Posted on 04/11/2016 6:49:33 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Keith Hefner, Credited with Playboy 'Bunny Dip,' Died Friday
Born in Chicago, Hugh Hefner's younger brother was a longtime executive with Playboy and played a role in creating the Playboy Club.
Chicago, IL By Dennis Robaugh (Patch National Staff) - April 8, 2016 10:54 pm ET
BEVERLY HILLS, CA -- Keith Hefner, an entertainer, Playboy executive and the younger brother of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, died at his Beverly Hills home Friday following a battle with cancer. He was 87.
The younger Hefner was a fixture on the reality TV show about Hugh's life with his three girlfriends, The Girls Next Door. And like his older brother, he also enjoyed the company of women decades younger than he.
His death came one day before Hugh Hefner's 90th birthday.
"This morning, my dear brother and best friend passed away. I love you, Keith. Rest in peace," Hef posted on Twitter.
Born in Chicago on Jan. 5, 1929, Keith was also a long-time executive for Playboy, responsible for recruitment and training of personnel, including Playboy Bunnies, for the Playboy Clubs. He was credited with creating the "Bunny Dip" — the provocative way Bunnies served drinks.
(A Vanity Fair article on the history of the Playboy Clubs once noted Keith Hefner no doubt would be credited with that in his obituary, and so it has come to pass.)
The very first Playboy Club stood at 116 E. Walton St. in Chicago. Eventually, a chain of clubs and resorts opened in American cities, and abroad, too.
The Hefner brothers were exacting and precise in their vision for Bunnies. Playboy Bunnies would become pop culture icons representative of a time and shifting cultural attitudes. Keith Hefner wrote the 44-page code of conduct for the women who became Bunnies.
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They had good cartoons too. I've photographed several Playboy models... some of whom have been centerfold gals. Shot one 2 weeks ago... she was late because she had just gotten word that she had been published again and she had to Tweet the news. She had already been on the cover twice prior. Nice gal.
Oh, good grief.
This place sometimes...
You are more than welcome to your “immutable truth”, but his life was his and, like “scores of others”, none of your business.
When I posted the article I did not think it would bring out the Bible thumpers preaching.
Any chance to flout their superiority.
Any chance to flout their superiority.
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