Updated On: 28 September, 2017 08:50 PM IST | Mumbai | Team Hitlist
<p>Publisher-editor, millionaire entrepreneur and playboy, Hugh Hefner leaves behind a controversial, undying legacy as he dies at 91</p>

The pipe-smoking, silk-pajama-wearing man who was the center of fantasy parties, Hugh Hefner died of natural causes this morning at the Playboy Mansion near Beverly Hills, California, aged 91. His son, Cooper Hefner, also Creative Chief Officer of Playboy Enterprises, said in a statement: "My father lived an exceptional and impactful life as a media and cultural pioneer and a leading voice behind some of the most significant social and cultural movements of our time in advocating free speech, civil rights and sexual freedom."

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