The Real Playboys
History, Playboys, The Right Stuff
Sach’s suicide note: “The loss of mental control over my life was an undignified condition, which I decided to counter decisively.â€
A nice tribute to twelve handsome, rich and well-born male practitioners of the art of living for pleasure, from Kempt.
When 78-year-old Gunter Sachs killed himself with a single gun shot to the head in May of this year, the world not only lost an accomplished marksman, but also a fine bobsledder, photographer, and manufacturer of ball-bearings. Of greater concern, though, was the fact that Gunter was widely considered to be the world’s last remaining “Original Playboy,†of which there were twelve.
“Twelve, and no more,†Gunter said of his bronzed, international jet-setting comrades. “The golden age when an elite breed of professional pleasure seekers fascinated the world is over. We were charming and spoke languages and behaved well with women. To go with a girl to Tahiti was incredible. Now everybody goes to Tahiti.â€
Tribute to the 1957 demise of Fon Portago, which accident also ended the famous Mille Miglia.
Do not miss Prince Dado Ruspoli’s talk on the correct manner of smoking opium and tobacco.
Hat tip to Karen L. Myers.