Hugh Hefner, a cultural hero and a cautionary tale

By John Birmingham
Updated October 4 2017 - 9:43am, first published September 28 2017 - 11:02pm

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, prevent the Bunnies crying with a sexy saxophone. Silence the eight-track disco, and with a muffled drum, bring out the tiger fur-lined coffin, let the mourners come. Let the Playboy Jet circle overhead, scribbling on the sky the message, Hef is dead.

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