High Hefner, Playboy Founder, Passes Away

[FiveRinger]

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/obituaries/hugh-hefner-dead.html
RIP

 

[Buzz]

R.I.P.

 

[Aussie Willy]

He was a fascinating man. Have seen a couple of documentaries about him. Regardless of what you think about Playboy, he really was very socially progressive and forward thinking.

 

[FiveRinger]

Admins, can someone please fix Hugh's name? Autocorrect still sucks, and my proofreading skills are lacking. Thank you.

 

[skatesindreams]

He was a fascinating man. Have seen a couple of documentaries about him. Regardless of what you think about Playboy, he really was very socially progressive and forward thinking.

I agree.

 

[Simone411]

He was a fascinating man. Have seen a couple of documentaries about him. Regardless of what you think about Playboy, he really was very socially progressive and forward thinking.

Yes, he was. Some of his accomplishments:

Hugh Hefner Biography - Childhood Life Achievements & Timeline

Hugh Hefner is actively involved with several philanthropic causes. He helped organize fund-raising efforts that led to the restoration of the Hollywood Sign in 1978 and personally contributed $27,000.

He made a donation of $100,000 to the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts to create a course called "Censorship in Cinema," and $2 million to endow a chair for the study of American film.

He is also an animal lover and has organized fundraiser events for Much Love Animal Rescue as well as Generation Rescue. In addition, he donated $900,000 to a conservation group for a land purchase needed to stop the development of the famed vista of the Hollywood Sign in 2010.

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the American Society of Magazine Editors in 1998.

He was presented with the Henry Johnson Fisher Award, the highest honor of the Magazine Publishers of America in 2002.

Dr. Lois Lee, founder and president of the Children of the Night, presented Hefner with the organization's first-ever Founder's Hero of the Heart Award in 2010 in appreciation for his unwavering dedication, commitment and generosity

RIP, Hugh Hefner