Hugh Hefner, Playboy's founder, lived a wild life.
Before building a multi-million-dollar brand around the objectification of women, he served in World War II and toiled in the publishing industry.
Later, as an entertainment magnate, he kick-started the careers of models and threw lavish parties.
Here are 16 bizarre facts about Hugh Hefner's life.
He paid $100 a year to live in the Playboy Mansion. Then he paid $1 million a year.
Hefner lived in his famous Playboy mansion under strange arrangements. He never outright owned it. It technically belonged to Playboy Enterprises, which leased it to him for $100 a year.
In 2016, the estate's next-door neighbor bought it for $100 million. But Hefner didn't want to move, so he paid $1 million a year in rent to stay there, for what turned out to be just about one year.
When he first started living there, he didn't leave for months.
"When I got the Playboy Mansion I didn’t leave the property for months, to shop or to go anywhere,"he wrote in The Daily Mail.
He gave Hunter S. Thompson's wife $25,000 after he died when she was frozen out of his bank accounts.
Following Thompson's suicide, his will designated a trustee to look over his joint bank account with his wife. Frozen out and cashless, Anita Thompson, his widow, was stuck.
Hefner came through. He sent a gift of $25,000 to her, she wrote on Facebook, to help her get through the chaos. Playboy frequently published Hunter S. Thompson's journalism, so Hefner was familiar with the family.
"At the time, it felt like a million dollars, and I will always be grateful for that random act of kindness,"Anita Thompson wrote on Facebook. "Rest in Peace Hugh. Thank you again for your generosity and kindness."
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