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Hefner was born in Chicago, Illinois, the elder of two sons born to Grace Caroline Swanson (1895-1997) and Glenn Lucius Hefner (1896-1976), both teachers. He went to Sayre Elementary School and Steinmetz High School, then served as a writer for a military newspaper in the U.S. Army from 1944-1946. He later graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.A. in psychology with a double minor in creative writing and art in 1949, earning his degree in two and a half years. After graduation, he took a semester of graduate courses in sociology and women and gender studies at Northwestern University but dropped out soon after.
Working as a copywriter for Esquire, he left in January 1952 after being denied a $5 raise. In 1953, he lent his furniture for $600 and raised $8,000 from 45 investors – including $1,000 from his mother (”Not because she believed in the venture,” he told E! in 2006. “But because she believed in her son”) – to launch Playboy, which was initially going to be called Stag Party. The undated first issue, published in December 1953, featured Marilyn Monroe from her 1949 nude calendar shoot. Hefner, who never met Monroe, owns the crypt next to hers.
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What a life!! What a wonderful life!
Wow, I always thought Hef was just an old Playboy, & who knew he was so well-educated! A lot of young Playboys should look up to him as role model! I always loved the Girls Next Door, (even though I own about 300+ “dumb”blonde jokes!) Bridget rocks! I wonder if she will ever use her scientific knowledge to better the world? They are all great!
Then again as an old Barbie myelf, I always liked Barbie Benton!
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R.I.P. Dear Hugh Hefner. You will be missed.
That’s so sad.. He was such an inovator. I know he is in a better place now.
HOLY SHIT. I can’t believe it. Thats fucked up man. Wats Playboy goinna do without Hefner now?!?!? DAMN MAN. DAMN.
No wonder why this cat didn’t give a shit about the Playboy company for the last year… he was feeling that his time was near man.
So who’s getting the rights to everything? Hmmmn???
I understand from many discussions regarding our society, morality and issues families face that are a direct result of pornography, the idea was not a brain storm, nor an innovative one, nude women in magazines. In fact a man in New York in 1860 started a mail order porn business by subscription only. Who really cares about this person anyway. Were any of the women exposing theirselves for money a daughter, sister, friend, girlfriend, or a wife. I doubt it! Until one is I believe no one has any idea of what it can cause.
He’s not dead you guys.
Hugh Hefner’s death has been a bogus rumor for the last two years.
Hugh Hefner is still alive.
Hefner is old pervert – he disgusts me.. turning women into objects of jerking off.. and someone looks up to him! SICK world!