Playboy Publisher Hugh Hefner “Death Schmed”

Hugh Hefner wants to make it clear … the only thing in the can in the palace rabbit is the movie suddenly takes on movie night.

Hef posted this pic with Crystal wife Friday night, shooting down rumors as the cowboy on the screen.

TMZ broke the story … law enforcement officials rushed to The Playboy Mansion Friday after rumors swirled that Hef kicked the bucket.. We’re told PBM staffers assured cops Hugh was fine, and Hef even gave them an A-Ok call.

“I wish the tabloids had informed me a little earlier in the week that I’m sick. I might have cancelled my weekend plans,” he quipped on Twitter Friday evening.

Reports began swirling Friday morning after the Playboy founder was deemed “super sick” in a New York Post Page 6 gossip column. The rumors even prompted Los Angeles police to pay the 90-year-old a home visit to check on his well being.

“Mr. Hefner spoke with an officer at the West LA station and confirmed he’s OK,” LAPD Officer Mike Lopez assured NBC Los Angeles.

The silk pajama enthusiast set the record straight himself on Friday evening by tweeting a photo of himself seemingly alive and well next to his third wife, Crystal Hefner, 30, announcing that it was movie night at the Playboy Mansion.

Hef tweeted again about 30 minutes later just to make it perfectly clear that rumors of his death had been greatly exaggerated.

I wish the tabloids had informed me a little earlier in the week that I’m sick. I might have cancelled my weekend plans.

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