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MarsBonfire -> RE: Sad News (12/12/2008 5:29:30 AM)
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I've been a Bettie fan since long before her revival of interest in the early 1980's and Dave Stevens using her as a regular character in his comic, "The Rocketeer." She was in one of the earliest issues of Playboy, and she was a kink celebrity back when that had the same tabboo as being a satanist or something.
The camera loved her. That smile, and those bangs, and that figure, were the stuff dreams were made of. Somehow, you always knew that she was having FUN during those photo shoots. Behind the scenes, there were storms involving family, legal troubles and fights against mild mental illness. She came through all of it still loving life, and in the end, a passion for helping others through her church.
85 years is a good run, especially since she remained sharp and able to care for herself almost right up to the end. (I hope I get as good a deal, when the time comes.)
Bettie Page: mother, wife, photo model, and indomitable spirit. Rest in Peace, Bettie. You'll remain loved by others for decades to come.
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