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priscilla 1The Life & Times of Hugh Hefner
February 15th 2010 01:14
Hugh Hefner is famous worldwide as the founder of Playboy Enterprises. This article in Life.com has some pictures and information from the earlier days of his career. Below is a sample.
Hugh Hefner basks in his succes in 1966 Britain. The Chicago-born Army vet started his empire after he left a copywriting job at Esquire magazine in 1952 because they wouldn't give him a $5 raise.
The Playboy Club lights up Midtown Manhattan in 1962. From their opening in 1960, the Playboy clubs were a key component of the Playboy image, and a powerful revenue generator for Hefner's empire.
Hugh Hefner and girlfriend Barbi Benton are welcomed by "Bunny Girls" from the London Playboy Club, at Heathrow Airport in 1970. The Playboy Bunnies who served at Hefner's clubs became popular symbols of the Playboy brand.
Hugh Hefner and Roman Polankski talk to the press about their collaboration in bringing "Macbeth" to the silver screen, in 1970. The U.S. National Board of Review named the bleak interpretation of Shakespeare's play the Best Film of 1971, but it was a financial failure for Playboy.
Hugh Hefner poses with his daughter, Christie, at her graduation from Brandeis University in 1973. Christie succeeded her dad as chairman of Playboy Enterprises in 1982, then as CEO in 1988.
Pamela Anderson and Hugh Hefner cozy up in 2007. Anderson presented the cake at Hefner's 82nd birthday party -- in the buff.
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