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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dies at age 91

 

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Playboy Enterprises Chairman Emeritus Hugh Hefner (2nd R) is flanked by twin magazine cover models Sandy and Mandy Bentley before ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on April 13. PM/RCS

     

    (Reuters) - Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who helped usher in the 1960s sexual revolution with his groundbreaking men's magazine and built a business empire around his libertine lifestyle, died on Wednesday at the age of 91, Playboy Enterprises said.

     

    Hefner, once called the "prophet of pop hedonism" by Time magazine, peacefully passed away at his home, Playboy Enterprises said in a statement.

     

    Hefner was sometimes characterized as an oversexed Peter Pan as he kept a harem of young blondes that numbered as many as seven at his legendary Playboy Mansion. This was chronicled in "The Girls Next Door," a TV reality show that aired from 2005 through 2010. He said that thanks to the impotency-fighting drug Viagra he continued exercising his libido into his 80s.

     

    "I'm never going to grow up," Hefner said in a CNN interview when he was 82. "Staying young is what it is all about for me. Holding on to the boy and long ago I decided that age really didn't matter and as long as the ladies ... feel the same way, that's fine with me."

     

    (Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru; Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier and Michael Perry)

     

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    Wow, 91.  Hugh lived a good life, one that most can only dream of.  I think some expats in Thailand may find a certain connection with this dude, i.e., living life to the fullest and not worrying about what others may think.  His quote: "I'm never going to grow up," Hefner said in a CNN interview when he was 82. "Staying young is what it is all about for me. Holding on to the boy and long ago I decided that age really didn't matter and as long as the ladies ... feel the same way, that's fine with me."  Amen.

     

    As for the photo in the OP...gotta love cowgirls. 

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    Ah, the sexpatriate's hero.

     

    This guy and his predilection for women less than a third of his age (towards the end) served as an inspiration for most of the old dudes pitched up in Thailand . . . . even if they couldn't afford blondes with blue eyes

     

     

     

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    10 minutes ago, zydeco said:

    I suspect that a lot of the low rent sexpats in Thailand will want today to be declared an international day of mourning.

    Well, I'm a high-rent sexpat of impeccable taste and savoir faire, an d I demand that today be declared a global holiday. The bar owners of Pattaya should be forced to drop all bar fines on this day.

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    7 hours ago, zydeco said:

    I suspect that a lot of the low rent sexpats in Thailand will want today to be declared an international day of mourning.

    I,m one of them...U should try it.......might just bring a little happiness into your life :whistling:

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    1 hour ago, Thai Ron said:

    Ah, the sexpatriate's hero.

     

    This guy and his predilection for women less than a third of his age (towards the end) served as an inspiration for most of the old dudes pitched up in Thailand . . . . even if they couldn't afford blondes with blue eyes

     

    Bugger the Thai sexpat... this man Was a demi-god to many a teenager who discovered his uncle's stash of Playboy magazines while on summer holidays at grandma's.... well, that's my story and I'm sticking with it.

     

    RIP HH

     

    “Life is too short to be living somebody else’s dream."

     

    PS: Are blue-eyed blondes more expensive where you come from?

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