Hugh Hefner — Tragic Last Ride From The Playboy Mansion

Hugh Hefner departed his beloved Playboy Mansion for the final time after his death — reduced to being a mere tenant hiding behind the gates!

The grim scene was captured at 6:25 a.m. outside the rotting Playboy Mansion in Holmey Hills, Calif. — which had been sold to a real-estate developer in 2016 for $100 million. The agreement required the new buyer to allow Hefner to live in the mansion until his death, which the Playboy founder thought was still years away!

"Hef thought for sure that he'd live to be 101," said an insider, "just like his mom!" Instead, the legendary swinger's hard living finally caught up to him on Sept. 27 at the age of 91. Insiders had already been fearing the worst, with Hefner even unable to attend the legendary parties at his own mansion in his final days.

Meanwhile, tributes poured in to the publishing magnate, with Cooper Hefner ready to step in to take over his father's empire — after his older brother moved to Japan amid legal problems, and Hefner's other "son" abruptly vanished from the Playboy Mansion in a bizarre scandal!