Hugh Hefner, the Playboy magazine founder who transformed the publishing industry by bringing sex and female nudity into the mainstream, has died. CBC ARCHIVES | Hugh Hefner defends PlayboyWhile working at a children's magazine, Hefner put up $600 US to start Playboy, borrowing a few thousand from financial institutions and friends. Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner is pictured in the 1970s. Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, centre, poses with a group of current and former Playboy bunnies at the Playboy Club in Los Angeles in 1986. American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story, a docuseries culled from thousands of hours of footage and hundreds of scrapbooks, debuted on Amazon in April.

Source: CBC News September 28, 2017 03:26 UTC