Hugh Hefner's First Wife Cheated On Him - a Betrayal Which Gave Birth to His Playboy Lifestyle

By Danny Collins
The Sun
Sep. 29, 2017

He married Mildred Williams in 1949 in the belief the pair had 'saved themselves' for one another. But little did Chicago-born Hefner know that his beloved Milly had slept with another man while her beau served in the US military during the Second World War.

PLAYBOY tycoon Hugh Hefner's rise to become one of the world's most famous men began with a heartbreak that tore his life apart.

The glamour magazine's owner - who died today aged 91 - became known as a serial ladies' man during a career that lasted 64 years.

But it was the betrayal a young Hefner suffered at the hands of his first wife that marked his formative years and one that he went on to describe as "the most devastating moment" of his life.

He married Mildred Williams in 1949 in the belief the pair had 'saved themselves' for one another.

The couple had met at college in the mid 40s.

Little did Chicago-born Hefner know that his beloved Milly had slept with another man while her beau served in the US military during the Second World War.

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