As the visionary editor who created Playboy magazine out of sheer will and his own fevered dreams, he introduced nudity and sexuality to the cultural mainstream of America and the world. Mr. Hefner brought nudity out from under the counter, but he was more than the emperor of a land with no clothes. Publisher Hugh Hefner looks over proof sheets for his magazine Playboy, in Chicago, Ill., on June 20, 1961. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)Few publications have so thoroughly reflected the tastes and ambitions of their creators as Mr. Hefner’s Playboy. Another show featuring Mr. Hefner, “Playboy After Dark,” aired for two seasons, beginning in 1969.

Source: Washington Post September 28, 2017 03:44 UTC