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Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner was in the U.S. Army during World War II. While at Basic Training he won a sharpshooter badge for firing the M1 and made it through "Killer College."

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Hugh Hefner, lounging in the backyard of his 30-room Los Angeles mansion, tells a reporter the Playboy Company is being forced into more efficient and economic operation, Aug. 4, 1975, Los Angeles, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Robbins)

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Hugh Hefner, publisher of Playboy Magazine, right, arrives with Barbi Benton for the Academy Awards, April 2, 1974, Los Angeles, Calif. (AP Photo)

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Publisher Hugh Hefner looks over proof sheets for his magazine Playboy, in Chicago, Ill., on June 20, 1961. Circulation of his glamor magazine has grown to 1, 200 00 copies since he started publication in 1953. (AP Photo)

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Hugh Hefner poses in front of his five and a half million dollar black jet plane with unidentified Playboy Bunnies, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1970, Chicago, Ill. (AP Photo/Edward Kitch)

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Hugh Hefner, lounging in the backyard of his 30-room Los Angeles mansion, tells a reporter the Playboy Company is being forced into more efficient and economic operation, Aug. 4, 1975, Los Angeles, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Robbins)

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Bunny Betsy, left, feeds Hugh Hefner, right, a piece of congratulatory cake after he was awarded the 1,716th star in the Hollywood walk of fame, Wednesday, April 9, 1980, Los Angeles, Calif. Hefner, chairman of the board, Playboy Enterprises Inc. started Playboy Magazine in 1953 with an investment of $600. (AP Photo/Loundy)

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Publisher Hugh Hefner lights his pipe during a recent interview at his Holmby Hills mansion as he discusses his TV special on the ABC network that will air on prime-time, May 3, 1979, Los Angeles, Calif. The special is a nostalgic look back at 25-years of Playboy, the magazine he founded in the conservative 1950s. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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Hugh Hefner turns pages in the 1943 yearbook for Chicagos Steinmetz High School, where he visited in a nostalgic return to his alma mater, Monday, Sept. 10, 1985, Chicago, Ill. Founder of Playboy Magazine; Hefner was in the class of 43 at Steinmetz. (AP Photo/John Swart)

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Chicago Bears Quarterback Jim McMahon gets a handshake and a new Toyota car from Playboy Magazine Publisher Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion, Feb. 4, 1986, Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)

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Hugh Hefner with girlfriends Kendra Wilkinson, Bridget Marquardt and Holly Madison arrive for the 134th Kentucky Derby Saturday, May 3, 2008, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David Harpe)

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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is photographed at the Playboy Mansion in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles Friday, April 7, 2006. Hefner will celebrate his 80th birthday with a party on Saturday. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

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Creator and publisher of Playboy magazine Hugh Hefner with guests (left to right) Kendra Wilkinson, Bridget Marquardt and Holly Madison from " The Girls Next Door" arrive at the Spike TV "Guys Choice" award show in Los Angeles, Friday, May 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)

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Creator and publisher of Playboy magazine Hugh Hefner arrives at the Spike TV "Guys Choice" award show in Los Angeles, Friday, May 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)

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In this Oct. 13, 2011 photo, American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises, Hugh Hefner is seen surrounded by books at his home at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Kristian Dowling)

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Hugh Hefner, left, and girlfriend Barbi Benton, center, are served by N.Y. Playboy Club Bunny Cheri upon arrival at La Guardia aboard the Big Bunny, Heffners personal 5? million dollar DC-9 jet, March 1970, New York. Hefner is in New York for two days of business conferences and personal appearances in connection with his far-flung Playboy Empire. (AP Photo)

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In this Oct. 13, 2011 photo, American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises, Hugh Hefner poses for a photograph at his home at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Kristian Dowling)

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Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner holds a copy of the magazine and a video cassette from the Playboy Channel, an all-night cable television venture Playboy Enterprises has undertaken, during an interview at the Playboy mansion in the Holmby Hills, Nov. 29, 1982, Los Angeles, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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In this Oct. 13, 2011 photo, American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises, Hugh Hefner at his home at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Kristian Dowling)

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Hugh Hefner poses in front of his five and a half million dollar black jet plane with unidentified Playboy Bunnies, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1970, Chicago, Ill. (AP Photo/Edward Kitch)