Hugh Hefner with the first issue of Playboy from 1953. Hefner founded the magazine with $600 of his own money.
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Hugh Hefner: A Cultural Icon Who Helped Change the World
Hugh Hefner lived long enough to see Playboy, the magazine he created, temporarily stop featuring nudity. But his impact on popular culture went well beyond "dirty" pictures and publications that had to be shipped in brown-paper wrappers.
