Why else would someone choose such a specific final resting place?
According to the velvet robe-clad playboy himself, the answer is simple: symbolism.
But what their connection lacked in intimacy, it made up for in professional and cultural significance.
“I’m a believer in things symbolic,” Hefner told theLos Angeles Times.
“Spending eternity next to Marilyn is too sweet to pass up.”
Moreover, the images of Monroe he used for his magazine weren’t originally affiliated with Playboy at all.
Of course, the value of these photographs skyrocketed to the millions after Monroe became a silver-screen star.
Though he never got that opportunity, spending eternity together will have to suffice.
