On this day (January 28) in 1950, Barbi Benton was born Barbara Lynn Klein in New York City. She began modeling as a teenager before becoming a regular on the hit country-themed variety show Hee-Haw.
The Spokesman-Review ran a photo of pipe-smoking Hugh Hefner, Playboy magazine magnate, as he toured the Expo ’74 Soviet Pavilion with his girlfriend, Barbi Benton. Hefner, along with several Playboy ...