RIP

"PatBateman" (PatBateman) 09/28/2017 at 07:13 • Filed to: Dead, Playboy

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Controversial and endeared. Villain and hero. A ladies’ man and a man’s man. His life and career was filled with debate, and the public both loved and hated him. Not nearly the lightning rod that his rival over at Hustler was, but... Rest In Peace, Mr. Hefner.

nerd_racing > PatBateman 09/28/2017 at 08:09

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No one will be able to say he is in a better place now. He truly lived his life to his own fullness.

bmil128 > PatBateman 09/28/2017 at 08:16

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I only read the articles...

ttyymmnn > PatBateman 09/28/2017 at 09:23

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Hugh Hefner seized upon a moment in American cultural history and built an empire around it. Men wanted to be like him, and not just for the beautiful women he surrounded himself with.

Larry Flynt is carpetbagging trash.

PatBateman > ttyymmnn 09/28/2017 at 10:40

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He definitely created an aura of self confidence. His message didn’t pass well through the cultures of differing times, and I think that, if he had kept to more articles about the lifestyle and less on the women, Playboy would’ve been more successful like GQ.

And I absolutely agree about Flynt.