things you didn' t know about
Since 1953 there has been one man that has stood for democracy,
free speech, civil rights and homosexual rights. all while being one of the
world' s foremost experts on the nude magazine centerfold and having multiple
girlfriends at 'd time. That mall IS the legendary patriarch of the Playboy
empire. Mr. Hugh Hefner. But whihc we all know the name and the instantly
smoking jacket. do we really know anything the man? New are
some facts about Hugh Hefner to add 21 bit of humanity to the legend.
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Hefner He and brother Keith
was born on April 9, 1926 were ssy. l by strict
in (Mono, Illinois. Methodist utorrents.
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is a
rabbit
named alter HM.
fief is a tth (oisin, twi( e removed,
at Pres.
George W. Bush
and
a tth mush, ante removed,
at Sen.
John Kerry.
Hef started his Playboy
empire with just , 000.
Retools auto 5600 hum against the
furniture in his apartment.
c He renewed Slit from his mother and ttk
from his brother.
The first Issue
of Playboy
featured a photo
of Marilyn Monroe
that It slaught -
from fl oral fief owns the Gym next to
agendar printer. Monroe.
K Sing Party was the
Hel has a (eleection .
of over 4, 000 films g
hng o Smeone in o ltd {hanged the name to avoid
conlusion with Sing, which was
an outdoor living interline.
original title d Playboy.
his mansion.
in Hal mansion next door and converted it to he a mirror image oi his.
LL tro" In and he donated
000
to save the Hollywood
In miner helped organize
elicits that led to the restoration of the
Hollywood Sign and he personally my from baying
EVE e 5
to purchase the " "
in a ceremonial amnion.
The f' mansion is y has all brought to a
one of few his suite at the Mansion.
private homes
with a
100
ense.
While Hugh says he stopped wanting the
of women he' s slept with a long time ago,
he does estimate thathe' s "easily had
more than
But his best experience? Let the man tell you
himself: "At one of my birthday parties my girlfriend got me
a special treat. She and " other
playmates came into the grotto with me. '
That was one hell of on ." . I
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