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When I saw the news early this morning I was on twitter, and so looked up Mr. Hefner's personal twitter account.
He had, over the past few years, submitted some 500+ photographs. Scrolling through them, you can see that he loved his family, putting up 'throw back' photos of his parents (both together and individually), of his children, and several of his brother (I had not known he had a brother), including a touching posting of the two together upon the occasion of his brother's death last year (calling his brother his best friend).
Hef also liked to post photos of the animals in his private zoo (I had read that he had the only 'private zoo' license in the city of Los Angeles), and of the friends that he would invite over for his weekly 'movie night'.
He also posted photos of himself with various celebrities, ranging over the decades, of his time in WWII, as well as with various Playboy Bunnies. But, all in all, most postings concerned family, friends, wives and his zoo animals and personal pets.
Over the decades I had always read that Mr. Hefner was a warm person towards all. I was rather pleased to see that his twitter photos seemingly confirmed it.
I was also pleased that Mr. Hefner was able to die at home. He had lived in the infamous "Playboy Mansion" since 1971, and while many outsiders considered it an impersonal den of sin, he always referred to it as his home, and was well known to love every inch of it. Recall that when the mansion was sold last year, a stipulation was that he be allowed to live out his life at the house.
I say 'pleased' about his dying at home because it is usually the case that older people want nothing more than to breath their last inside their own home. My father was able to do so some years ago, and my 89, half-blind, mother is also determined to be at home, rather than in some hospital.
RIP Mr. Hefner. None can say you did not influence American society.
Bill O'reilly visited the playboy mansion and even he would not go in that grotto. The place wasn't the cleanest, and it was tacky. Some of the women wrote stories about how Hugh and the house were gross.
Gloria Steinem worked as a bunny at one of the clubs to expose the exploitation of the waitresses.
The magazine and its articles were good, and the photos were relatively tasteful but it still was what it was.
What a career. He lived the dream. In fact, he created the dream.
Hopefully he went with a smile on his face.
Love the legend of Hugh Heffner but I always thought he was a creepy looking guy, then look at photos of him as a young guy and he looks even creepier!
I guess I'm in the minority who thinks that American society would have been better off if Heff had sold hats for a living.
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