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HEF'S FINAL DAYS

Last bunny at Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion likened it to 'a care home'

Emily Agnes says the sex-fuelled, hedonist paradise had turned into the quarters of a frail pensioner compiling scrapbooks about his life

16:27, 30 Sep 2017
Updated: 11:14, 1 Oct 2017

THE last bunny at the Playboy Mansion says it was "eerily quiet" at the end with Hugh Hefner holed up in his room compiling scrapbooks.

Emily Agnes, 26, who was Playboy's Miss July 2014, lived in Hefner's LA home for a month as the sole guest.

Emily Agnes, who was the last bunny to leave the Playboy Mansion, likened it to a 'care home'

Footage released yesterday shows Hugh Hefner frail and hunched over on a walker in his Playboy Mansion just months before his death

But she said the days of hedonistic parties were over.

She told The Sun on Sunday: "I was told before I went that if anyone asked me about it, I had to say it was amazing, one big party. But it wasn't.

"It was eerily quiet. I'd walk around the grounds, built for huge, decadent parties, but there was no one there.

"The girls all moved out years before, and it was only Hef and his wife Crystal living there, in their private quarters.

"When I met Hef for the first time, at a buffet dinner before one of his weekly movie nights, I was shocked by how old he was.

"I was told to speak up and he had a butler remind him who he was speaking to.

The 26-year-old says the Mansion which was infamous for its sex-fuelled parties was 'eerily quiet'

Crystal Harris showed off her ring after the pair announced their engagement Credit: Getty Images - WireImage

The cultural icon died at his mansion 'surrounded by loved ones' Credit: Splash News

Hef and two Playboy bunnies attending the opening of the Playboy Club in central London in 2011 Credit: AFP or licensors

He threw wild pool parties at his Los Angeles mansion Credit: Playboy

Hef with Katie Price, then better known as Jordan, in 2002 Credit: Splash News

"Staff told me he spends most of his time in his room, making scrapbooks documenting his life. There are hundreds, under lock and key."

But Emily went on: "I always had to be 'dressed', I couldn't walk around in pyjamas."

She was also banned from "arriving without make-up" or "looking pouty or bored".

Hefner always came down for his weekly dinner and movie nights.

She recalled: "They began at 5.30pm and ended around 9pm, and guests were warned to go easy in case their drinking 'upset' Mr Hefner.

Paris Hilton has paid tribute to the magazine publisher

Hefner was famed for the parties he threw at the Playboy mansion, and being surrounded by models from his magazines Credit: AP:Associated Press

Hugh Hefner poses with his six girlfriends (L-R) Sheila Levell, Izabella St. James, Zoe Gregory, Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Cristal Camden in 2003 Credit: Reuters

Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner arrives at an ESPY Awards pre-party at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California in 2005 Credit: Reuters

He turned women into centrefolds and sexual desire into a worldwide multimedia empire Credit: Splash News

"There were only ever around 20 guests there, and most were in their 60s or 70s. I could see how someone might compare the place to an old person's home."
She said: "I was actually quite lonely there and was really happy to leave."

Heartbreaking footage emerged yesterday showing the world's famous womaniser Hugh Hefner struggling to move in his final moments.

The 91-year-old self-styled godfather of the sexual revolution was filmed gripping onto his stroller as he shuffled through his Playboy Mansion, struggling to keep himself upright.

Donning a silk light-blue pyjama outfit, Hugh looked unrecognisable as his usually slicked back hair was weak, gray and unkempt.

A female guest in the three-second clip can be heard saying "wonderful movie" as he slowly totters across his marble floor.

The Playboy founder died on Wednesday night surrounded by loved ones at his iconic mansion.

The self-styled godfather of the sexual revolution passed away from natural causes after decades transforming the original lads' mag into a £150million empire.

Hugh with sons Marston, left, and Cooper, right Credit: Getty Images - FilmMagic

Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner's 82nd birthday present from Pamela Anderson was a cake hand-delivered by her in the nude

He created the iconic image of the Playboy bunny Credit: Rex Features

Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris at the London Playboy Club launch party in 2011 Credit: Rex Features

THE PLAYBOY REVOLUTION

In 1953, a time when states could legally ban contraceptives and the word "pregnant" was not allowed on "I Love Lucy," Hefner published the first issue of Playboy, featuring naked photos of Marilyn Monroe and an editorial promise of "humor, sophistication and spice."

The Great Depression and World War II were over and Playboy soon became forbidden fruit for teens and a bible for men with time and money, primed for the magazine's prescribed evenings of dimmed lights, hard drinks, soft jazz, deep thoughts and deeper desires. Within a year, circulation neared 200,000.

Within five years, it had topped 1 million.

Hefner and Playboy were brand names worldwide. Asked by The New York Times in 1992 of what he was proudest, Hefner responded: "That I changed attitudes toward sex. That nice people can live together now.

"That I decontaminated the notion of premarital sex. That gives me great satisfaction."

Censorship of the magazine was inevitable. Playboy has been banned in China, India, Saudi Arabia and Ireland.

In the 1950s, Hefner successfully sued to prevent the U.S. Postal Service from denying him second-class mailing status.

7-Eleven stores for years did not sell the magazine. Stores that did offer Playboy made sure to stock it on a higher shelf.

Women were warned from the first issue: "If you're somebody's sister, wife, or mother-in-law," the magazine declared, "and picked us up by mistake, please pass us along to the man in your life and get back to Ladies Home Companion."