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#1 sebberry

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Posted 27 September 2017 - 07:28 PM


Hugh Hefner, the iconic founder of Playboy magazine, died at his home, the Playboy Mansion, of natural causes at age 91, Playboy Enterprises said in a statement on Wednesday.

 

Playboy magazine was founded more than 60 years ago to create a niche upscale men's magazine, combining images of nude women with in-depth articles and interviews.

 

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#2 Nparker

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Posted 27 September 2017 - 07:47 PM

Sure, he was a symbol of a bygone era, but no one can say he didn't have a full life. RIP.


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Posted 27 September 2017 - 09:54 PM

Probably died with his boots on and his pants off.


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Posted 27 September 2017 - 10:25 PM

Let me guess it's going to be an open casket.

#5 johnk

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Posted 28 September 2017 - 08:18 AM

Wonder what the final tally was, must have been into the 000s.

#6 Bingo

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Posted 28 September 2017 - 08:30 AM

Wonder what the final tally was, must have been into the 000s.

Maybe not...where are all the offspring.



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Posted 28 September 2017 - 08:32 AM

Wonder what the final tally was, must have been into the 000s.

 

It seems even to me that at some point you'd prefer to cut to quality, rather than just ever increasing quantity.  It might even be much easier.  Dunno.


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#8 Bingo

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Posted 28 September 2017 - 08:39 AM

It seems even to me that at some point you'd prefer to cut to quality, rather than just ever increasing quantity.  It might even be much easier.  Dunno.

 

Are we talking about your personal experience or the number of posts you have accumulated on here?


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Posted 28 September 2017 - 09:00 AM

It seems even to me that at some point you'd prefer to cut to quality, rather than just ever increasing quantity.  It might even be much easier.  Dunno.


He seemed to do ok on the quality side of things.
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#10 johnk

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Posted 28 September 2017 - 09:01 AM

Maybe not...where are all the offspring.


Birth control, abortions? Or maybe it was all just a pose.

#11 Rob Randall

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Posted 28 September 2017 - 09:22 AM

Let me guess it's going to be an open casket.

 

They can't close it.

 

David Mainse, founder of 100 Huntley Street has also died. Should be interesting conversation in the waiting room at the Pearly Gates.


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Posted 01 October 2017 - 01:01 PM

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#13 P. North

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Posted 28 January 2018 - 11:54 PM

I was at his funeral


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Posted 29 January 2018 - 10:46 AM

At planet hollywood looking out the window the bellagio fountain show had just finished when I heard the news (if i recall correctly on this thread), remember thinking "weird coincidence" and "the mood is probably going to be somber here".



 



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