1950s pinup model Bettie Page dies in LA at 85
LOS ANGELES – Bettie Page, the 1950s secretary-turned-model whose controverisal photographs in skimpy attire or none at all helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, died Thursday. She was 85.
Page suffered a heart attack last week in Los Angeles and never regained consciousness, her agent Mark Roesler said. Before the heart attack, Page had been hospitalized for three weeks with pneumonia.
"She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality," Roesler said. "She is the embodiment of beauty
Betty Page: April 22, 1923 - December 11, 2008
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Page suffered a heart attack last week in Los Angeles and never regained consciousness, her agent Mark Roesler said. Before the heart attack, Page had been hospitalized for three weeks with pneumonia.
"She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality," Roesler said. "She is the embodiment of beauty
Betty Page: April 22, 1923 - December 11, 2008
You will be missed
You can read the rest of the story here
This is Elmysterio and I'm out
Wow nearly forgotten now she was a trailblazer!
ReplyDeleteFascinating story.
I was going through your blog, El, to see if you have posted anything about Joe's plea bargain.
ReplyDeleteNews story here (December 8, 08):
http://www.citizensvoice.com/articles/2008/12/08/news/doc493d4dee25855237152691.txt
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