Hugh Hefner Laid To Rest Next To Marilyn Monroe, Report Says

Hugh Hefner can finally be at peace as he was laid to rest in a private funeral in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Hefner's funeral was held at the Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles at noon on Saturday. His four children -- Cooper Hefner, Marston Hefner, Christie Hefner and David Hefner -- along with wife Crystal Harris and some Playboy staffers, bid him goodbye in an intimate ceremony, TMZ reported.

Hefner's remains were reportedly placed in a crypt next to Marilyn Monroe. Monroe is the first woman to appear on the first issue of Playboy magazine in December 1953. Hefner claimed in 2012 that he felt a "double connection" to Monroe, who was born in the same year as him, Us Weekly reported. "I'm a believer in things symbolic. Spending eternity next to Marilyn is too sweet to pass up," Hefner said.

The Playboy founder reportedly bought the spot in the Corridor of Memories Mausoleum in 1992 for $75,000. In 2009, Hefner told Los Angeles Times that he had a number of friends buried at Westwood and added that he lived close by. He joked that it has become a neighborhood cemetery.

Hefner, 91, died at the Playboy mansion on Wednesday. "Hugh M. Hefner, the American icon who in 1953 introduced the world to Playboy magazine and built the company into one of the most recognizable American global brands in history, peacefully passed away today from natural causes at his home, The Playboy Mansion, surrounded by loved ones," said the spokesperson for Playboy Enterprise.

Following Hefner's passing, many became interested in where his multimillion fortune would go. According to Holly Madison, one of his exes, she saw his last will and testament on the day she packed her things to leave the Playboy mansion years ago as he had placed the papers on her side of the bed.

The documents stated that after death tax, Hefner's wealth "would be divvied up starting with roughly 50 percent to his charitable foundation and the bulk of the remainder divided evenly between his four children: Christie, David, Marston, and Cooper."

Madison added that the will stated she would have been eligible to receive $3 million at the time of his death "provided I still lived at the mansion." However, she left the mansion after their split in 2008.

Despite his provision for her, Madison was not happy with the contents of Hefner's will. "Did he really think he could buy me?" she said.