Without a doubt, Hugh Hefner was a complex figure.
The late media icon, who founded Playboy in 1953, died on Sept. 27 of cardiac arrest and respiratory failure after contracting septicemia — a blood infection — and drug-resistant e. coli.
Over the course of his 91 years, Hefner lived an exciting and controversial life. On the one hand, he revolutionized the publishing industry, contributed to the sexual revolution that permeated the 1960s and ’70s and fought for birth control and abortion rights — but on the other hand, he was criticized for objectifying women, and even admitted that he considered women to be “sex objects.”
Sitting down with People TV,...
The late media icon, who founded Playboy in 1953, died on Sept. 27 of cardiac arrest and respiratory failure after contracting septicemia — a blood infection — and drug-resistant e. coli.
Over the course of his 91 years, Hefner lived an exciting and controversial life. On the one hand, he revolutionized the publishing industry, contributed to the sexual revolution that permeated the 1960s and ’70s and fought for birth control and abortion rights — but on the other hand, he was criticized for objectifying women, and even admitted that he considered women to be “sex objects.”
Sitting down with People TV,...
- 10/5/2017
- by Aili Nahas
- PEOPLE.com
In his final months, Hugh Hefner surrounded himself with a small circle of friends and family — including longtime love Barbi Benton.
Speaking exclusively to People in this week’s issue, Benton, 67, opens up about her memories of the late publishing pioneer, who died Wednesday at 91.
“I cried all night ,” she says of his death. “I was a basket case.”
Benton met Hefner in 1968 on the set of his TV show, Playboy After Dark. She was 18 and he was 42, and while she initially wasn’t interested due to their age difference, the two ended up dating until 1976. She went on to...
Speaking exclusively to People in this week’s issue, Benton, 67, opens up about her memories of the late publishing pioneer, who died Wednesday at 91.
“I cried all night ,” she says of his death. “I was a basket case.”
Benton met Hefner in 1968 on the set of his TV show, Playboy After Dark. She was 18 and he was 42, and while she initially wasn’t interested due to their age difference, the two ended up dating until 1976. She went on to...
- 10/2/2017
- by Aili Nahas
- PEOPLE.com
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