The iconic and "Notorious" Betty Paige died yesterday at the age of 85, due to pneumonia and complications she had after a heart attack 8 days ago.
The LA Times says:
A cult figure, Page was most famous for the estimated 20,000 4-by-5-inch black-and-white glossy photographs taken by amateur shutterbugs from 1949 to 1957. The photos showed her in high heels and bikinis or negligees, bondage apparel -- or nothing at all.
Decades later, those images inspired biographies, comic books, fan clubs, websites, commercial products -- Bettie Page playing cards, dress-up magnet sets, action figures, Zippo lighters, shot glasses -- and, in 2005, a film about her life and times, "The Notorious Bettie Page."
I don't know about you, but I love a great pin-up pic and Betty was definitely a legend...RIP.
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