From Yahoo:
Pinup Bettie Page hospitalized after heart attack
Associated Press Writer James Beltran, Associated Press Writer â€" 2 hrs 33 mins agoLOS ANGELES â€"
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 the heart attack Tuesday and was hospitalized Friday in the Los Angeles area.
A family friend, Todd Mueller, said Page was in a coma. When asked to confirm, Roesler said, "I would not deny that," but he would not comment further on her condition.
Page, a secretary turned model, is credited with helping set the stage for the sexual revolution of the rebellious 1960s. She attracted national attention with magazine photographs of her sensuous figure that were 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.
Page later spent decades away from the public eye, and during that time battled mental illness and became a born-again Christian.
After resurfacing in the 1990s, she occasionally granted interviews but refused to allow her picture to be taken.
Mueller credits his business dealings with Page for bringing her out of seclusion. He said he first met her in 1989 when he offered her "a bunch of money" to show up at autograph signings.
"I probably sold 3,000 of her autographs, usually for $200 to $300," he said. "Eleanor Roosevelt, we got $40-$50. ... Bettie Page outsells them all."
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I had to re-read the article I saw on yahoo 3 times to believe it's the actual Bettie Page! i thought she went the way of every other model back then...OD on something. Good for her, but I wonder what she looks like now.
Dana
Quote from: Dana on December 06, 2008, 03:51:20 AMI wonder what she looks like now.
Five years ago:
(http://mike.files.wordpress.com/2006/02/olivia_hef_bettiepage.jpg)
(http://mike.files.wordpress.com/2006/02/bettie_80.jpg)
Looking WAY better than Hef...
Actually she looks really good if she's 80 in that picture.
Too bad to hear about her poor health.
Quote from: lethe on December 06, 2008, 04:47:28 AM
Too bad to hear about her poor health.
85 is a good run in my book [thumbsup]
That is to bad. Get Well.
I think that is the first picture I've seen of Hef with women his oen age. [cheeky]
Holy shit. She's still alive??!!??
I had no idea.
Wish my secretaries looked like that (in the pinup, of course ;D)
Too bad to hear. I too had no idea she was even still around. She looks fantastic for 80 in that pic! I only hope I age half as well...
This is good news! I thought she was dead. Glad to hear she's still fighting the fight.
Get well soon. She still has the "Bettie Page" haircut, too funny.
She was a real icon of that era.
RIP gal.
Good obituary here: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-page12-2008dec12,0,5310709.story (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-page12-2008dec12,0,5310709.story).
Quote from: Bettie PageWhen I turned my life over to the lord Jesus I was ashamed of having posed in the nude, but now, most of the money I've got is because I posed in the nude. So I'm not ashamed of it now. But I still don't understand it.