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9. A good friend of mine worked for him at the old Playboy Club in Manhattan

Wed Sep 27, 2017, 11:52 PM

Sep 2017

This was in the late '60s and early '70s. He mentioned that while Hef was always gracious, he was also a consummate businessman and took customer satisfaction very seriously (as well as being a staunch Democrat).

My friend passed away last year at 73, as it happens. Hopefully they'll meet in that great Playboy Club in the sky.

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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has passed away at his home, The Playboy Mansion. He was 91 years old. [View all] Drunken Irishman Sep 2017 OP

RIP, Hef. liberaltrucker Sep 2017 #1

Rip Hef... Grassy Knoll Sep 2017 #2

I only read that story...for the articles nt msongs Sep 2017 #3

And the cartoons joeybee12 Sep 2017 #43

helluva life.... dhill926 Sep 2017 #4

A good friend of mine worked for him at the old Playboy Club in Manhattan sandensea Sep 2017 #9

The Hollywood sign was saved back around 1978 or so... GReedDiamond Sep 2017 #71

Wait, didn't he sell the playboy mansion. I remember it being on sale not to long ago. briv1016 Sep 2017 #5

Yes he sold it but had the right to live in it until his death... PoliticAverse Sep 2017 #8

Before The Dotard Tries To Brag, This Woman Did A Bad Bad Thing... Grassy Knoll Sep 2017 #6

Did Trump supply it to her? LiberalFighter Sep 2017 #13

Isn't That How Rumors Get Started ? Grassy Knoll Sep 2017 #14

RIP Hefner LittleGirl Sep 2017 #7

Would it be inapropriate to wear a robe to work tommorow in his honor? briv1016 Sep 2017 #10

I feel sorry for the mortician. LudwigPastorius Sep 2017 #11

Or the lid closed on that coffin! n/t customerserviceguy Sep 2017 #29

Oh Hell, RobinA Sep 2017 #34

Amazing life LittleBlue Sep 2017 #12

What a thing to aspire to, living your life like a teenage boy's fantasy. DLevine Sep 2017 #35

Thank you for saying that. MrsCoffee Sep 2017 #36

You're welcome, it needed to be said. nt DLevine Sep 2017 #37

He gave so much to the world and made it a better place. smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #67

He gave Dick Gregory the money to find the bodies of three murdered civil rights leaders LittleBlue Sep 2017 #75

He was an awful human being who denigrated women and proudly stated DLevine Sep 2017 #78

"He did not see half the Earth's population as full human beings." LittleBlue Sep 2017 #84

"The notion that Playboy turns women into sex objects is ridiculous. Women are sex objects." DLevine Sep 2017 #85

Yeah, he helped y'all with your masculinity BallardWA Sep 2017 #15

Yeah, I remember when Gloria Steinem went undercover as a bunny TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #18

Yeah and stood up and used the mag for Civil Rights used the Jet Bengus81 Sep 2017 #33

That doesn't outweigh 60 years of portraying women as nothing more than a 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2017 #40

Agree 100% SharonClark Sep 2017 #72

This. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #49

Not so fast... 7wo7rees Sep 2017 #16

He wasn't. MrsCoffee Sep 2017 #39

He did make his daughter Christine the CEO of playboy enterprise though. kimbutgar Sep 2017 #57

And Trump made his daughter queen of the White House. So what. SharonClark Sep 2017 #74

Sorry kimbutgar Sep 2017 #83

I met him twice Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2017 #17

An icon of sexism. Good riddance. 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2017 #19

Probable one of the few times in my life when saying... SeattleVet Sep 2017 #20

ha ha Baclava Sep 2017 #70

Thank you for the great humor and specially the truth. democratisphere Sep 2017 #76

Fuck! snort Sep 2017 #21

Hef should be buried "centerfold style." Folded over twice with a staple in his navel. nt TeamPooka Sep 2017 #22

I Wonder What Heaven Looks Like For Him? JimGinPA Sep 2017 #23

Perhaps a disappointment customerserviceguy Sep 2017 #28

Same as for everyone- nothing. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #61

Gonna be one hell of a funeral I would think. YOHABLO Sep 2017 #24

Hugh was good for women's rights. DippyDem Sep 2017 #25

That is some whack-ass bullshit right there. Codeine Sep 2017 #58

His motive was the benefit for men, though treestar Sep 2017 #63

WTF. Sexists don"t get to describe themselves as feminist. SharonClark Sep 2017 #73

What a life.. denbot Sep 2017 #26

Yes customerserviceguy Sep 2017 #27

Yeah, the objectification of women was just a big yawn to the big thinkers of the day. 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2017 #42

He actually was if you listened to his interviews Drahthaardogs Sep 2017 #56

R.I.P. BumRushDaShow Sep 2017 #30

Zero f***s given... HopeAgain Sep 2017 #31

Can't wait to see the Trump tweet on this. milestogo Sep 2017 #32

RIP to a creative genius Politicub Sep 2017 #38

Fuck him. 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2017 #41

why the bitterness? Demonaut Sep 2017 #44

I'm not bitter. I just despise a man who objectified women in a damaging way for a living. 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2017 #47

Clearly, he wasnt a saint Politicub Sep 2017 #60

Pictures of nude women make one a creative genius? HopeAgain Sep 2017 #51

That isnt the entirety of him Politicub Sep 2017 #54

I had thought he was already dead -nt Bradical79 Sep 2017 #45

I saw a tv show where he was lamenting DorothyG Sep 2017 #46

You had fun. RIP. I enjoyed the Chicago Playboy Club back in the day. sinkingfeeling Sep 2017 #48

Why anyone mourns someone who made his fortune commodifying human beings is beyond me. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #50

A revolutionary icon! yallerdawg Sep 2017 #52

He died on Hump Day! IronLionZion Sep 2017 #53

I liked the cartoons and jokes left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #55

Yeah, Chester the Molester was hilarious! TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #65

That was in Hustler... not Playboy. stlsaxman Sep 2017 #79

My bad n/t TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #80

Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what happens when Larry Flynt dies. Dr. Strange Sep 2017 #81

Elementary School Paper Drives were very interesting. nolabels Sep 2017 #59

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2017 #66

RIP to a great man. romanic Sep 2017 #62

Oh puke! smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #68

Hef and Trump had a lot in common LongTomH Sep 2017 #64

Do you want to know what I remember? smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #69

Agreed. Snackshack Sep 2017 #77

RIP, Hef. Owl Sep 2017 #82