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Archive for December 2008

Bettie Page Interred at Westwood Memorial Park in LA, CA

Posted by: ugotpursenality on: December 17, 2008

Birth: Apr. 22, 1923
Jackson
Madison County
Tennessee, USA
Death: Dec. 11, 2008
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Burial: Westwood Memorial Park
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County California, USA
Source: Find a Grave
b. April 22, 1923  d. December 11, 2008
Model, American Folk Figure. She was a photographer’s model who was the subject of thousands of pin-up pictures during the post-World War [...]

Memorium Statement by Mark Roesler, Bettie Page’s Agent

Posted by: ugotpursenality on: December 12, 2008

In Memory of Bettie Mae Page

“With deep personal sadness I must announce that my dear friend and client Bettie Page passed away at 6:41pm PST this evening in a Los Angeles hospital. She died peacefully but had never regained consciousness after suffering a heart attack nine days ago.
She captured the imagination of a generation of [...]

Bettie Page Dies at Age 85 – “Free at last!”

Posted by: ugotpursenality on: December 12, 2008

Bettie Page … “Free at last!”

I think everyone knew it was coming. It’s been a waiting game since the 2nd. So where does one start when the inevitable has happened? I guess to go with the standard obituary first …
Bettie Page, the brunet pinup queen with a shoulder-length pageboy hairdo and kitschy bangs whose [...]

Bettie Page Still in Coma

Posted by: ugotpursenality on: December 12, 2008

According to KSBY 6 Action News, as of December 10th, Bettie page is still in a coma. Page was a top student who became a secretary and then went into modeling. She hoped to become a mainstream actress. With her trademark short dark bangs, her photos included a centerfold in the January 1955 issue of [...]

Pinup Bettie Page hospitalized after heart attack

Posted by: ugotpursenality on: December 7, 2008

LOS ANGELES – Bettie Page, a 1950s pinup known for her raven-haired bangs and saucy come-hither looks, was hospitalized in intensive care after suffering a heart attack, her agent said Friday.
“She’s critically ill,” Mark Roesler of CMG Worldwide told The Associated Press.
He said the 85-year-old had been hospitalized for the last three weeks with pneumonia [...]


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