Hugh Hefner dead at 91

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#26
Hefner was a cultural change agent, no doubt--but he made a fool of himself the last 20+ years of his life.
 
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Fun fact: Did you know that if not for Hugh Hefner Hollywood would no longer have the "Hollywood" sign.

Erected in 1923, the Hollywood sign (which originally spelled out “Hollywoodland”) was long a symbol of glamorous Tinseltown dreams. But by 1978, it had started to deteriorate after years of neglect. By that time, Hugh Hefner was already a famous L.A. resident and a household name. The Chamber of Commerce needed a quarter of a million dollars to revitalize the sign—and got just that after Hefner became involved in restoration efforts. As The Hollywood Reporter writes, he threw a lavish fund-raiser, auctioning off letters from the old sign for $27,000 each. Buyers included rock stars like Alice Cooper and actors like Gene Autry, who ended up giving enough to restore the Mount Lee plot with new letters. The Hollywood Hills were empty for about three months after that until the chamber was able to replace it with a new sign.

Hefner would come to the rescue once again. Back in 2010, a conservationist group—the Trust for Public Land—was rallying to protect the 138 acres around the sign from developers, who wanted to build luxury properties on Mount Lee. The trust was given an ultimatum of sorts: pay $12.5 million now, and the acres are yours. As the deadline approached, it was able to raise nearly all the cash, but ended up short about $1 million. And it only had about a week and a half left to raise the rest.

Cue Hefner, who was alerted in the nick of time and donated the final $900,000. “It would have been a real shame after having restored it if it wound up sold,” he told People a few days later. “It’s become something iconic and represents not only the town but represents Hollywood dreams, and I think that’s something worth preserving.”
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Full Aritcle: How Hugh Hefner Saved the Hollywood Sign—Twice
 
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hmanvolfan said:
He made a king's ransom off of the exploitation of women. How would you like your mother's, wife's or daughter's nude pictures in the magazine? Just saying.
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And your wife, daughter, and/or mother has probably been naked for more than 1 man in their life.
 
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#44
Hef was cool--an icon. But he refused to grow up and became a pretty pathetic dirty old man in his 70s and 80s, paying really young women to live in the mansion and have sex with him. Hey, nothing wrong with wanting to get laid in your later years, but there are better, more mature ways to do it.
 
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hmanvolfan said:
He made a king's ransom off of the exploitation of women. How would you like your mother's, wife's or daughter's nude pictures in the magazine? Just saying.
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Do you think they were forced? I would say 98% of all the Playmates would tell you they don't regret it for minute. Not to mention they get paid pretty good.

Also my mother bought me my first Playboy subscription through Publisher's Clearinghouse magazine order the year I graduated High School. I've now been a subscriber for close to 20 years.

hmanvolfan said:
You know he used women for his own pleasure and when a younger or prettier one came along he would discard them like a Big Mac wrapper, right?
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You mean all those that are now house hold names and have great careers in and outside Hollywood and now has families of there own?
 
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CagleMtnVol said:
Do you think they were forced? I would say 98% of all the Playmates would tell you they don't regret it for minute. Not to mention they get paid pretty good.

Also my mother bought me my first Playboy subscription through Publisher's Clearinghouse magazine order the year I graduated High School. I've now been a subscriber for close to 20 years.



You mean all those that are now house hold names and have great careers in and outside Hollywood and now has families of there own?
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