Hefner claimed to have had sex with more than 1,000 women, including many pictured in Playboy. Hefner was known for holding wild parties for well-known personalities at his Los Angeles home, called the Playboy mansion.
Photos often showed him wearing silk pajamas and smoking a pipe.
Hugh Hefner was an ongoing advertisement for his magazine and other Playboy products. Hefner as the symbol of Playboy lifestyle In 2015, Playboy stopped publishing images of naked women, but overturned that decision earlier this year. In 1992, when asked by The New York Times of what was his biggest success, he said: “That I changed attitudes toward sex.”Īs more magazines and other media became available on the internet, Playboy’s circulation numbers dropped. Hefner and his company became known worldwide and their success persuaded many others to follow. By the 1970s, the magazine had more than 7 million readers. Within five years, Hefner’s company was selling 1 million copies of Playboy every month. Playboy appeared at a time when American states banned birth control pills and television shows avoided the word “pregnant.” The magazine also published an editorial that promised readers “humor, sophistication and spice.” The pictures showed her wearing no clothing. The very first Playboy had photographs of actress and model Marilyn Monroe. Hefner died of natural causes at his home surrounded by family on Wednesday, Playboy said in a statement.
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner has died.
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