Hugh Hefner, 91, laid to rest next to Marilyn Monroe (photos)

Hugh Hefner was finally laid to rest next to Marilyn Monroe in an intimate ceremony that was attended by his wife, four children and some of his closest staffers. 

The Playboy founder's funeral on Saturday took place as LA's Westwood Village Memorial Park at noon. 

His four children, Cooper, Marston, Christie and David were all in attendance alongside his wife Crystal Harris, the Daily Mail reports, citing TMZ. 

Also in attendance were a few of his key staffers of Playboy. Hefner's crypt is next to Marilyn Monroe's. He bought the plot in 1992 for $75,000. 

Hefner will join a number of Hollywood celebrities buried at the famous Los Angeles cemetery, including musician Roy Orbison, writer Truman Capote and iconic entertainer Dean Martin. 

Richard Freddie Poncher, who had purchased the crypt directly above Monroe's from Joe DiMaggio was laid to rest in that crypt in 1986. 

Hefner was born on April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, and went on to become a millionaire after founding the influential men's magazine in 1953.

The magazine hit with a splash, selling 50,000 copies of its first issue published in December 1953 - which featured Monroe on the cover - and went on to have seven million subscribers by its second year.

Born Norma Jeane Mortenson in 1926, Monroe would become one of Hollywood's biggest stars and an American sex symbol for a generation.

Monroe's films would gross over $200 million dollars in the decade leading up to her death, which came at the hands of a drug overdose. 

Hefner died from natural causes at the Playboy Mansion surrounded by loved ones at the age of 91.

But on Friday, it was revealed that Hefner died after contracting a bug two weeks ago that eventually killed him. 

According to TMZ, his health decline began two years ago when an 'infection caused a crippling back condition that left him bedridden'.

Hefner had been suffering from severe back problems for years but his condition worsened dramatically after he caught an infection.

The magazine publisher was reportedly left unable to walk without assistance and made one of his final public appearances in May 2016 to announce Eugena Washington as Playmate of the Year.

Hefner was pictured again on Father's Day this year in the Playboy Mansion in an intimate photo shared online by his son Cooper.

His sons, David, 62; Cooper, 26; and Marston, 27; joined their sister Christie, 64; for the memorial dinner at the Japanese restaurant Katsuya in Brentwood, California, Saturday night. 

And earlier in the day on Saturday, it was also revealed that Hefner's widow, Harris, 31, will keep a stunning home worth $7 million and a $5 million lump sum, despite initial claims that she
wouldn't receive anything. 

A watertight prenup had apparently blocked Harris from receiving a penny of the 91-year-old's $43 million fortune on his death. Instead, it was divided between his four children, the University
of Southern California and a list of charities.