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LOS ANGELES, USA – Hugh Hefner, the silk pajamas-wearing founder of Playboy magazine who helped steer nudity into the American mainstream died Wednesday, September 27, his magazine announced on Twitter. He was 91 years old.
"Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream," read a quote from Hefner, whose trailblazing brand played a major role in the 20th century's shifting attitude towards sexuality.
{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">American Icon and Playboy Founder, Hugh M. Hefner passed away today. He was 91. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RIPHef?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RIPHef</a> <a href="https://t.co/tCLa2iNXa4">pic.twitter.com/tCLa2iNXa4</a></p>— Playboy (@Playboy) <a href="https://twitter.com/Playboy/status/913240335358111744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>{/source}
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