Betty Mae Page (Bettie) died yesterday at the age of 85 of pneumonia but she had suffered a heart attack nine days ago while hospitalized and never regained consiousness.
The old timers around here will remember Bettie, most of us fondly!
For the younger members, Bettie had a brief modeling career from 1950 to 1957 and became one of the most (in)famous of the 'pin-up' girls. (She was Miss January 1955 in the fledgling Playboy magazine.) After that, she disappeared from the public eye for many years.
A bit of reading tonight turned up some interesting things. Most surprising to me was that she had a BA in education and even returned to school to work toward her Masters. During her years of annonimity she found religion and worked with several evagilist, including Billy Graham. She had completely divorced herself from her former public life and had no idea of the impact she had on the sexual revolution of the 60's.
The old timers around here will remember Bettie, most of us fondly!
For the younger members, Bettie had a brief modeling career from 1950 to 1957 and became one of the most (in)famous of the 'pin-up' girls. (She was Miss January 1955 in the fledgling Playboy magazine.) After that, she disappeared from the public eye for many years.
A bit of reading tonight turned up some interesting things. Most surprising to me was that she had a BA in education and even returned to school to work toward her Masters. During her years of annonimity she found religion and worked with several evagilist, including Billy Graham. She had completely divorced herself from her former public life and had no idea of the impact she had on the sexual revolution of the 60's.
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