But Hugh Hefner's gone, the original Playboy Clubs have closed, and magazine sales have shrunk to less than 4% of what they used to be. So, what happened? In 1953, former copywriter Hugh Hefner ...

Hugh Hefner relaxes in red satin pajamas with the first copy of Playboy magazine, the then-scandalous men's magazine he founded in the 1950s, in his Holmby Hills estate in Los Angeles recently.

In 1953, a time when states could legally ban contraceptives, Hefner published the first issue of Playboy, featuring naked photos of Marilyn Monroe Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, the pipe-smoking ...

Hugh Hefner, American founder of the international adult magazine Playboy, has died at the age of 91. Playboy Enterprises Inc said he passed away peacefully at home in Los Angeles, from natural ...

The widow of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has sparked controversy with ... world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for ...

Hugh Hefner was an American magazine publisher and reality TV star. He was best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine. He also created, starred and executive produced the E!