Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 - September 27, 2017) was an American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises. Hefner died at his home in Beverly Hills, California on September 27, 2017 at the age of 91. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugh M. Hefner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.