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How Celebs Are Reacting To Playboy Founder Hugh Hefner’s Death

by Samantha McDonald

In case you missed it, news broke last night that Playboy founder and risqué revolutionary Hugh Hefner died at his home at 91, an announcement that rocked social media to its very core. After all, who hasn’t heard of the OG male sex icon, whose Playboy Mansion became the center of many a Bunny-filled party and whose magazine helped catapult its centerfolds (think Sharon Stone and Kim Kardashian West) to unfathomable levels of fame? Major celebrities, A-list friends and devoted admirers paid tribute to the polarizing figure through Instagram and Twitter, sharing personal stories of his impact on American pop culture and society. Here, the reactions that pretty much sum up how we ourselves feel about losing the legendary Hef.