Life and death in the Playboy Villa

Crystal met Hugh Hefner when she was 21 and he was 81. They spent 10 years together in the Playboy Mansion before he died and she became a widow. In this episode, she reflects on her marriage and how it has changed since then.

Crystal Hefner's memoirs are called OSaying only good things: Surviving Playboy and finding myself.

Podcast production by Zoe Azulay

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