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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner often spoke of how he would one day be entombed in the plot he'd bought next to Marilyn Monroe. Her crypt is at the Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles. Mel Bouzad/Getty Images hide caption

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Hugh Hefner's Final Resting Place? The Plot He Bought Next To Marilyn Monroe

September 29, 2017 • Monroe, who died in 1962, didn't get a say in whether she would want to spend the hereafter next to Hefner, who launched his magazine using nude photos of her.

Hugh Hefner's Wedding Called Off With Five Days To Go

Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris on April 26, 2010. Matt Sayles/AP hide caption

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Hugh Hefner's Wedding Called Off With Five Days To Go

June 14, 2011 • "Crystal has had a change of heart," the Playboy founder tweeted this afternoon. They had been set to get married on Saturday.

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We Kid You Not: Playboy's Hefner Tweeted His Engagement News

December 27, 2010 • "She burst into tears," he wrote of the moment when he gave Playmate Crystal Harris a ring. Oh, he added later, yes they had just gotten engaged.