Dan T. Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 http://people.com/celebrity/hugh-hefner-playboy-magazine-founder-dead-obituary/ No cause of death reported. I'm guessing Viagra overdose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I just came here to post this. So sad. He had the life boys everywhere dream of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsGuy Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 His magazine was a part of my teenage years growing up. He lived long enough to see the magazine become irrelevant, too. RIP, Mr. Hefner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 RIP Hef. Slid many an issue of the magazine you founded under the carpet under my bed way back when. Ahem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 6 minutes ago, PCS said: RIP Hef. Slid many an issue of the magazine you founded under the carpet under my bed way back when. Ahem. I would have read the articles if the pages weren't stuck together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Loved that guy. Had a subscription the moment I got to college and had it for years. God Bless the college issues back in the day. So strange though, was just talking with a buddy about famous people that have passed from our childhood and I was literally just thinking not more than 30 minutes ago that Hef was getting up there in age and we haven't heard from him in awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacase Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Man all of our icons are passing away....Sad news to hear but he lived the dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogofWar1 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Heck of a run. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExoDus84 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 The OG pimp from which all others could never hope to surpass. RIP Hef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brian Mitchell Truth Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Man I can't believe ol' Hefner is gone. He lived every man's dream! I know his funeral is going to look like a strip club and brothel all in one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Hugh Hefner was a visionary who heavily affected my life during college and after college. You can say what you want about him or his reducing role in his advancing age, but like it or not, that man was the figurehead of the "Playboy" network that I grew to love and appreciate. If not for Hugh, I would not be as much of a fan of the "Playboy Plus" enterprise as I would be today. Now I'm aware Playboy Plus and the actual Playboy magazine enterprise have slowly started to part ways. In fact, many say that Playboy Plus is starting to head down the ****ter because of their choice of "MetArt" girls. That's a topic for another day. But one thing is undeniable. Back in the day, Playboy was king. As a young adolescent I was heavily influenced by the latest Playmates of the Month. Women like "Jordan Monroe", Sara Jean Underwood, ladies who made it from college girls posing in Playboy's "Girls of the [Insert P5 Conference]", to Playmates, to legends. Playboy offered a young lad like me the world of "Hot Housewifes", "College Girls", "Voluptuous Vixens", et cetera. Playboy regularly released these magazines as well as their main magazine. I can't state enough what an impact this man and his enterprise have had on my life. He was a icon to me even in his old age. He set the standard for "softcore" which tickles my fancy, so to speak. Without him, who knows what would happen to me. Maybe I wouldn't be such a fan of softcore, naughty, teasing work. That man...he was a legend, a pioneer, that can't be denied. The sad thing is that the empire he built could not adapt to the internet. In this age where we just go to message boards and seek out the content, or use torrents, a lot of his empire started to crumble. Playboy Plus supposedly was no longer under his control, became another enterprise, used more and more European "Met Art" girls instead of the good, old, wholesome American ladies. The College Girls issues that I ogled over as a kid? Yeah, they're gone. Playboy doesn't have College Girls of the Conference anymore. That makes me sad. The company is going in a new direction now. But don't you forget who set up the company in the first place. In the good old days, where you saw those amateurs or those "girls next door" posing freely for Playboy, expressing their sexuality. RIP you legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 8 hours ago, Dan T. said: . I'm guessing Viagra overdose. The scene at the morgue as they try to put the body in the coffin has comedic potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 RIP. Wonder what his final body count was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 5 minutes ago, youngchew said: RIP. Wonder what his final body count was... We need to add him to the Wilt Chamberlain/Ric Flair Venn Diagram I was proposing in the RTT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, youngchew said: RIP. Wonder what his final body count was... If we're slow at work today, I'll write a eulogy. (Cuz, seriously...if it weren't for Playboy, there would be no Playgirl). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I'm a boat captain, a boat captain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 RIP, indeed. A true visionary, cultural icon. Dude was also instrumental in being a big supporter of free speech and equality, oddly enough he passes away in a week where we need a voice like that the most. @ixcuincle like you, I loved the magazine and the different sub-magazines that came out. Sad that they're no longer, it was a fun time. However, I do like the new magazine style, speaking strictly from a photography perspective. I think the photos are leaps and bounds better, the non-nudity aspect makes me want to see more. First time I've bought a Playboy in well over a decade because of the new format. That said, you're right, it couldn't adapt properly to the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I haven't seen the new magazine. The sub magazines like college girls were the best. Even online, Playboy used to have Coeds of the Week and Month. They are no longer. Now it's just a random mishmash other than Fridays where you get the "CGOM". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 The area where all three overlap is a rarefied air of woman. It's like what Secretariat or Carl Yastrzemski would be in other disciplines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 RIP to an absolute legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbs Hog Heaven Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I would say enjoy Heaven but you've been living it the past 60 years. God rest. Hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 So clue me in... what are WC, HH, and NBRF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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