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...Hugh M. Hefner is also an American legend. He is 42, and he is going through a change of life. But Hefner's Playboy empire has made him a millionaire 100 times over. He has no boss to bitch about, no wife to bore him, and he somewhat euphemistically claims to be "the biggest employer of beautiful women in the world." So what does he have to rebel against...
Popping Bennies. For one thing, a hang-up on work. A spasmodic, frenetic editor who refused to delegate authority, Hefner used to go on "work binges," during which he would labor for as long as 72 hours at a stretch, eating practically nothing, swigging Pepsi-Colas (25 a day) and popping bennies. "I developed a tremendous tolerance for amphetamines," he says. "My weight dropped from 175 lbs. to 135 lbs. It was a way of living not well calculated to be either lengthy or pleasant. I finally woke up to the fact that I had the world by the tail...
...Another Hefner hang-up is an almost Johnsonian concern for his place in history. As he told TIME Writer Charles Parmiter: "I would rather be me than, say, Richard Burton. Whatever I am is unique." Or: "I'm sure that I will be remembered as one significant part of our time. We live in a period of rapid sociological change, and I am on the side of the angels." That concern was reflected in his joy at receiving a letter from the Chicago Historical Society, asking him to preserve his correspondence and memorabilia for its archives...
Flying Womb. Being recognized first requires being seen-and the spanking convinced longtime Recluse Hefner that he must widen his horizons. He began by widening his lapels: off came the bathrobes and cardigan sweaters, on went $15,000 worth of Edwardian suits from Chicago Tailor George Mashbitz. He quit taking amphetamines, started getting six or eight hours of sleep every day, worked out on a slant board and an exercise bicycle, and gradually built his weight back up to 175 lbs. He turned most of the day-to-day operation of his enterprises over to subordinates, and made travel plans...
...more serious news-Viet Nam, the capture of the Pueblo, politics at home and abroad, student protest, urban unrest, assassination. In other years, readers seemed more concerned with lighter stories. In 1967 the article that drew the most mail was the cover story about Playboy's Hugh Hefner; in 1968, it was the cover that reported on the violence at the Democratic Convention in Chicago...