Pamela Anderson, the woman perhaps most closely associated with Playboy — she appeared on the cover 13 times — posted a tearful video on Instagram.
Hugh Hefner, the iconic founder of Playboy Enterprises, which started as a magazine and grew into a lifestyle (and powerful media and entertainment company), died Wednesday.
It was a reaction to the puritanical social mores of the era, and Hefner embodied the magazine’s libertarian and intellectual (and fantastical) ethos.
Hollywood reacted to his death with memories of parties at the Playboy Mansion and Hefner’s loyalty and generosity.