Here, we look back at just a few of his most memorable achievements over his storied life.
Hes discharged in 1946 at the end of the war.
in psychology and a double minor in creative writing and art.
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To found the magazine, Hefner puts up his furniture and raises $8,000 from investors.
1971
Hefner buys the Los Angeles home that will become the modern Playboy Mansion.
Playboy Enterprises goes public and the brand becomes a publishing, modeling, merchandising media empire.
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1975
Hefner moves into the Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills, Calif., full-time.
1980
Hefner gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1985
Hefner suffers a stroke which he calls a stroke of luck.
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Hefner and Conrad separated a decade after getting married, and divorced a decade after that.
During his storied bachelorhood, Hefner always had a reputation for bedding women.
How could I possibly know [how many]?
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Over a thousand, Im sure, he told Esquire.
There were chunks of my life when I was married, and when I was married I never cheated.
But I made up for it when I wasnt married.
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You have to keep your hand in.
2010
Hefner sets the Guinness World Record for longest-running editor of a magazine.
He also sets one for the largest personal scrapbook collection (documenting, essentially, his whole life).
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That year, he proposes to Harris.
2012
Hefner marries Crystal, who was 26 at the time.
2017
Hefnerdies at 91at his home, the Playboy Mansion.
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