are missed in modern retcons of the situation. Wives don't have "I'm tired" as an excuse anymore and husbands do like sex, so take a wild guess whats gonna become real popular after the clothes washing machine is installed and plugged in... I suspect the invention of the dishwasher has gotten more american males laid than most any other piece of technology. The early years of the era were, OK have time now for daily sex. The later years were, OK that was two minutes of fun now with the rest of the day off maybe go to work or something how bout that mary tyler moore tv show etc etc.