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1926
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2017
Hugh Hefner Obituary
Hefner died of natural causes at his home surrounded by family on Wednesday night, Playboy said in a statement.
As much as anyone, Hefner helped slip sex out of the confines of plain brown wrappers and into mainstream conversation.
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In 1953, a time when states could legally ban contraceptives, when the word "pregnant" was not allowed on "I Love Lucy," Hefner published the first issue of Playboy, featuring naked photos of Marilyn Monroe (taken years earlier) and an editorial promise of "humor, sophistication and spice." The Great Depression and World War II were over and America was ready to get undressed.
Playboy soon became forbidden fruit for teenagers and a bible for men with time and money, primed for the magazine's prescribed evenings of dimmed lights, hard drinks, soft jazz, deep thoughts and deeper desires. Within a year, circulation neared 200,000. Within five years, it had topped 1 million.
By the 1970s, the magazine had more than 7 million readers and had inspired such raunchier imitations as Penthouse and Hustler. Competition and the internet reduced circulation to less than 3 million by the 21st century, and the number of issues published annually was cut from 12 to 11.
In 2015, Playboy temporarily ceased publishing images of naked women, citing the proliferation of nudity on the internet but restored its traditional nudity earlier this year.
Hefner and Playboy remained brand names worldwide.
Asked by The New York Times in 1992 of what he was proudest, Hefner responded: "That I changed attitudes toward sex. That nice people can live together now. That I decontaminated the notion of premarital sex. That gives me great satisfaction."
Hefner ran Playboy from his elaborate mansions, first in Chicago and then in Los Angeles, and became the flamboyant symbol of the lifestyle he espoused. For decades he was the pipe-smoking, silk-pajama-wearing center of a constant party with celebrities and Playboy models. By his own account, Hefner had sex with more than a thousand women, including many pictured in his magazine. One of rock n' roll's most decadent tours, the Rolling Stones shows of 1972, featured a stop at the Hefner mansion.
Throughout the 1960s, Hefner left Chicago only a few times. In the early 1970s, he bought the second mansion in Los Angeles, flying between his homes on a private DC-9 dubbed "The Big Bunny," which boasted a giant Playboy bunny emblazoned on the tail.
Hefner was host of a television show, "Playboy After Dark," and in 1960 opened a string of clubs around the world where waitresses wore revealing costumes with bunny ears and fluffy white bunny tails. In the 21st century, he was back on television in a cable reality show — "The Girls Next Door" — with three live-in girlfriends in the Los Angeles Playboy mansion. Network television briefly embraced Hefner's empire in 2011 with the NBC drama "The Playboy Club," which failed to lure viewers and was canceled after three episodes.
Censorship was inevitable, starting in the 1950s, when Hefner successfully sued to prevent the U.S. Postal Service from denying him second-class mailing status. Playboy has been banned in China, India, Saudi Arabia and Ireland, and 7-Eleven stores for years did not sell the magazine. Stores that did offer Playboy made sure to stock it on a higher shelf.
Women were warned from the first issue: "If you're somebody's sister, wife, or mother-in-law," the magazine declared, "and picked us up by mistake, please pass us along to the man in your life and get back to Ladies Home Companion."
Playboy proved a scourge, and a temptation. Drew Barrymore, Farrah Fawcett and Linda Evans are among those who have posed for the magazine. Several bunnies became celebrities, too, including singer Deborah Harry and model Lauren Hutton, both of whom had fond memories of their time with Playboy. Other bunnies had traumatic experiences, with several alleging they had been raped by Hefner's close friend Bill Cosby, who faced dozens of such allegations. Hefner issued a statement in late 2014 he "would never tolerate this behavior." But two years later, former bunny Chloe Goins sued Cosby and Hefner for sexual battery, gender violence and other charges over an alleged 2008 rape.
One bunny turned out to be a journalist: Feminist Gloria Steinem got hired in the early 1960s and turned her brief employment into an article for Show magazine that described the clubs as pleasure havens for men only. The bunnies, Steinem wrote, tended to be poorly educated, overworked and underpaid. Steinem regarded the magazine and clubs not as erotic, but "pornographic."
"I think Hefner himself wants to go down in history as a person of sophistication and glamour. But the last person I would want to go down in history as is Hugh Hefner," Steinem later said.
"Women are the major beneficiaries of getting rid of the hypocritical old notions about sex," Hefner responded. "Now some people are acting as if the sexual revolution was a male plot to get laid. One of the unintended by-products of the women's movement is the association of the erotic impulse with wanting to hurt somebody."
Hefner added that he was a strong advocate of First Amendment, civil rights and reproductive rights and that the magazine contained far more than centerfolds. Playboy serialized Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" and later published fiction by John Updike, Doris Lessing and Vladimir Nabokov. Playboy also specialized in long and candid interviews, from Fidel Castro and Frank Sinatra to Marlon Brando and then-presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, who confided that he had "committed adultery" in his heart. John Lennon spoke to Playboy in 1980, not long before he was murdered.
The line that people read Playboy for the prose, not the pictures, was only partly a joke.
Playboy's clubs also influenced the culture, giving early breaks to such entertainers as George Carlin, Rich Little, Mark Russell, Dick Gregory and Redd Foxx. The last of the clubs closed in 1988, when Hefner deemed them "passe" and "too tame for the times."
By then Hefner had built a $200 million company by expanding Playboy to include international editions of the magazine, casinos, a cable network and a film production company. In 2006, he got back into the club business with his Playboy Club at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. A new enterprise in London followed, along with fresh response from women's groups, who protested the opening with cries of "Eff off Hef!'"
Hefner liked to say he was untroubled by criticism, but in 1985 he suffered a mild stroke that he blamed on the book "The Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy Stratten 1960-1980," by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich. Stratten was a Playmate killed by her husband, Paul Snider, who then killed himself. Bogdanovich, Stratton's boyfriend at the time, wrote that Hefner helped bring about her murder and was unable to deal with "what he and his magazine do to women."
After the stroke, Hefner handed control of his empire to his feminist daughter, Christie, although he owned 70 percent of Playboy stock and continued to choose every month's Playmate and cover shot. Christie Hefner continued as CEO until 2009.
He also stopped using recreational drugs and tried less to always be the life of the party. He tearfully noted in a 1992 New York Times interview: "I've spent so much of my life looking for love in all the wrong places."
Not surprisingly, Hefner's marriage life was also a bit of a show. In 1949, he married Mildred Williams, with whom he had two children. They divorced in 1958. In July 1989, Hefner married Kimberley Conrad, the 1989 Playmate of the Year, who was then 27. The couple also had two children.
On the eve of his marriage, Hefner was asked if he would have a bachelor party. "I've had a bachelor party for 30 years," he said. "Why do I need one now?"
They separated in 1998 but she continued living next door to the Playboy mansion with their two sons. The couple divorced in 2010 and he proposed in 2011 to 24-year-old Crystal Harris, a former Playmate. Harris called off the wedding days before the ceremony, but changed her mind and they married at the end of 2012.
"Maybe I should be single," he said a few months later. "But I do know that I need an ongoing romantic relationship. In other words, I am essentially a very romantic person, and all I really was looking for, quite frankly, with the notion of marriage was continuity and something to let the girl know that I really cared."
He acknowledged, at age 85, that "I never really found my soulmate."
Hefner was born in Chicago on April 9, 1926, to devout Methodist parents who he said never showed "love in a physical or emotional way."
"At a very early age, I began questioning a lot of that religious foolishness about man's spirit and body being in conflict, with God primarily with the spirit of man and the Devil dwelling in the flesh," Hefner said in a Playboy interview in 1974.
"Part of the reason that I am who I am is my Puritan roots run deep," he told the AP in 2011. "My folks are Puritan. My folks are prohibitionists. There was no drinking in my home. No discussion of sex. And I think I saw the hurtful and hypocritical side of that from very early on."
Hefner loved movies throughout his life, calling them "my other family." He screened classic films and new releases at the mansion every week. Every year on his April 9 birthday, he'd run his favorite film, "Casablanca," and invite guests to dress in the fashions of the 1940s.
He was a playboy before Playboy, even during his first marriage, when he enjoyed stag films, strip poker and group sex. His bunny obsession began with the figures that decorated a childhood blanket. Years later, a real-life subspecies of rabbit on the endangered species list, in the Florida Keys, would be named for him: Sylvilagus palustris hefneri.
When Hefner was 9, he began publishing a neighborhood newspaper, which he sold for a penny a copy. He spent much of his time writing and drawing cartoons, and in middle school began reading Esquire, a magazine of sex and substance Hefner wanted Playboy to emulate.
He and Playboy co-founder Eldon Sellers launched their magazine from Hefner's kitchen in Chicago, although the first issue was undated because Hefner doubted there would be a second. The magazine was supposed to be called Stag Party, until an outdoor magazine named Stag threatened legal action.
Hefner recalled that he first reinvented himself in high school in Chicago at 16, when he was rejected by a girl he had a crush on. He began referring to himself as Hef instead of Hugh, learned the jitterbug and began drawing a comic book, "a kind of autobiography that put myself center stage in a life I created for myself," he said in a 2006 interview with the AP.
Those comics evolved into a detailed scrapbook that Hefner would keep throughout his life. It spanned more than 2,500 volumes in 2011 — a Guinness World Record for a personal scrapbook collection.
"It was probably just a way of creating a world of my own to share with my friends," Hefner said, seated amid the archives of his life during a 2011 interview. "And in retrospect, in thinking about it, it's not a whole lot different than creating the magazine."
He did it again in 1960, when he began hosting the TV show, bought a fancy car, started smoking a pipe and bought the first Playboy mansion.
"Well, if we hadn't had the Wright brothers, there would still be airplanes," Hefner said in 1974. "If there hadn't been an Edison, there would still be electric lights. And if there hadn't been a Hefner, we'd still have sex. But maybe we wouldn't be enjoying it as much. So the world would be a little poorer. Come to think of it, so would some of my relatives."
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Written by ANDREW DALTON
AP National Writer Hillel Italie and Entertainment Writer Sandy Cohen contributed to this report.
Copyright © 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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197 Entries
Dennis Winship
April 9, 2025
I use to watch the girls next-door Hugh hefner was on it he was also the manager for play boy. Dennis winship Lynn massachusetts
Reverend Dae Yun Kim
November 15, 2024
Written by Reverend Dae Yun Kim(Ph.D.): My condolence go out to family of Hugh Hefner & God Bless family of Hugh Hefner.
vic tillinghast
May 3, 2024
hugh: r I p
Jeff D Anderson
November 27, 2021
Heph Created A Magazine Full Of Memories
Hannah Thornhill
September 26, 2019
You are always remembered in my heart X Bunny Hannah Stl
Hannah Thornhill
September 26, 2018
He'd, it has been almost a year since you passed, I will be forever greatful to you for Playboy
Love,
XBunny Hannah
Jennifer Baribault
December 29, 2017
It was very sad to hear the passing of Hugh Hefner the founder of Playboy, his legacy will continue on by his family and he left his beautiful estate behind fill with wonderful memories like playing cards with his brother Keith, his friends, looking at Playboys Magazines. Also, he loved his women, they loved him too. I do remember watching the E Channel every Sunday night watching THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR, i missed the show, like HOLLY MADISON. He will be missed, yet not forgotten. Just remember the memories that you had with Hugh, and the comfort, love and the support by family, friends. We all know that he is in a good place now, he must be wearing his smoking jacket & smoking his pipe. Also, Hugh reunited with his Brother Keith, Mary his secretary. My thoughts, prayers are with the Family of Hugh Hefner at this difficult time.!
December 28, 2017
My deepest condolences go out to the Hefner family for the loss of your loved one. May the God of comfort comfort your hearts and make you firm at this time of grief. (2 Thessalonians 2:16, 17)
julie Hounchell
December 22, 2017
hey Julie luv playboy magazine and other stuff.
Sandra Tuttle
December 13, 2017
Although this condolence is late; I decided to send a message anyway. Sadden to hear of his death.. He left behind good memories, his beautiful estate, and lots of women that loved him. Heart breaking!! His legacy will continue forever.. Hope his family, closest friends has found peace from their loss. God bless You ALL!! Sandra Tuttle and family!!
Andy McCracken
December 5, 2017
What a man. X
October 25, 2017
My condolences to the family and friends of Hugh Hefner. Make our God who give Comfort and Hope be with the family in these difficult times. PB
Lynn Popejoy
October 20, 2017
To My Cousin Our ancestors gave a lot to the history of America. You now know the truth.
First NameMargaret Last NameHolmstrom
October 15, 2017
Add your message here. ALways in my prayers....Nyc's Baby Playboy Bunny Mickey
October 6, 2017
Hugh Hefner,
Where do I start...? You are my hero for going after my dreams and inventions that no one else believed I could do... Well, because of people like you, I keep pushing with a vengeance...Love You Much.
Sherri BEnnett
October 5, 2017
VERY VERY VERY SORRY THAT THE MAN HIMSELF IS GONE WISH WE COULD BRING HIM BACK AS ALWAYS SHERRI OF OHIO!!!
renee
October 5, 2017
I loved heff he brought a lot of joy to everybody.
Martin Stewart
October 5, 2017
Heven will never be the same....:)
R D
October 5, 2017
Condolences to the family and friends of Hugh Hefner.
October 4, 2017
I am very sorry to hear of the loss of your loved one. One day many will have the opportunity to live again. May the hope of everlasting life sustain and comfort you during this difficult time. John 17:3
October 4, 2017
may he rest in peace hugh did some thing no body else did or would do my fare well .
Sharon Bright
October 3, 2017
To Hugh's family, please accept my heartfelt sympathy for your loss. I will carry my own small piece of Hugh to my grave. My 1st husband tattooed the iconic bunny with the bow tie on my leg with a needle and India ink when I was 18 years old. I am 70 now and by golly, the bunny looks better than I do. Everyone I know and have known, know about my bunny as I have never been ashamed. R.I.P. Hugh, I'm sure both of my husband's will pepper you with questions and listen to your answers with admiration and respect.
Love & Respect
Sharon
October 3, 2017
You will continue to remain in God's memory.
John 5:25.
Valenda Newell
October 2, 2017
"THE GREATEST REVOLUTIONARY"....Hugh revolutionized the woman's naked body, showing us freedom and beauty in it's perfect form. Unafraid taking risks was his business and it paid off well for him. I will always have this memory of Hugh in his smoking jacket and with a pipe hanging from his mouth with several BEAUTIFUL women gathered around him living life to the fullest...THANKS FOR STAYING TRUE TO PLAYBOY...PRAYERS and BLESSINGS
Susan Kmet
October 2, 2017
RIP Hef
Sending my condolences to your family and friends.
I'm sure you have a lot to catch up on with Marilyn , Dorothy and all the others who left before you....
Alice Gaspard
October 2, 2017
My deepest thoughts are with your family. Sincerely will be missed.
October 2, 2017
Thank You so much for your contribution to freedom and liberty and justice over life-style choices and your amazing brand 'Playboy' Our thoughts are with you always. Rest In Peace always. Paul Samuel.... [email protected]
Susan Hickey
October 2, 2017
Rest in peace Hef....you will be missed.
Kathy & Buddy Barnett
October 2, 2017
We love you Hef~We have always been fans of yours & "The Girls Next Door" Just ordered the complete series on dvds...that way we can keep your memory alive by watching the show...Thank You for everything you have done for Animal Rights & for always helping the animals...I admired you for living your life on your own terms...Your Playboy mansion is beautiful....You were a sweet man with a heart of gold...RIP Kind Sir...Sending prayers to your family & friends.
Scott Chubb
October 1, 2017
I wanted to send my deepest condolences to the family of Hugh. I will keep you and your family in my prayers. My prayer for Hugh,God may you protect him,love him,care for him and cherish him as he protected,loved,cared for and cherished his family,friends and fans. May you grant him everlasting life in your kingdom Amen.Keeping you in my heart,thoughts and prayers Scott.
domino playboy
October 1, 2017
He was a genius man
Mr. G
October 1, 2017
Hugh Hefner, the man that brought nudity and sexuality to America's mailboxes. Thanks for bringing all the beautiful young ladies to us all. Rest in Peace.
Jennifer Petra-Potter
October 1, 2017
RIP
October 1, 2017
Thank you Mr Hugh Hefner, RIP
J
October 1, 2017
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
September 30, 2017
Offering our heartfelt sympathies and prayers for the family of Mr Hefner. May God grant solace to the family and acquaintances during this most challenging time. With Prayers
Allen Hammond
September 30, 2017
Rest in peace Mr Hefner .
Debbie
September 30, 2017
RIP Mr. Hefner, a man with a good heart and soul! I remember watching Playboy After Dark and The Girls Next Door! You will be deeply missed!
September 30, 2017
My condolence to his family. He was amazing smart man. I had admired him allways . Rest in peace sweet heart.
Wendy Paul
September 30, 2017
Rest in Peace
SIR.ASHLY DIAS Dias
September 30, 2017
To the greatest gentlemen of all time playboy.. creator mr Hugh Hefner..from High Commissioner. Sir Ashly Dias..from middle sex. London England..with all my love to friends and family.. god bless.
georgia velasquez
September 30, 2017
I am sorry for your loss I am glad he been in by marilyn monroe
September 30, 2017
been a playboy fan for decades; my thoughts and prayers to his family. god bless you mr hefner
Denise Felder
September 30, 2017
Why to go Hugh, rest in peace to a man that new how to live his life.
JOHN HOBAN
September 30, 2017
REST IN PEACE HUGH
Rest and Fly High......
Memphis Tennessee
September 30, 2017
Rest Well Mr. Hefner......
Memphis Tennessee
September 30, 2017
So glad I had the pleasure of meeting you. What a nice person. Rest In Peace, my friend...
Hannah Thornhill
September 30, 2017
Hannah Thornhill
September 30, 2017
Hef, thanks for letting me be part of the legacy
You will be missed Stl Bunny 1979-1985
September 30, 2017
May the family endure this difficult time of loss. Phillipians 4:6,7
NC
wmc
September 30, 2017
R.I.P Hugh
September 30, 2017
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
September 30, 2017
My condolences to the family family.
September 30, 2017
My sincere condolences for your loss. May the God of all comfort give you peace and strength during this most difficult time. Numbers 6:26
Michelle Rosand
September 30, 2017
Brilliant human being with class
Dan Robertson
September 30, 2017
RIP
Renata Patsaka
September 29, 2017
happy to meet you
Wendy Pangelinan
September 29, 2017
God Bless U Hef! You'll always Look Great Up their w/ them Stars Twinkling, & writing your next Playboy Life! Please share It! You are loved Mr. Hefner!
Wendy Pangelinan
September 29, 2017
Oh Mr. Hefner! You are in my heart! And it is where u will stay. I have thought of u so much! Your Playboy editors phoned me about 5 years ago. And I tried out for the 35th Edition of Playboy in Belair Ca. I just always wanted to be close to you! And I had some fun chats on the Playboy house phone that made my nights. I'll always love You Hef! Thank You for making History! Thank U for making my Dreams Come True. Just thinking of you gives me a fascinating feeling! America Loves You. Thank You!!!!!
Ms. Noel Salas
September 29, 2017
Hef was a sweet, kind, sincere man. Hugs and prayers for family and loved ones. He will be greatly missed.
The Lelitos
September 29, 2017
RIP Mr.Hefner friend of the Barmors Dave told some hilarious stories and the generosity you showed at the mansion for his birthday bash your wife Crystal threw for him every July you will be missed
Eric Thomas
September 29, 2017
He liked barbecue sauce.
Nick Kosmo
September 29, 2017
My father owned a restaurant next to Butch Maguire bar on division st. I used to ride my tricycle around division st. Made a left on state all the way to Hugh Hefner's Black Mercedes limo and back. Saw the Apollo 11 with him at the mansion I was 10 at the time and I felt his special presence at the time. A guy who I wanted to live past 100. RIP cool cat.
Rose Brown&Family
September 29, 2017
Rest in Peace.
Didi Gruenwald
September 29, 2017
Thank you sweet Prince for being so kind to me. Inviting me to your home for parties and welcoming me to your table at nightclubs. On your birthday awhile back in LA you said, "there's always more room for a brunette" and kissed my lips and hugged me. I have known you since I was a teenager and will be sad that you are no longer with us. Lots of love forever you amazing sexy fabulous man! xoxo Rest in Peace
L A
September 29, 2017
My deepest condolences to your family. May you forever Rest in Peace!!
Mary Corbin-Cary
September 29, 2017
Amazing Legacy.
R. R.
September 29, 2017
So sorry for the family's great loss. May God give you peace.
Wendy Watson
September 29, 2017
My deepest sympathy to Hugh Hefner's family and friends. He will be missed dearly. Rest in peace Hugh fly high with the angels.♡
Jann LaRocque
September 29, 2017
R.I.P.--- the wonderful life u lived on this earth Heaven is sure to be a "down-grade.U changed modern morality& took Marilyn Monroe along for a ride. Nothing "on but the radio". Sweet dreams forever.
P D
September 29, 2017
Please except my condolences for your loved one. May your memories bring you comfort and peace. May God sustain you in your grief at this time. John6:40 has some words of comfort. My deepest and sincere condolences to your families and friends.
Theresa Lewis
September 29, 2017
To Crystal, Children, Family,I am so sorry for Your loss.He was a Great Man,with a style All His Own.May You find comfort in knowing that He is at Peace Now and He is in Heaven With Jesus. To All The Bunnies,May You all find comfort in each Other,as You remember Hugh. Hugh,
You lived Your life to The fullest,and You touched many lives while here on Earth. Sleep Peacefully with Jesus
Dennis Johnson
September 29, 2017
Fellow veteran, Words can not express, a debt that can not be paid, a cost we can not comprehenda thank you that falls shortbut honor you we must try, for all that have gone, are there and will go.
We are honored by your service and commitment, your valor and sacrifice. Rest Easy Good Warrior, God has you now; He is in controlWe pray for a healing for all your family, loved ones, your BrothersBlessings all.
Darrell, Carolyn Murray & Family
September 29, 2017
To The Hefner Family,
Our family sends it's whole-hearted condolences at the loss of a true pioneer. Mr. Hugh lived the life he was intended & he truly enjoyed his life!!!! Not everyone is able to say that! May your family find comfort in knowing that he loved you all & made a way in the publishing business. His magazine will forever reign! RIP to a TRUE ICON: HUGH HEFNER
Joshua WALLACE
September 29, 2017
Very sorry to hear about your loss. Mr Hef was definitely a good business man and entrepreneur. My condolences to you all.
James Sulis
September 29, 2017
You were one of a kind.
RIP Hef
Les Breese
September 29, 2017
Hugh Hefner has provided us with a respite of fantasy in the midst of everyday reality, and that's quite a legacy. My condolences to his family at this sad and difficult time.
Harriet Lynott
September 29, 2017
0ne more thing I love you so much you was so good to every one,,love the girls next door Kendra is my favorite and she so cared for you,,as we all do,R.I.P our Hugh Hefner the best
Alisa V
September 29, 2017
Rest In Peace Hef! I loved when you shared part of your life from "The Girls Next Door". I used to say I was waiting on my invitation to a party at the Mansion. I always us d to joke that if you saw me (who was bigger) than your normal girls you would find your soulmate. Lol. Dreaming and laughing is how we live in the real world. You were amazing and will be missed by many. Tell my mom and dad hello for me.
September 29, 2017
My condolences to the Hefner Family and friends for your loss of Hugh. May the hope that God's word gives us for those we lost in death be comforting, faith building and encouraging to you (John 6:40) ~ Linda, Queens, NY
Shelby Sawyer
September 29, 2017
Thank you for being kind and giving me the opportunity to be in PB. At that time in my life it was what I needed to develop with my self esteem.
John Calvert
September 29, 2017
Rest in peace mr.hefner.my prayers and condolences to your family. Thank you sir for what you acomplised in life..
Kelly Sharp
September 29, 2017
RIP Mr. Hefner!! A legend that will never be forgotten!!! Rest easy my friend!!!
Jae Jones
September 29, 2017
One of kind - ageless, daring and sexy. RIP
September 29, 2017
Gonna miss u and all your parties, shows, and great work. U r a legend
Sarah B
September 29, 2017
Sleep well hef....... what an incredible life you had xxx
My condolences. Isaiah 61:1,2
The Hands Family
September 29, 2017
September 29, 2017
My deepest condolences to the family for your great loss .
Angie Steele
September 28, 2017
He will never be forgotten
Beau C.
September 28, 2017
My condolences. Hugh will forever be remembered. A household name. Made a huge impact on America and the world. Much love, and all the positive thoughts.
Karen Ohara
September 28, 2017
Rip Mr hefner we will miss you. I watched your show in the 70s it was cool all the playboy bunny's thanks for the memories. Tell Marilyn and the other playboy bunny's I said hi. Love you Mr hefner
Linda Wiggins
September 28, 2017
R.i.p Mr Hefner !!
Tijuana Jones
September 28, 2017
Dear Hefner Family: I want to offer my sincere condolences on the passing on such a dear man like Mr Hugh Hefner. He
Created a fantasy land for future generations of men. He is now home resting with our heavenly saviour jesus christ.
He will be greatly missed.
Respectfully Yours.
Mrs. Tijuana Grace Jones
September 28, 2017
Sending my condolences to the family. May you take comfort in knowing that your loved one is at peace. Ecclesiastes 9:5.
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