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Speaking to fans on his Twitter account, Hefner said he would be married for the third time.

There was a time when female movie stars who felt they were being ignored by the industry took off their clothes for Hugh Hefner's magazine.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Playboy founder Hugh Hefner changed American pop culture, one centerfold at a time.

Mr Hefner will remain as the company's chief creative officer, a role he has held since stepping down as chief executive.

Mr. Hefner owns about 70% of the company's voting shares and about 28% of its non-voting shares.

"I used to say we were awash in gas, " says Mr Hefner.

"It's certainly possible, " Hefner told me when asked if he had plans to pop the question.

Compared with Playboy Playmates, as the Hefner centerfold models were known, Penthouse Pets were arrayed in more provocative poses.

Hefner was divorced from his second wife, Kimberley Conrad, in 2010 after a lengthy separation.

"I think Playboy fans will enjoy seeing our Playmate of the Year's true form, " Hefner added in a statement.

"Now everything is coming back round again with the retro connections of the Playboy brand, " Hefner said.

Hefner to romantic style of individuality and freedom known around the world.

Even his admirers find something undignified in Hefner's refusal to throw in the bunny-emblazoned towel and behave age-appropriately.

But Hefner says he does not resent the upstarts that made his once raunchy publication look tame.

"The wedding is off. Crystal has had a change of heart, " Hefner wrote on Twitter.

Mr Hefner may not have got such a bad deal after all.

Hefner was persuaded, and the bunny outfit soon became America's first ever officially trademarked uniform.

Octogenarian founder Hefner has been married twice, and now again as a bridegroom.

With $600, Hefner in 1953 published the first Playboy magazine with a partially nude photo of Marilyn Monroe at its center.

Hefner proposed to Harris on Christmas Eve, he announced on Twitter at the time.

The idea was a new magazine with nude photos to outdo Hugh Hefner's Playboy.

In April, Hefner hinted that the big day may be coming.

Hugh Hefner, the twice-married founder of Playboy, is taking the plunge again.

Raised in San Diego by British parents, Harris met Hefner at his annual Halloween party in 2008.

Hefner, 85, and Crystal Harris were due to tie the knot in front of more than 300 guests at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Sunday morning 84-year-old Hefner announced at the micro-Bo, his girlfriend has been with the 24-year-old Harris engagement on Friday.

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"The brand resonates today as clearly as at any time in its 57-year history, " claimed Mr Hefner.

There is a definite market opportunity here, now that Hugh Hefner is getting on.

"When I gave Crystal the ring, she burst into tears. This is the happiest Christmas weekend in memory, " Hefner tweeted.

Hefner, who founded Playboy magazine in 1953, has been married twice before.

Hugh Hefner, 84, and his 24-year-old girlfriend Crystal Harris are engaged.

Playboy empire founder Hugh Hefner has put his family home for sale in California for nearly $28m, the US media reported recently.

This is the happiest Christmas weekend in memory, " Hefner tweeted. "

Frank Hefner, College of Charleston

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