Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American magazine publisher. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, a publication with revealing photographs and articles. Hefner extended the Playboy brand into a …

Apr 2, 2014 · Hugh Hefner created the men's adult entertainment magazine 'Playboy,' which played a role in the sexual revolution of the 1960s. Hefner built his controversial yet groundbreaking...

Feb 3, 2025 · Hugh Hefner (born April 9, 1926, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died September 27, 2017, Los Angeles, California) was an American magazine publisher and entrepreneur who founded (1953) Playboy magazine. Hefner, Hugh Hugh Hefner with the waitstaff of the original Playboy Club, Chicago, 1960.

Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was the founder of Playboy Magazine and its Editor-in-Chief. [2] Hefner was born into a Methodist family, to Glenn Hefner, an accountant, and Grace (Swanson) Hefner, a teacher, on April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. He was raised in Woodlawn, Chicago.

Sep 27, 2017 · Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine, died Wednesday at his Beverly Hills-area home, the Playboy Mansion, at age 91. Playboy Enterprises said he died of natural …

Sep 28, 2017 · Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine and star of E! reality show The Girls Next Door, has died, PEOPLE confirms. He was 91. Born Hugh Marston Hefner on April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois to...

Sep 28, 2017 · Hugh Hefner, who founded Playboy magazine, which he described as being there to "ignite the flame that became the sexual revolution," has died, the magazine said Wednesday. He was 91 years old....

Born in Chicago on April 9, 1926, Playboy Founder and Editor-in-Chief Hugh M. Hefner fought vigorously for both First Amendment and civil rights, while being an iconic pioneer of the sexual revolution.

Sep 28, 2017 · Hugh Hefner created a fantasy world for millions of men but unlike most of his readers, actually got to live the dream. He successfully tapped into a new generation of Americans who...

Sep 28, 2017 · Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has died at the age of 91. The American icon helped usher in the 1960s sexual revolution with his groundbreaking men's magazine and built a business empire around his...