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sarah1980
12-11-2008, 11:02 PM
from yahoo (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_en_ot/obit_bettie_page_1)



LOS ANGELES – Bettie Page, a 1950s pinup model who helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, has died. She was 85.

Her agent Mark Roesler says Page died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a heart attack nine days ago. He says she never regained consciousness.

Page attracted national attention with magazine photographs of her sensuous figure in bikinis and see-through lingerie that were quickly tacked up on walls across the country. Her photos included a centerfold in the January 1955 issue of then-fledgling Playboy magazine, as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses.

Roesler says Page had been hospitalized for three weeks with pneumonia and was about to be released when she suffered the heart attack Dec. 2.


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Ratlehed
12-11-2008, 11:05 PM
I dont know much about her and her career. I saw The Notorious Bettie Page awhile back and I thought it was really good. She does have a look all her own though.

R.I.P.

Tweek
12-11-2008, 11:34 PM
85, eh? A good long life. R.I.P.

JJFlamingo
12-12-2008, 01:05 AM
A pioneer and Icon in her field...

RIP :( :( :( :(

SAI
12-12-2008, 02:48 AM
We just keep losing legends this year.

RIP Bettie

MidnightAngel
12-12-2008, 04:20 AM
The pinup queen of pinup queens has passed away. :(

Damone
12-12-2008, 09:15 AM
RIP Bettie

BadCoverVersion
12-12-2008, 10:14 AM
R.I.P Bettie...a legendary pin-up.

RustyRazor
12-12-2008, 10:36 AM
R.I.P. Ms. Page

anakinsrise
12-12-2008, 11:55 AM
Passing of an icon R.I.P Queen of the pin ups

Mr. Creasy
12-12-2008, 12:34 PM
RIP Bettie

bourahioro
12-12-2008, 12:58 PM
R.I.P. Bettie Page :(

2008 is really sucking the life out of celebs this year.

BatDaddy
12-12-2008, 02:20 PM
Wow. A true icon and one foxy lady - and I just found out she was born right here in my hometown, and spent quite a bit of time here. Sad to hear about some of her problems in later life.

I think 85 is a long, full life. Here's to you, Ms. Page.

Cronos
12-12-2008, 02:49 PM
I thought she died earlier this year... Must be thinking of somebody else, either way.

R.I.P.

bigred760
12-12-2008, 04:22 PM
I saw The Notorious Bettie Page a year or two ago and it wasn't half bad.

R.I.P.

killuminati003
12-12-2008, 07:08 PM
I heard about this this morning and it was kind of sad. Honestly, she is the only celebrity who had died this year that I would actually consider myself a "fan" of. I mean, I liked some of the others all right, but I wouldn't have said I was a fan of any of them.

But it's hard to be to sad- 85 is a nice long life, longer than I will probably live, longer than any of my grandparents have lived-and she had a full, productive life. That's something to be thankful for, for her family, friends.

She will still be missed I'm sure tho.

rilocay
12-15-2008, 07:53 AM
R.I.P.
I wonder if she was stunning for her age?

God of War
12-15-2008, 09:13 AM
R.I.P Bettie Page :(

razgriz21
12-15-2008, 09:35 AM
R.I.P. Bettie.

You were an inspiration to brunettes.