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Hugh Hefner Saves ‘Hollywood’ Sign

Donates $900,000 to rescue effort.

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Perhaps we should replace the “Y” with bunny ears? Hugh Hefner donated $900,000 to save the famous “Hollywood” sign—one of the largest individual contributions in the effort to save the 138-acre property where it’s displayed. A local grassroots effort raised, in total, $12.5 million to purchase the property and restore the sign; the company that previously owned it had initially sought $40 million for the land but negotiated the lower amount with the Trust for Public Land.

Read it at Los Angeles Times

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