Photos: Playboy founder Hugh Hefner through the years
Playboy Magazine founder Hugh Hefner sits with January 2000 Playmates Carol, left, and Darlene Bernaola, Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999, at his home in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles. The twins were chosen from more than 18,000 candidates who interviewed with Playboy.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner answers questions at a press conference in Chicago, Ill., on Jan. 14, 1975. Hefner answered questions relating to the death of Bobbie Arnstein from an apparent overdose.
PHOTO: (AP Photo)
In this March 1970 file photo, Hugh Hefner, left, and girlfriend Barbi Benton, center, are served by Playboy Club Bunny Cheri upon their arrival at La Guardia aboard the Big Bunny, Heffner's jet, in New York.
PHOTO: (AP Photo, File)
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner laughs with reporters before a ceremony Tuesday, April 11, 2000, honoring Hefner with a street sign on Chicago's near North Side. The honorary street sign came under fire by the City Council who rejected the proposal Monday but the decision was reversed during a meeting the council's finance committee Tuesday. Hefner his flanked by his twin girlfriends Mandy, left, and Sandy Bentley.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/Charles Bennett)
Sandra Schnellhaus of Sydney, Australia sits in a round bed with a wax figure of Hugh Hefner at Madame Tussaud's in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. Though the wax figures have always been touchable, the attraction has opened several interactive displays for people to participate in.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, second right, sits with girlfriends Kendra Wilkinson, left, Bridget Marquardt, second left and Holly Madison, right, during a photo call to celebrate his 80th birthday at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 25, 2006.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner is shown aboard his private plane, 1970.
PHOTO: (AP Photo)
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner shown Oct. 11, 1977.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/Carlos Rene Perez)
1986 Playboy playmate of the Year Kathy Shower stands to the right of Hugh Hefner, center, as Hefners girlfriend Carrie Leigh stands to his left in front of the Playboy Mansion West, April 29, 1986, Los Angeles, Calif. The other women are unidentified.
PHOTO: Playboy founder Hugh Hefner shown Oct. 11, 1977.
Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner, second from left, arrives with his girlfriend Barbi Benton, center, and film director Roman Polanski, left, Aug. 21, 1970, Paris, France. The woman at left is unidentified.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/ Michel Lipchitz)
Playboy Magazine founder Hugh Hefner sits with January 2000 Playmates Carol, left, and Darlene Bernaola, Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999, at his home in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles. The twins were chosen from more than 18,000 candidates who interviewed with Playboy.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner answers questions at a press conference in Chicago, Ill., on Jan. 14, 1975. Hefner answered questions relating to the death of Bobbie Arnstein from an apparent overdose.
PHOTO: (AP Photo)
In this March 1970 file photo, Hugh Hefner, left, and girlfriend Barbi Benton, center, are served by Playboy Club Bunny Cheri upon their arrival at La Guardia aboard the Big Bunny, Heffner's jet, in New York.
PHOTO: (AP Photo, File)
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner laughs with reporters before a ceremony Tuesday, April 11, 2000, honoring Hefner with a street sign on Chicago's near North Side. The honorary street sign came under fire by the City Council who rejected the proposal Monday but the decision was reversed during a meeting the council's finance committee Tuesday. Hefner his flanked by his twin girlfriends Mandy, left, and Sandy Bentley.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/Charles Bennett)
Sandra Schnellhaus of Sydney, Australia sits in a round bed with a wax figure of Hugh Hefner at Madame Tussaud's in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. Though the wax figures have always been touchable, the attraction has opened several interactive displays for people to participate in.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, second right, sits with girlfriends Kendra Wilkinson, left, Bridget Marquardt, second left and Holly Madison, right, during a photo call to celebrate his 80th birthday at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 25, 2006.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner is shown aboard his private plane, 1970.
PHOTO: (AP Photo)
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner shown Oct. 11, 1977.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/Carlos Rene Perez)
1986 Playboy playmate of the Year Kathy Shower stands to the right of Hugh Hefner, center, as Hefners girlfriend Carrie Leigh stands to his left in front of the Playboy Mansion West, April 29, 1986, Los Angeles, Calif. The other women are unidentified.
PHOTO: Playboy founder Hugh Hefner shown Oct. 11, 1977.
Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner, second from left, arrives with his girlfriend Barbi Benton, center, and film director Roman Polanski, left, Aug. 21, 1970, Paris, France. The woman at left is unidentified.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/ Michel Lipchitz)
Playboy Magazine founder Hugh Hefner sits with January 2000 Playmates Carol, left, and Darlene Bernaola, Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999, at his home in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles. The twins were chosen from more than 18,000 candidates who interviewed with Playboy.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner answers questions at a press conference in Chicago, Ill., on Jan. 14, 1975. Hefner answered questions relating to the death of Bobbie Arnstein from an apparent overdose.
PHOTO: (AP Photo)
In this March 1970 file photo, Hugh Hefner, left, and girlfriend Barbi Benton, center, are served by Playboy Club Bunny Cheri upon their arrival at La Guardia aboard the Big Bunny, Heffner's jet, in New York.
PHOTO: (AP Photo, File)
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner laughs with reporters before a ceremony Tuesday, April 11, 2000, honoring Hefner with a street sign on Chicago's near North Side. The honorary street sign came under fire by the City Council who rejected the proposal Monday but the decision was reversed during a meeting the council's finance committee Tuesday. Hefner his flanked by his twin girlfriends Mandy, left, and Sandy Bentley.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/Charles Bennett)
Sandra Schnellhaus of Sydney, Australia sits in a round bed with a wax figure of Hugh Hefner at Madame Tussaud's in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. Though the wax figures have always been touchable, the attraction has opened several interactive displays for people to participate in.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, second right, sits with girlfriends Kendra Wilkinson, left, Bridget Marquardt, second left and Holly Madison, right, during a photo call to celebrate his 80th birthday at the 59th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 25, 2006.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner is shown aboard his private plane, 1970.
PHOTO: (AP Photo)
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner shown Oct. 11, 1977.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/Carlos Rene Perez)
1986 Playboy playmate of the Year Kathy Shower stands to the right of Hugh Hefner, center, as Hefners girlfriend Carrie Leigh stands to his left in front of the Playboy Mansion West, April 29, 1986, Los Angeles, Calif. The other women are unidentified.
PHOTO: Playboy founder Hugh Hefner shown Oct. 11, 1977.
Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner, second from left, arrives with his girlfriend Barbi Benton, center, and film director Roman Polanski, left, Aug. 21, 1970, Paris, France. The woman at left is unidentified.
PHOTO: (AP Photo/ Michel Lipchitz)
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, 91, the pipe-smoking hedonist who revved up the sexual revolution in the 1950s, died of natural causes at his home on Wednesday.