As much as anyone, Hugh Hefner turned the world on to sex. As the visionary editor who created Playboy magazine out of sheer will and his own fevered dreams, he introduced nudity and sexuality to the cultural mainstream of America and the world.
Washington Post: Hugh Hefner, visionary editor who founded Playboy magazine, dies at 91
(FILES) This file photo taken on Jan. 11, 2007 shows Playboy Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner during a press conference to introduce the new season of his TV show "Girls of the Playboy Mansion" on E! Entertainment at the Palyboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California. Hugh Hefner, the silk pajamas-wearing founder of Playboy Magazine who helped steer nudity into the American mainstream died on Sept. 27, his magazine announced on Twitter. He was 91 years old.
