Biography
Overview (3)
| Born | in Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Died | in Chicago, Illinois, USA (suicide by drug overdose) |
| Birth Name | Roberta Arnstein |
Mini Bio (1)
Bobbie Arnstein was born on May 2, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She died on January 20, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Trivia (3)
Executive secretary for Hugh Hefner. In a press conference after her death, he accused then-U.S. Attorney James R. Thompson of murder, claiming that Thompson had used her in a calculated effort to destroy him. Arnstein was arrested in March 1974 by federal narcotics agents, and charged with conspiring to transport cocaine from Miami to Chicago; she denied the charges. The investigation was dropped in December 1975 after the two men arrested with Arnstein refused immunity deals to testify against Hefner.
Had a fraternal twin brother, Edward.
