Hugh Hefner, Who Built the Playboy Empire and Embodied It, Dies at 91

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Hugh Hefner, Who Built the Playboy Empire and Embodied It, Dies at 91 (article)

Summary

Just he, Hugh Hefner, had been a playboy. He became himself a playboy, he showed a new lifestyle and he created its culture also.  It can say that he had built one of the Empire.

I was sorry that I didn't know who he was completely when I found this news. When I saw the pictures, I wondered who he was and he looked older though he was surrounded by a lot of pretty girls dressed in a bunny costume that I would like to try someday.

Then his video really attracted me.

He was the man who created Playboy magazine which everyone has heard at least one time. It was the first magazine which was kind of sensual for men in the world. However, he created not only Playboy magazine but also clothing, jewelry, opened clubs, resorts, and casinos. He and his business sometimes experienced failure but they were reviled many times, he sometimes handed over his position of the top to his son or daughter. However, he returned and continued to spread the brand of "Playboy".

Now, everyone recognize the brand of  "Playboy" and they would remember it definitely when they see bunny girls.

I think that their criticism against him is their adoration for his business, his lifestyle and himself. However, it might also say that just his timing was perfect and the generation let him win.

Then one Empire ends, but it does not die.

He sleeps on forever next to Marilyn Monroe.

He was also the man who bought the right that was a nude calendar photograph of her Marilyn Monroe.

His life that anyone could never walk was great.

Words in this article

embody /verb/ be an expression of or give a tangible or visible form to (an idea, quality, or feeling).  

incarnate / (especially of a deity or spirit) embodied in flesh; in human form.