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 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!

Hugh Hefner, the indomitable founder of Playboy magazine, spent his life living to the fullest Alex Heigl is a former associate editor at PEOPLE. He left PEOPLE in 2017. While Hugh Hefner had seen ...

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 ...

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 ...

What you think of Hugh Hefner's complicated legacy depends on your values and beliefs. Credit: Kristian Dowling/AP/REX/Shutterstock Hugh Hefner made a fortune selling ...

Let's take a closer look. High Hefner and Playboy made Taylor Swift a tempting offer back in 2016, completely changing the ...