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Hugh Hefner's widow claims the Playboy tycoon was so addicted to painkillers and Viagra staff were worried he'd die from an overdose


The former playmate, 37, who wed the magazine publisher when she was 26 and he was 81 in 2012, said his pill popping was so severe staff were worried he would die of an overdose.

Hugh Hefner's widow Crystal has claimed the late Playboy tycoon was secretly addicted to painkillers and viagra with an ' earthquake supply of prosecution drugs' in his infamous mansion. Hugh Hefner's widow Crystal, 37, has claimed the late Playboy tycoon was secretly addicted to painkillers and viagra with an ' earthquake supply of prosecution drugs' in his infamous mansion Writing: 'With so many celebrities dying of overdoses from doctors who gave them endless supplies, people around [Hugh] got more careful, and the opiates had to be given to him like he used to give us allowance—in controlled doses'.

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