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Nature baby names are a popular choice for many parents – including celebrity parents. We’ve rounded up over 25 celebrities who chose nature-inspired names for their children.

1. Bachelor alum Nick Viall and his wife Natalie Joy chose a double nature name for their first baby, a daughter they named River Rose.

2. Reality star Kailyn Lowry welcomed twins in 2023 with her partner Elijah Scott and gave her daughter the name Valley.

3. Former Bachelorette Clare Crawley gave her first baby, a girl, with her husband Ryan Dawkins a first and middle name with nature roots: Rowen Lily.

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4. TV host Jason Kennedy and his wife Lauren Scruggs named their second baby, a girl, Poppy Ford.

5. Country singer Maddie Marlow named her son, whom she shares with husband Jonah Font, Forrest.

6. Actor Liev Schreiber and his partner Taylor Neisen chose two nature names...

Cooper Hefner’s $100 million bid for Playboy received a complication Thursday, with owner Plby Group saying that its board rejected the offer.

“After careful review and consideration of Hefner’s unsolicited proposal, our Board determined that the proposal substantially undervalues the Playboy assets and is not in the best interest of Plby Group’s stockholders,” said Plby Group CEO Ben Kohn. “While we certainly understand and are appreciative of the interest in Playboy’s unparalleled brand, the Board is confident that the Company’s continuing pursuit of its Playboy-focused, asset-light model will better support long-term value for stockholders. The Board will continue to evaluate all options and opportunities for Playboy.”

The company said the board decision was unanimous.

On Monday, Hefner — the son of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner — approached the board with the $100 million all cash offer, telling The Hollywood Reporter that the pursuit was a personal one.

“The decision...

Playboy is in play.

Cooper Hefner, the son of the late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, is making a $100 million bid to acquire the intellectual property and brand assets of Playboy Enterprises from its publicly traded parent company, Plby Group.

The $100 million all-cash offer includes a residual interest in the new company, giving equity holders a chance to recoup their value. Plby Group ended last week with a market cap of $53.5 million.

Hefner says that his private equity firm Hefner Capital made the outreach to the Plby board Monday. He tells The Hollywood Reporter that his pursuit of Playboy is a personal one.

“The decision to acquire Playboy’s assets stems from a personal connection and the unique potential to reinvigorate a brand cared for around the world,” Hefner says. “This effort is about safeguarding a legacy built over decades, ensuring that the creativity, values and cultural relevance that defined Playboy are not lost.

Nearly everyone, especially if you are a male over the age of 18, knows about the legacy of Playboy Magazine, one of the most iconic adult publications in history. Created by Hugh Hefner, the magazine is still in publication and titles itself the Gentlemen’s Magazine, which basically created the genre of artistic nudity and sensual expression into the mainstream media.

Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Club in London in 1969

With his unfortunate passing back in 2017, everyone accepted that they had lost an icon of the multimedia and publishing space. But even today, his legacy carries on, and his wealth has now been divided among his children and his widow Crystal Hefner. And despite his absence from management, the company is still thriving globally.

Who Possesses The Wealth From Playboy Hugh Hefner Left Behind As Inheritance?

Hugh Hefner with his wife Crystal Hefner

In the early 1950s, the United States was...

The late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner was one of the most controversial figures in the public eye, and one of the scandals that severely tarnished his name was the alleged assault of Playboy model Dorothy Stratten.

Dorothy Stratten via The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

She was only 18 when she was hired to do a photo shoot for the famed magazine and later invited to the Playboy mansion where the assault took place. Hefner’s valet witnessed the event but was told to keep silent.

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Hugh Hefner Denied Assaulting Late Playboy Model Dorothy Stratten

Director Peter Bogdanovich, who allegedly had an affair with Dorothy Stratten, released a memoir on the model’s behalf entitled The Killing of the Unicorn:...

Los Angeles, April 29 (Ians) Actress Bonnie Wright, best known for playing Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter films, is expecting her first child with husband Andrew Lococo.

She announced the news on Instagram alongside a photograph of her showcasing her baby bump, reports eonline.com.

For the snap, she wore a sleeveless dress while appearing with her partner in front of a picturesque mountain view.

“We’re having a baby!” Bonnie wrote in her April 28 post.

“So excited to share this beautiful land with them. What a wild and humbling journey pregnancy is, transforming to make space for new life.”

The 32-year-old continued: “Andrew and I can’t wait to meet our baby later this year and become parents. It feels like they’re coming to say hello in the little rainbow orb across my belly.”

Bonnie, who married Andrew in March 2022, received a slew of congratulatory comments, including from Scarlett Byrne Hefner,...

Long before Jenny McCarthy launched into her current roles as SiriusXM talk show host and “celebrity detective” on “The Masked Singer”, she was best known as one of Playboy‘s most popular Playmates, appearing on six Playboy covers over the years.

McCarthy, however, was conspicuous by her absence from “Secrets of Playboy”, the recent A&e docuseries that painted a dark picture of Hugh Hefner’s empire, with numerous women sharing allegations of misconduct at the famed Playboy Mansion.

During a recent appearance on the “#NoFilter with Zack Peter” podcast, as reported by TooFab, McCarthy revealed that producers envisioned her in a major role in the docuseries.

Read More: Holly Madison Talks About Hugh Hefner ‘Screaming’ At Her Over Cutting Her Hair Short In ‘Secrets Of Playboy’ Clip

“They had asked me to host that show,” she said. “They wanted me to really be involved. And be an executive producer...

Nearly 40 years ago, Hugh Hefner’s former personal butler wrote a memoir about his time working at the Playboy Mansion. The book has remained unpublished — until now.

“The Dark Secrets of Playboy,” from Around the Way Publishing, will tell the story of Stefan Tetenbaum’s experiences as Hefner’s butler in the late ’70s and early ’80s. The memoir is now available digitally on Amazon and Kindle.

Tetenbaum’s memoir and personal accounts of what he witnessed while working for Hefner also inspired the recent A&e docuseries, “Secrets of Playboy,” which examines Hefner’s empire through the lens of the #MeToo era. (Tetenbaum also appeared on-camera in the docuseries.)

“My story at the Playboy Mansion West during the peak years [of] 1978-80s was an extraordinary period of Playboy Enterprises’ power and fame,” Tetenbaum says in a statement, exclusive to Variety. “Working alongside Hefner gave me incredible insight into the...

Scarlett Byrne is officially a mom of three. On March 29, the former Harry Potter actor, famously known for her role as Slytherin Pansy Parkisnon, announced the arrival of her twin girls with her husband of three years, Cooper Hefner. "My heart grew twice as much this weekend as Cooper and I welcomed our daughters, Marigold Adele Hefner and Blossom Pearl Hefner into the world," Byrne wrote on Instagram. "Our home is full of love with our three daughters and we couldn't be happier."

"Scarlett and I are overjoyed to share that we welcomed Marigold Adele Hefner and Blossom Pearl Hefner into the world on Saturday, March 26th," Hefner captioned his Instagram post. "Today, we are settling back in at home. How blessed we are to be gifted with their life. How lucky we are to be given this love."

Byrne and Hefner first announced their engagement in 2015 when Hefner, the...

Two magical arrivals! Cooper Hefner and Scarlett Byrne's family just got a little bigger. The actress—who played Slytherin Pansy Parkinson in the Harry Potter films and witch-vampire Nora Hildegard on Vampire Diaries—delivered twins over the weekend. "Scarlett and I are elated that our beloved daughters, Marigold Adele Hefner, 5 lbs., 10 ounces, and Blossom Pearl Hefner, 5 pounds 14 lbs., have joined us in the world on Saturday, March 26 at 10:17 a.m. and 10:18 a.m.," the couple exclusively tells E! News. "Our hearts are fuller than ever before. Scarlett and the girls are healthy and resting. We are counting our blessings and celebrating as a family as we sit...

A&e is expanding its documentary series “Secrets of Playboy” with two additional episodes that will delve further into Hugh Hefner and his legacy through conversations with women who have never spoken up before.

“Secrets of Playboy” examines Hefner’s Playboy empire, unearthing allegations of coercion, sexual assault, drugging and manipulation from various women over decades. Since its premiere this past January, it has become A&e’s most-watched series launch in more than five years.

“Secrets of Playboy” airs Monday nights. The two new hourlong episodes will begin airing on March 28 and won’t be documentary style, like the current 10-episode series has been formatted. Instead, they will present new conservations, hosted by investigative journalist and former Playboy model Lisa Guerrero.

The new episodes will explore “The Girls Next Door” chapter of Hefner’s reign, taking a look into the E! series that aired in the 2000’s and revolved around Hefner’s younger girlfriends,...

Hugh Hefner was revolutionary. Praised for his part in the sexual revolution of the 1960s, the Playboy founder was ahead of his time as an early proponent of gay rights, abortion and birth control. He was progressive with inclusion at his company when racism was rampant.

But, according to a new docuseries, Hefner was also a monster — one who would drug women, coerce them into sex, secretly record them in the bedroom and use his power and connections to blacklist and silence them into fear.

A&e’s 10-part “Secrets of Playboy,” which is airing Monday nights and had the network’s biggest premiere since Leah Remini’s Scientology series in 2016, re-examines Hefner and his Playboy Enterprises through the lens of 2022.

“I think that Hef had two sides to him and they were radically different,” says the doc’s director Alexandra Dean, who also directed Paris Hilton’s YouTube Originals documentary,...

Just hours before the debut of the A&e docuseries, Secrets of Playboy, Cooper Hefner is speaking out in support of his late dad, Hugh Hefner. In the A&e series, which will premiere on Jan. 24, several individuals including Hugh's former girlfriends and former members of staff allege negative and coercive experiences during their time at the famed Playboy mansion. On Jan. 24, the 30-year-old—who served as the chief creative officer at Playboy Enterprises in 2016 and later as chief of global partnerships in 2019—issued a statement in defense of his father on Twitter. "Some may not approve of the life my Dad chose, but my father was not a liar," Cooper, whose mom...

Looks like late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's son Cooper Hefner and his wife Scarlett Byrne Hefner will be on double diaper duty in early 2022. The British Harry Potter and Vampire Diaries actress is pregnant with twins, as seen in photo announcements she and the businessman and politician posted on Instagram on Thanksgiving, Nov. 25. The pair's babies will join their eldest child, daughter Betsy Rose Hefner, who is 15 months old, so make that triple diaper duty. "Scarlett and I will be welcoming two new members of the family this spring," Cooper, 30, wrote on his Instagram, alongside a photo of him standing next to his 31-year-old wife, who...

Cooper Hefner and Scarlett Byrne are embarking on their next great adventure: parenthood!  The son of Hugh Hefner tells E! News that their baby girl was born on Monday, Aug. 24 at 5:23 p.m. The newborn bundle of joy weighed in at 6 pounds, 5 ounces.  "We are overwhelmed with joy to share that our daughter, Betsy Rose Hefner, has arrived," Cooper shares in an exclusive statement. "We look forward to being home and spending time together as a family in the days and weeks ahead." As for the inspiration behind Betsy's moniker, the proud new dad says she's named after his grandmother, Betsy Aldridge-Conrad, who passed away in July 2020. "My grandmother meant the...

Is California ready for a Senator Hefner? Cooper Hefner, son of the late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, is folding out an exploratory campaign to run for the state’s 30th District, which includes Los Angeles.

The seven-year seat holder, Sen. Holly Mitchell, is running for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in November. If she wins, Gov. Gavin Newsom would call for a special election in the first quarter; if Mitchell loses, the election would be in 2022.

There are nearly 1 million residents in California’s 30th District, which runs from Century City to South L.A., including Culver City, Cheviot Hills, the Crenshaw District, USC, downtown LA and parts of Inglewood.

Hefner, 28, is the son of Hugh Hefner, who founded Playboy in the early 1950s and died in 2017, Cooper Hefner joined the company while in college but left in 2016. He returned months later as chief creative officer after his father exited that post.

Cooper Hefner and his wife Scarlett Byrne are expecting their first child together.  The couple took to social media to share the wonderful news with their followers. Hugh Hefner's son wrote on Instagram, "Scarlett and I have been blessed with wonderful news we are ecstatic to share. This summer we will be welcoming a new member to the family. The two of us could not be happier as we wait for the arrival of our little one." He shared a photo of the mother-to-be looking radiant in a floral dress, showing off her growing baby bump. Byrne shared the same photo, along with a picture of herself and Hefner, writing, "Cooper and I are delighted to share that we have a little one...

Cooper Hefner is a married man.  The 28-year-old son of Hugh Hefner announced he and actress Scarlett Byrne tied the knot during a civil ceremony in Los Angeles.  "Scarlett and I have made it officially legal and the two of us could not be happier," Cooper captioned a photo of the bride and groom at the courthouse. "Cheers to a life full of love, happiness, adventure, and great purpose, Mrs. Hefner. I love you dearly and very much look forward to planning our wedding celebrations in the months ahead. I love you, Scarlett."  Cooper and Scarlett's love story began more than six years ago. The celebrity heir then popped the question to The Vampire Diaries...

Hours after Joe Biden said that he had to be more aggressive in debates, he made a swipe at Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s lawyer and a primary trafficker in claims and conspiracy theories about Biden and his son, Hunter.

“The guy’s a thug, Giuliani. No, he’s a thug. I know him,” Biden told about 100 people gathered at the Brentwood home of Paramount’s Jim Gianopulos and his wife, Ann.

According to a pool report, Biden continued, “And the president is the most dishonorable president in American history. And folks, he picked the wrong guy to pick a fight with, because I’ll tell you what. I’m going to beat him like a drum.”

The event at the Gianopulos home on Thursday evening was Biden’s second fundraiser of the day. Earlier, he spoke at the home of producer Michael Lombardo and his husband, Sonny Ward,...

One of the most memorable moments in the spirited second Democratic debate was when California Sen. Kamala Harris shut-down all nine of her rivals with her “food fight” zinger. Minutes later, in a bit of deft timing, an email pinged out across Hollywood announcing a July 21st fundraiser for the fiery longtime prosecutor and former State Attorney General.

The former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, John B. Emerson, and his wife, Kimberly Marteau Emerson, will host the evening reception for Kamala Harris For the People in their Los Angeles home. The price to attend is a donation of $1,000 for supporter status or $2,800 for sponsor level.

Co-hosts for the event include Oscar-winning The Lord of The Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson; television producer Debra Martin Chase (Zoe Ever After); actress Scarlett Byrne (Harry Potter films); Cooper Hefner of Playboy Enterprises; retired U.S. Ambassador Crystal Nix-Hines; former Ticketmaster CEO Fred Rosen; attorney...

A photo of Keanu Reeves and Dolly Parton has gone viral, leading Alex Winter to joke that he's been replaced in Bill & Ted 3. Reeves long ago revealed that his mother created the bunny costume that Parton is wearing on the cover of Playboy magazine from 1978, which is an iconic photo. Reeves also revealed that when he was 19-years old, he wore the costume for Halloween and Parton got a pretty good laugh out of that.

While the picture of Dolly Parton and Keanu Reeves is spreading around the internet, Alex Winter is worried about his role in Bill & Ted 3. The Bill S. Preston actor retweeted the image and said, "This is a crummy way to find out I was recast." Winter is joking around and Parton is not going to be the next Bill in the highly anticipated sequel, though it would make for a pretty amazing twist. Who knows,...

Hugh Hefner's son Cooper Hefner remembers his late father in a touching Instagram post on the first anniversary of the Playboy founder's death. The publishing icon died at age 91 and was survived by the 27-year-old and three older children—sons David Hefner, 63, and Marston Hefner, 28, and daughter Christie Hefner, 65. "‪A year ago today I lost my father," Cooper wrote on Thursday night, alongside a slideshow of two photos of him with his dad. "Strength, love, and compassion make an impossibly difficult journey easier. Still, there is an absence, regardless of time, that will never fill. Acknowledging the absence allows me to celebrate, as it connects me to...

Washington — The White House Correspondents Dinner has for years been about much more than the event itself: News organizations, internet firms and Washington power players have for years held their own fetes on days and nights surrounding the dinner.

This year is no exception. The arrival of Donald Trump’s administration to Washington also marked the end of some long-time parties, like a New Yorker bash and a Time-People party, but others have started. This year, Playboy is sponsoring an after-dinner “No Tie” party, hosted by Cooper Hefner, at a downtown D.C. location. The media outlet said it will mark its commitment to the First Amendment and a free press.

Other highlights of the weekend:

Thursday:

Bytes and Bylines — Allen Gannett, Eric Kuhn, John McCarthy, Susanna Quinn and Jon Steinberg host their annual event, along with Cheddar, this year at the residence of Ireland’s ambassador to the U.

Monday would have marked Hugh Hefner's 92nd birthday. The Playboy company founder and magazine mogul died at age 91 last September. He was survived by wife and Playboy model Crystal Hefner, and his four grown children: Christie Hefner, a former chief executive of Playboy Enterprises, David Hefner, Marston Hefner and Cooper Hefner, chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises. Playboy Enterprises Inc. and Playboy the magazine have changed since Hef's death. The End of Playboy the Magazine? Hef's death set in motion a process that will move ownership of the iconic brand out of his family's hands and could spell the end of its print edition after more than 70...

Playboy is leaving Facebook — for good, it says — with the social giant’s latest user-privacy scandal the straw that broke the camel’s back for the media company.

Playboy Enterprises said it will deactivate its accounts on Facebook, which cumulatively have more than 25 million followers. “The recent news about Facebook’s alleged mismanagement of users’ data has solidified our decision to suspend our activity on the platform at this time,” Playboy Enterprises said in a statement.

In a tweet Tuesday evening, Playboy chief creative officer Cooper Hefner — son of the late Hugh Hefner, the mag’s famed founder — said, “We are stepping away from Facebook.”

“Facebook’s content guidelines and corporate policies continue contradicting our values,” the exec wrote. “We’ve tried to craft our voice for the platform, which in our opinion continues to be sexually repressive.”

Hefner added, “Learning of the recent meddling in a free U.S.

The late Hugh Hefner’s son Cooper has taken to social media to confirm Playboy would be leaving Facebook as the data sharing scandal continues. Cooper, who is now Playboy’s chief creative officer after his father Hugh passed away in September, took to Twitter to post: We are stepping away from Facebook pic.twitter.com/4yFIdk2eDE — Cooper Hefner...

President Donald Trump’s younger daughter rang in the new year at a Playboy party in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Tiffany Trump, 24, the president’s daughter with his second wife, Marla Maples, was seen mingling with guests at the event hosted by Hugh Hefner’s son Cooper at Los Angeles’ Culver Hotel, according to Page Six.

The Georgetown Law School student, who wore a strapless silver sequin cocktail dress for the occasion, was photographed at the party by former playmate Candace Jordan, who later shared the snapshots on her Instagram.

In one of the pictures, Tiffany is seen posing alongside Harry Potter actress Scarlett Byrne,...

It’s been almost three months since Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine and star of E! reality show The Girls Next Door, died at 91.

Both lauded and criticized over the span of his revolutionary career, the trailblazing media icon wed three times and fathered four children — the most prominent of which, currently, is 26-year-old son Cooper, the chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises.

In newly uncovered trust documents, Hefner clearly outlined the beneficiaries to his estate: widow Crystal Hefner and his children Christie A. Hefner, David Hefner, Marston Hefner and Cooper — but he insisted that if any of...

The late Hugh Hefner is attempting to prevent his loved ones from falling into substance abuse.

Nearly three months after the Playboy founder passed away at the age of 91 in September, the Girls Next Door alum’s trust documents outline that if the beneficiaries to his estate — widow Crystal Hefner and his children Christie A. Hefner, David Hefner, Marston Hefner and Cooper Hefner — frequently use illegal substances or become dependent upon alcohol or any legal drugs, they will be suspended from it.

“If the trustees reasonably believe that a beneficiary of any trust routinely or frequently uses or consumes any...

A terminally ill elderly woman in Australia had an ambulance crew transporting her to a local hospital on the country’s east coast make one small diversion: a nearby beach, where she could see the ocean for the last time.

“Tears were shed,” the Queensland Ambulance Service’s Hervey Bay officer-in-charge Helen Donaldson wrote in a post on the crew’s Facebook page on Wednesday, captioning a photo of paramedic Graeme Cooper standing aside the patient on a gurney as the two overlooked the water that has since been shared over 68,000 times. “The patient felt very happy.”

“Sometimes it is...

Following his Sept. 27 death, Hugh Hefner is being honored on the front cover of the publication he founded.

The cover of Playboy‘s November/December 2017 issue shows a side profile of Hefner, who was photographed by Larry Gordon back in 1965. The late publisher, who was born in 1926, was 39-years-old in the portrait.

The cover makes the late publisher the 11th man to ever be on the cover of the magazine and the first man ever to be on the cover without a female model present.

Hefner died two days before the issue was going to press, according to a statement from Playboy.

Just a week after it was announced that RatPac Entertainment's Hugh Hefner Biopic will star Jared Leto as Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, another report claims the actor may be joined by a very familiar partner in crime. The method actor's Suicide Squad co-star Margot Robbie is considering an offer to play one of Hugh Hefner's wives in the movie, although it isn't clear which wife she'll play. Ironically, the actress turned down an offer from the real Hugh Hefner to appear in his Playboy Magazine, but this offer is one she's actually considering. Here's what an unidentified source had to say about Margot Robbie taking on the role.

"Margot turned the offer down before but this is different. She's considering it. Jared is working on the movie with his buddy Brett and they're really pushing for Margot to have a major role. She's perfect for a part and he's...

As Hugh Hefner's children mourn his loss, the kids are sticking together.  After the magazine mogul passed away at his beloved Playboy Mansion surrounded by loved ones on Wednesday, Hefner's daughter Christie Hefner and sons David Hefner, Marston Hefner and Cooper Hefner gathered for dinner at Katsuya in Brentwood on Thursday.  According to pictures of the group, the gathering included a toast, presumably in honor of their late father. At one point in the night, the four siblings were spotted standing outside together and later got into a car together.  Hefner had Christie and David with his first wife, Millie Williams and sons Marston and Cooper with his second...

It's no secret Hugh Hefner was a multi-millionaire. So who will inherit the late Playboy founder's fortune? The 91-year-old died on Wednesday. His net worth was estimated to be at least $43 million, a sum that was noted on paperwork her filed in 2009 as part of a divorce and which does not include last year's sale of the Playboy Mansion, Newsweek reported. Hef is survived by his 31-year-old third wife Crystal Hefner and four children from previous relationships—Christie Hefner, 64, David Hefner, 62, Marston Hefner, 27, and Cooper Hefner, 26, who took over his dad's role of Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises in...

Image Source: Getty / Jeff Kravitz Hugh Hefner passed away at the age of 91 on Wednesday. Playboy, the magazine Hugh founded, confirmed his death in a statement to E! News, saying he "peacefully passed away today from natural causes at his home, The Playboy Mansion, surrounded by loved ones." Hugh - who is survived by his wife, Crystal Harris, and four adult children from previous relationships, daughter Christie and sons Cooper, Marston, and David - made a huge impact on pop culture throughout his life. Celebrities, including a few of Hugh's former girlfriends, have taken to social media to pay tribute to him in the wake of his death. His son, Cooper, also released a heartfelt statement about how greatly his dad will be missed. See all of the touching tributes below. RelatedHugh Hefner Will Be Buried Next to Playboy's First Cover Star, Marilyn Monroe Cooper Hefner Image Source: Getty / Christopher...

Donald Trump appeared on the cover of Playboy magazine in 1990, but despite his history with the magazine, the president remained silent when its founder Hugh Hefner passed away on Wednesday, reflecting the downward spiral the pair’s friendship took over the decades. Trump’s association with the magazine stretched over several years, including the cover shoot alongside Playmate Brandi Brandt and a cameo in an explicit Playboy film in 2001. But Hefner’s relationship with Trump had reportedly soured, leading Cooper Hefner, his son and successor as leader of Playboy, to denounce the cover in a 2017 interview. He called it a...

The Playboy mansion in Beverly Hills, long synonymous with lavish, bunny-filled parties, loses its iconic leader: Hugh Hefner. The 91-year-old, who founded Playboy Enterprises in 1953, passed away at his home on Wednesday of “natural causes,” according to a rep for the late media mogul.

“My father lived an exceptional and impactful life as a media and cultural pioneer and a leading voice behind some of the most significant social and cultural movements of our time in advocating free speech, civil rights, and sexual freedom. He defined a lifestyle and ethos that lie at the heart of the Playboy brand, one...

The passing of Hugh Hefner has left many around the world mourning the Playboy icon, with those closest to him clearly feeling the greatest loss. Related: Pamela Anderson Writes Heartfelt Poem In Memory Of Hugh Hefner, Celebs React To Death Of Playboy Legend His son Cooper Hefner, who serves as Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises, posted a statement about his father Thursday. pic.twitter.com/9rX6aPomzB […]...

Hugh Hefner‘s youngest son and Playboy successor Cooper has posted a loving tribute to the late icon.

Cooper, 26, tweeted photos of himself and his dad Thursday. As the chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises, he has followed in his father’s footsteps, taking control of the company in July 2016 as a proponent of preserving the magazine’s famous nude photo spreads.

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— Cooper Hefner (@cooperhefner) September 28, 2017

Hugh died Wednesday of natural causes. He was 91.

“My father lived an exceptional and impactful life as a media and cultural pioneer and a leading voice behind some of...

The late Hugh Hefner started grooming Cooper Hefner to become the Prince of Playboy even before his son was old enough to drink legally at the famous Playboy Mansion parties. In 2016, Cooper, the youngest of Hef's four children and son of his second ex-wife and 1989 Playmate of the Year Kimberley Conrad, replaced his dad to become Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises. The now 26-year-old oversees all the company's creative divisions, which includes print and digital content—namely Playboy magazine, and events. "One of the great questions was, 'At 86, what happens after Hef is gone?' And I think we see the answer in my son," Hef told WSJ Live in late...

Hugh Hefner, the American legend responsible for launching the adult magazine Playboy in 1953, passed away yesterday in Los Angeles at 91. Sources say he passed away peacefully from “natural causes” in his sleep at his famous Playboy Mansion while surrounded by friends and family. Cooper Hefner, Hefner’s son and chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises, put out a statement saying,... Read More...

Hugh Hefner, the publishing powerhouse who founded Playboy magazine in 1953 and challenged puritanical convention, died Wednesday at the Playboy Mansion, leaving behind a legacy that his son, Cooper Hefner, will carry on in his absence. In celebration of Hugh's numerous accomplishments, the magazine shared some of the editor's favorite covers with E! News and other outlets, featuring Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthy and Anna Nicole Smith. "A lot of people would kill to have my life and I understand that," Hugh, 91, once told E! News. "I am a kid who dreamed impossible dreams. I am the luckiest guy on the planet and I know it." Hugh's impact on the publishing industry won't soon be...

Bridget Marquardt is reflecting on the life of Hugh Hefner.

The former Girls Next Door star, who dated the Playboy mogul from 2002 to 2009, took to Instagram early Thursday to share her sadness over his passing.

“So sad but forever grateful for all the wonderful memories and amazing experiences #RIPHef #Playboy,” she captioned a photo of the two of them with an emoji of a broken heart.

In E!’s reality show, The Girls Next Door, Marquardt starred alongside Hef and his two other girlfriends at the time, Kendra Wilkinson and Holly Madison, between 2005 and 2009.

Nearly 64 years after Marilyn Monroe appeared on the cover of the first Playboy magazine, famed publisher Hugh Hefner will be reuniting with the iconic actress, in spirit.

Hefner, who died at the age of 91 on Wednesday, will be buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles next to Monroe in the same mausoleum, Et has learned. 

Hefner famously bought the crypt adjacent to the Some Like It Hot star 25 years ago for $75,000. 

The Playboy founder will be joining several other huge stars who are buried at the secluded cemetery, including Truman Capote, James Coburn, Rodney Dangerfield, Eva Gabor, Merv Griffin, Dean Martin, Natalie Wood and Farrah Fawcett, to name just a few.

Watch: Stars Remember Hugh Hefner -- Jenny McCarthy, Rob Lowe and More Share Heartfelt Tributes

Hefner died surrounded by family at the iconic Playboy Mansion, and his son, Cooper Hefner, released touching statement reflecting on his father's legacy.

"My father...

Hugh Hefner, publishing legend and iconic founder of Playboy magazine, has passed away at the age of 91. Hefner died of natural causes at his Playboy Mansion home, surrounded by his loved ones. Hefner had not been seen in public for quite some time as rumors of declining health began to spring up over a year ago. The robed Romeo truly lived a fairy tale life, one that Kiss' Gene Simmons summed up perfectly in the 2009 documentary, Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, Rebel when he said, "Show me any guy of any age anywhere in the world. . . that wouldn't give his left nut to be Hugh Hefner at 20, at 50, at 80."

Hefner borrowed $8,000 dollars (including $1,000 from his mother) in 1953 to create Playboy while he was working for Esquire as a copy editor. The world-famous magazine that placed naked women and intelligent interviews right next to each other, and changed the world. While most famous for Playboy,...

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner died on Wednesday at the age of 91, and many of the movie stars, models and other celebrities who knew the American publishing icon took to social media to share their condolences and and tributes to his legacy.

Former Playboy model Jenny McCarthy shared a photo of her cover issue as a tribute to Hefner, and reflected on what he did for her career and American culture.

"Rip #Hef Thank you for being a revolutionary and changing so many people's lives, especially mine. I hope I made you proud," she wrote.

Baywatch star Donna D'Errico shared a similar message of gratitude to the late publisher, writing, "Hugh Hefner put me in Playboy & ignited my career. I am forever indebted, Hef. You will forever live on as an icon of epic proportions. #Rip."

News: 'Playboy' Founder Hugh Hefner Dies at 91

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Hugh Hefner's life was anything but ordinary.  The publishing legend and man behind Playboy passed away today at the age of 91 from natural causes. According to a press release obtained by E! News, Hefner died at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles' Holmby Hills neighborhood.  The statement read, "Hugh M. Hefner, the American icon who in 1953 introduced the world to Playboy magazine and built the company into one of the most recognizable American global brands in history, peacefully passed away today from natural causes at his home, The Playboy Mansion, surrounded by loved ones."  His son Cooper Hefner, who acts as Playboy's Chief Creative...

Magazine publisher and 1960s sexual revolution icon Hugh M. Hefner has died of natural causes, the Hefner estate reported on Wednesday night. He was 91.

According to a press release by the family, Hefner passed away at the Playboy Mansion, “surrounded by loved ones.”

Hefner founded Playboy in 1953, and it eventually became a global business and the largest-circulated magazine in the world. Although it has seen circulation dips in recent years (and just returned to a format featuring nudity, after a short-lived stint attempt at removing those photos), the magazine is still published in more than 20 countries.

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“My father lived an exceptional and impactful life as a media and cultural pioneer and a leading voice behind some of the most significant social and cultural movements of our time in advocating free speech, civil rights and sexual freedom,...

Hugh Hefner is being remembered for his talents by many including his closest family members. When the news was announced that the Playboy founder had passed away, Cooper Hefner immediately released a statement honoring his dad. "My father lived an exceptional and impactful life as a media and cultural pioneer and a leading voice behind some of the most significant social and cultural movements of our time in advocating free speech, civil rights and sexual freedom," he shared. "He defined a lifestyle and ethos that lie at the heart of the Playboy brand, one of the most recognizable and enduring in history." Cooper added, "He will be greatly missed by many, including his wife Crystal,...

Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy magazine and a ubiquitous TV guest star, died on Wednesday. He was 91.

According to a rep for Playboy Enterprises, Hefner “peacefully passed away… from natural causes at his home, The Playboy Mansion, surrounded by loved ones.”

In addition to guest-starring as himself on myriad TV series including The Odd Couple, Laverne & Shirley, The Simpsons, Roseanne, Sex and the City and Entourage, he has also been portrayed by Steven Pasquale (on The Playboy Club) and John Gleeson Connolly (on Masters of Sex), among others. He also starred in the E! reality show The Girls Next Door.