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4_1ecbplus.xml_7 | train | ent | 4_1ecbplus.xml | 4 | Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | 8 | 8 | 55 | 58 | who | HUM16195623414690294 | who | ['esther', 'williams', 'swimming', 'champion', 'turn', 'actress', 'star', 'glittering', 'aquatic', 'technicolour', 'musical', '1940', '1950', 'die'] | Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress <m> who </m> starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | http : / / www . buenosairesherald . com / article / 132929 / hollywood ’ s - mermaid - esther - williams - dies -
Friday , June 7 , 2013
Hollywood ’ s mermaid Esther Williams dies
Champion swimmer turned top box - office draw in 40s and 50s
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress <m> who </m> starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood “ aqua - musicals ” designed just for her , died yesterday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool — and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits — that made her popular .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favourite pinup of US people in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Friday , June 7 , 2013
Hollywood ’ s mermaid Esther Williams dies
Champion swimmer turned top box - office draw in 40s and 50s
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals <m> of the 1940s and 1950s </m> , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood “ aqua - musicals ” designed just for her , died yesterday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool — and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits — that made her popular .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favourite pinup of US people in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Friday , June 7 , 2013
<m> Hollywood </m> ’ s mermaid Esther Williams dies
Champion swimmer turned top box - office draw in 40s and 50s
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood “ aqua - musicals ” designed just for her , died yesterday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool — and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits — that made her popular .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favourite pinup of US people in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Friday , June 7 , 2013
Hollywood ’ s mermaid Esther Williams <m> dies </m>
Champion swimmer turned top box - office draw in 40s and 50s
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood “ aqua - musicals ” designed just for her , died yesterday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool — and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits — that made her popular .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favourite pinup of US people in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Friday , June 7 , 2013
Hollywood ’ s mermaid Esther Williams dies
Champion swimmer turned top box - office draw in 40s and 50s
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who <m> starred </m> in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood “ aqua - musicals ” designed just for her , died yesterday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool — and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits — that made her popular .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favourite pinup of US people in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Friday , June 7 , 2013
Hollywood ’ s mermaid Esther Williams dies
Champion swimmer turned top box - office draw in 40s and 50s
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour <m> musicals </m> of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood “ aqua - musicals ” designed just for her , died yesterday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool — and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits — that made her popular .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favourite pinup of US people in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
4_1ecbplus.xml_25 | train | evt | 4_1ecbplus.xml | 4 | Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | 23 | 23 | 144 | 148 | died | ACT16194654011907361 | die | ['esther', 'williams', 'swimming', 'champion', 'turn', 'actress', 'star', 'glittering', 'aquatic', 'technicolour', 'musical', '1940', '1950', 'die'] | Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has <m> died </m> . | http : / / www . buenosairesherald . com / article / 132929 / hollywood ’ s - mermaid - esther - williams - dies -
Friday , June 7 , 2013
Hollywood ’ s mermaid Esther Williams dies
Champion swimmer turned top box - office draw in 40s and 50s
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has <m> died </m> .
She was 91 .
Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood “ aqua - musicals ” designed just for her , died yesterday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool — and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits — that made her popular .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favourite pinup of US people in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
4_1ecbplus.xml_30 | train | evt | 4_1ecbplus.xml | 7 | She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | died | ACT16194654011907361 | die | ['she', 'die', 'peacefully', 'her', 'sleep', 'decline', 'health', 'old', 'age', 'spokesman', 'harlan', 'boll', 'say'] | She <m> died </m> peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said . | http : / / www . buenosairesherald . com / article / 132929 / hollywood ’ s - mermaid - esther - williams - dies -
Friday , June 7 , 2013
Hollywood ’ s mermaid Esther Williams dies
Champion swimmer turned top box - office draw in 40s and 50s
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood “ aqua - musicals ” designed just for her , died yesterday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
She <m> died </m> peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool — and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits — that made her popular .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favourite pinup of US people in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Friday , June 7 , 2013
Hollywood ’ s mermaid Esther Williams dies
Champion swimmer turned top box - office draw in 40s and 50s
Esther Williams , the <m> swimming </m> champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood “ aqua - musicals ” designed just for her , died yesterday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool — and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits — that made her popular .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favourite pinup of US people in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
4_1ecbplus.xml_37 | train | evt | 4_1ecbplus.xml | 4 | Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | 6 | 6 | 40 | 46 | turned | ACT16370918568043900 | turn | ['esther', 'williams', 'swimming', 'champion', 'turn', 'actress', 'star', 'glittering', 'aquatic', 'technicolour', 'musical', '1940', '1950', 'die'] | Esther Williams , the swimming champion <m> turned </m> actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | http : / / www . buenosairesherald . com / article / 132929 / hollywood ’ s - mermaid - esther - williams - dies -
Friday , June 7 , 2013
Hollywood ’ s mermaid Esther Williams dies
Champion swimmer turned top box - office draw in 40s and 50s
Esther Williams , the swimming champion <m> turned </m> actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood “ aqua - musicals ” designed just for her , died yesterday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool — and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits — that made her popular .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favourite pinup of US people in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
4_1ecbplus.xml_36 | train | evt | 4_1ecbplus.xml | 7 | She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said . | 20 | 20 | 105 | 109 | said | ACT16409632386175360 | say | ['she', 'die', 'peacefully', 'her', 'sleep', 'decline', 'health', 'old', 'age', 'spokesman', 'harlan', 'boll', 'say'] | She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll <m> said </m> . | http : / / www . buenosairesherald . com / article / 132929 / hollywood ’ s - mermaid - esther - williams - dies -
Friday , June 7 , 2013
Hollywood ’ s mermaid Esther Williams dies
Champion swimmer turned top box - office draw in 40s and 50s
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood “ aqua - musicals ” designed just for her , died yesterday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll <m> said </m> .
It was the pool — and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits — that made her popular .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favourite pinup of US people in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
4_1ecbplus.xml_44 | train | evt | 4_1ecbplus.xml | 7 | She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said . | 5 | 5 | 27 | 32 | sleep | ACT16194784155470530 | sleep | ['she', 'die', 'peacefully', 'her', 'sleep', 'decline', 'health', 'old', 'age', 'spokesman', 'harlan', 'boll', 'say'] | She died peacefully in her <m> sleep </m> and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said . | http : / / www . buenosairesherald . com / article / 132929 / hollywood ’ s - mermaid - esther - williams - dies -
Friday , June 7 , 2013
Hollywood ’ s mermaid Esther Williams dies
Champion swimmer turned top box - office draw in 40s and 50s
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood “ aqua - musicals ” designed just for her , died yesterday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
She died peacefully in her <m> sleep </m> and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool — and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits — that made her popular .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favourite pinup of US people in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
4_1ecbplus.xml_43 | train | evt | 4_1ecbplus.xml | 7 | She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said . | 11 | 11 | 59 | 65 | health | 10000000973 | health | ['she', 'die', 'peacefully', 'her', 'sleep', 'decline', 'health', 'old', 'age', 'spokesman', 'harlan', 'boll', 'say'] | She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining <m> health </m> due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said . | http : / / www . buenosairesherald . com / article / 132929 / hollywood ’ s - mermaid - esther - williams - dies -
Friday , June 7 , 2013
Hollywood ’ s mermaid Esther Williams dies
Champion swimmer turned top box - office draw in 40s and 50s
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolour musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood “ aqua - musicals ” designed just for her , died yesterday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
She died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining <m> health </m> due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool — and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits — that made her popular .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favourite pinup of US people in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
4_6ecb.xml_9 | train | ent | 4_6ecb.xml | 0 | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent . | 3 | 4 | 22 | 33 | Bettie Page | HUM16370179946350392 | Bettie | ['legendary', 'pinup', 'queen', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'pneumonia', 'age', '85', 'los', 'angeles', 'california', 'hospital', 'thursday', 'week', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'accord', 'her', 'agent'] | Legendary pinup queen <m> Bettie Page </m> died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent . | Legendary pinup queen <m> Bettie Page </m> died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent .
Pinup queen Bettie Page was credited with helping to usher in the sexual revolution .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' said agent Mark Roesler in a written statement .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Page , said to be one of the most photographed people of the past century , became a recluse in recent decades .
Yet , her images continued to be used around the world to market Bettie Page action figures , clothing lines and other merchandise .
`` Her popularity as an underground , guilty pleasures phenomenon has continued to soar despite the fact that the reclusive Page disappeared almost a half century ago , leading many to believe that one of the most photographed individuals of the 20th century was already dead . ''
Roesler said .
The Web site , BettiePage.com , logs about 20 million hits a month , Roesler said .
A TVGuide.com poll recently placed Bettie Page as the `` ultimate sex goddess , '' outscoring others such as Marilyn Monroe .
Page was born to a poor family in Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
While her birth certificate spelled her name `` Betty , '' she changed the spelling later in life to `` Bettie . ''
At a time when few women pursued a college education , Page earned a bachelor of arts degree in education from Peabody College in Tennessee in 1944 , according to her official biography .
Her teaching career , however , was hampered by her looks , she said .
`` I could n't control my students , especially the boys , '' she is quoted as saying .
After her modeling career ended , Page returned to Peabody College to work on a master 's degree , the bio said .
Her Southern drawl and a refusal to sleep with a Hollywood producer hampered her acting career , according to her bio .
`` I did n't like his looks , '' Page said .
`` I would n't have gone to bed with him anyway .
He was a creep .
He drove off in his big car and scolded me,
'You 'll be sorry . '
I was n't . ''
Page said she regretted not accepting studio boss Jack Warner 's offer of another screen-test , but it came while she was trying to save her marriage to her first husband , Billy Neal .
Her modeling breakthrough began after she divorced Neal in 1947 when she met a police officer whose hobby was photography .
He suggested the black bangs , which became her trademark , her bio said .
Not long after , her images were everywhere , gracing magazine covers and locker pin-ups .
Page wore nothing but a Santa hat in Playboy 's January 1955 centerfold .
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said her appearance in his magazine 's first year was a milestone .
`` She became , in time , an American icon , her winning smile and effervescent personality apparent in every pose , '' Hefner said .
`` A kinky connection was added by Irving Klaw 's spanking , fetish and bondage photos , which became part of the Bettie Page mystique , '' Hefner said .
`` They were playful parodies that are now perceived as the early inspiration for Madonna 's excursions into the realm of sexual perversion . ''
Perhaps the most memorable photos of Page were her bondage poses , which she said were all pretend .
`` I never understood how anyone believed those poses were sexy , '' she later said .
`` To be tied up ?
I do n't get it . ''
`` She was a remarkable woman , truly someone that changed the social norms , not only here in this country , but also around the world , '' Roesler said .
`` While Jackie Robinson was changing the racial attitudes , Bettie Page was changing our attitudes on sex .
She became a James Dean type of 'rebel ' figure as she allowed people to be less inhibited and look at sex in a different way . ''
Saucy photos of Paige in skimpy clothing or none at all helped to lead the way for the sexual revolution of the nineteen sixties .
Page suddenly disappeared from the scene in 1958 .
It was only decades later revealed that she re-emerged to explain that she underwent a religious conversion and moved to Florida .
Her life took a dark turn starting in 1978 after her third marriage failed , Roesler said .
Page went through `` some mental instability , violent mood swings , and serious trouble with the law '' and was eventually diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic , according to her bio .
Page reappeared in public in December 2003 for Playboy 's 50th anniversary party , where she made a grand entrance with Anna Nicole Smith .
It was the only time in the past 50 years that Page allowed her photograph to be taken , Roesler said .
A private funeral service is planned for Tuesday .
Page will buried at Westwood Cemetery in Los Angeles , just a few feet away from Monroe . |
4_6ecb.xml_10 | train | ent | 4_6ecb.xml | 0 | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent . | 34 | 34 | 178 | 183 | agent | HUM17394511845366898 | agent | ['legendary', 'pinup', 'queen', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'pneumonia', 'age', '85', 'los', 'angeles', 'california', 'hospital', 'thursday', 'week', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'accord', 'her', 'agent'] | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her <m> agent </m> . | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her <m> agent </m> .
Pinup queen Bettie Page was credited with helping to usher in the sexual revolution .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' said agent Mark Roesler in a written statement .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Page , said to be one of the most photographed people of the past century , became a recluse in recent decades .
Yet , her images continued to be used around the world to market Bettie Page action figures , clothing lines and other merchandise .
`` Her popularity as an underground , guilty pleasures phenomenon has continued to soar despite the fact that the reclusive Page disappeared almost a half century ago , leading many to believe that one of the most photographed individuals of the 20th century was already dead . ''
Roesler said .
The Web site , BettiePage.com , logs about 20 million hits a month , Roesler said .
A TVGuide.com poll recently placed Bettie Page as the `` ultimate sex goddess , '' outscoring others such as Marilyn Monroe .
Page was born to a poor family in Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
While her birth certificate spelled her name `` Betty , '' she changed the spelling later in life to `` Bettie . ''
At a time when few women pursued a college education , Page earned a bachelor of arts degree in education from Peabody College in Tennessee in 1944 , according to her official biography .
Her teaching career , however , was hampered by her looks , she said .
`` I could n't control my students , especially the boys , '' she is quoted as saying .
After her modeling career ended , Page returned to Peabody College to work on a master 's degree , the bio said .
Her Southern drawl and a refusal to sleep with a Hollywood producer hampered her acting career , according to her bio .
`` I did n't like his looks , '' Page said .
`` I would n't have gone to bed with him anyway .
He was a creep .
He drove off in his big car and scolded me,
'You 'll be sorry . '
I was n't . ''
Page said she regretted not accepting studio boss Jack Warner 's offer of another screen-test , but it came while she was trying to save her marriage to her first husband , Billy Neal .
Her modeling breakthrough began after she divorced Neal in 1947 when she met a police officer whose hobby was photography .
He suggested the black bangs , which became her trademark , her bio said .
Not long after , her images were everywhere , gracing magazine covers and locker pin-ups .
Page wore nothing but a Santa hat in Playboy 's January 1955 centerfold .
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said her appearance in his magazine 's first year was a milestone .
`` She became , in time , an American icon , her winning smile and effervescent personality apparent in every pose , '' Hefner said .
`` A kinky connection was added by Irving Klaw 's spanking , fetish and bondage photos , which became part of the Bettie Page mystique , '' Hefner said .
`` They were playful parodies that are now perceived as the early inspiration for Madonna 's excursions into the realm of sexual perversion . ''
Perhaps the most memorable photos of Page were her bondage poses , which she said were all pretend .
`` I never understood how anyone believed those poses were sexy , '' she later said .
`` To be tied up ?
I do n't get it . ''
`` She was a remarkable woman , truly someone that changed the social norms , not only here in this country , but also around the world , '' Roesler said .
`` While Jackie Robinson was changing the racial attitudes , Bettie Page was changing our attitudes on sex .
She became a James Dean type of 'rebel ' figure as she allowed people to be less inhibited and look at sex in a different way . ''
Saucy photos of Paige in skimpy clothing or none at all helped to lead the way for the sexual revolution of the nineteen sixties .
Page suddenly disappeared from the scene in 1958 .
It was only decades later revealed that she re-emerged to explain that she underwent a religious conversion and moved to Florida .
Her life took a dark turn starting in 1978 after her third marriage failed , Roesler said .
Page went through `` some mental instability , violent mood swings , and serious trouble with the law '' and was eventually diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic , according to her bio .
Page reappeared in public in December 2003 for Playboy 's 50th anniversary party , where she made a grand entrance with Anna Nicole Smith .
It was the only time in the past 50 years that Page allowed her photograph to be taken , Roesler said .
A private funeral service is planned for Tuesday .
Page will buried at Westwood Cemetery in Los Angeles , just a few feet away from Monroe . |
4_6ecb.xml_11 | train | ent | 4_6ecb.xml | 0 | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent . | 21 | 21 | 110 | 118 | Thursday | TIM16370411076342322 | Thursday | ['legendary', 'pinup', 'queen', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'pneumonia', 'age', '85', 'los', 'angeles', 'california', 'hospital', 'thursday', 'week', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'accord', 'her', 'agent'] | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital <m> Thursday </m> , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent . | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital <m> Thursday </m> , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent .
Pinup queen Bettie Page was credited with helping to usher in the sexual revolution .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' said agent Mark Roesler in a written statement .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Page , said to be one of the most photographed people of the past century , became a recluse in recent decades .
Yet , her images continued to be used around the world to market Bettie Page action figures , clothing lines and other merchandise .
`` Her popularity as an underground , guilty pleasures phenomenon has continued to soar despite the fact that the reclusive Page disappeared almost a half century ago , leading many to believe that one of the most photographed individuals of the 20th century was already dead . ''
Roesler said .
The Web site , BettiePage.com , logs about 20 million hits a month , Roesler said .
A TVGuide.com poll recently placed Bettie Page as the `` ultimate sex goddess , '' outscoring others such as Marilyn Monroe .
Page was born to a poor family in Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
While her birth certificate spelled her name `` Betty , '' she changed the spelling later in life to `` Bettie . ''
At a time when few women pursued a college education , Page earned a bachelor of arts degree in education from Peabody College in Tennessee in 1944 , according to her official biography .
Her teaching career , however , was hampered by her looks , she said .
`` I could n't control my students , especially the boys , '' she is quoted as saying .
After her modeling career ended , Page returned to Peabody College to work on a master 's degree , the bio said .
Her Southern drawl and a refusal to sleep with a Hollywood producer hampered her acting career , according to her bio .
`` I did n't like his looks , '' Page said .
`` I would n't have gone to bed with him anyway .
He was a creep .
He drove off in his big car and scolded me,
'You 'll be sorry . '
I was n't . ''
Page said she regretted not accepting studio boss Jack Warner 's offer of another screen-test , but it came while she was trying to save her marriage to her first husband , Billy Neal .
Her modeling breakthrough began after she divorced Neal in 1947 when she met a police officer whose hobby was photography .
He suggested the black bangs , which became her trademark , her bio said .
Not long after , her images were everywhere , gracing magazine covers and locker pin-ups .
Page wore nothing but a Santa hat in Playboy 's January 1955 centerfold .
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said her appearance in his magazine 's first year was a milestone .
`` She became , in time , an American icon , her winning smile and effervescent personality apparent in every pose , '' Hefner said .
`` A kinky connection was added by Irving Klaw 's spanking , fetish and bondage photos , which became part of the Bettie Page mystique , '' Hefner said .
`` They were playful parodies that are now perceived as the early inspiration for Madonna 's excursions into the realm of sexual perversion . ''
Perhaps the most memorable photos of Page were her bondage poses , which she said were all pretend .
`` I never understood how anyone believed those poses were sexy , '' she later said .
`` To be tied up ?
I do n't get it . ''
`` She was a remarkable woman , truly someone that changed the social norms , not only here in this country , but also around the world , '' Roesler said .
`` While Jackie Robinson was changing the racial attitudes , Bettie Page was changing our attitudes on sex .
She became a James Dean type of 'rebel ' figure as she allowed people to be less inhibited and look at sex in a different way . ''
Saucy photos of Paige in skimpy clothing or none at all helped to lead the way for the sexual revolution of the nineteen sixties .
Page suddenly disappeared from the scene in 1958 .
It was only decades later revealed that she re-emerged to explain that she underwent a religious conversion and moved to Florida .
Her life took a dark turn starting in 1978 after her third marriage failed , Roesler said .
Page went through `` some mental instability , violent mood swings , and serious trouble with the law '' and was eventually diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic , according to her bio .
Page reappeared in public in December 2003 for Playboy 's 50th anniversary party , where she made a grand entrance with Anna Nicole Smith .
It was the only time in the past 50 years that Page allowed her photograph to be taken , Roesler said .
A private funeral service is planned for Tuesday .
Page will buried at Westwood Cemetery in Los Angeles , just a few feet away from Monroe . |
4_6ecb.xml_19 | train | ent | 4_6ecb.xml | 0 | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent . | 13 | 20 | 69 | 109 | in a Los Angeles , California , hospital | LOC16369849809365357 | California | ['legendary', 'pinup', 'queen', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'pneumonia', 'age', '85', 'los', 'angeles', 'california', 'hospital', 'thursday', 'week', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'accord', 'her', 'agent'] | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 <m> in a Los Angeles , California , hospital </m> Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent . | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 <m> in a Los Angeles , California , hospital </m> Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent .
Pinup queen Bettie Page was credited with helping to usher in the sexual revolution .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' said agent Mark Roesler in a written statement .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Page , said to be one of the most photographed people of the past century , became a recluse in recent decades .
Yet , her images continued to be used around the world to market Bettie Page action figures , clothing lines and other merchandise .
`` Her popularity as an underground , guilty pleasures phenomenon has continued to soar despite the fact that the reclusive Page disappeared almost a half century ago , leading many to believe that one of the most photographed individuals of the 20th century was already dead . ''
Roesler said .
The Web site , BettiePage.com , logs about 20 million hits a month , Roesler said .
A TVGuide.com poll recently placed Bettie Page as the `` ultimate sex goddess , '' outscoring others such as Marilyn Monroe .
Page was born to a poor family in Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
While her birth certificate spelled her name `` Betty , '' she changed the spelling later in life to `` Bettie . ''
At a time when few women pursued a college education , Page earned a bachelor of arts degree in education from Peabody College in Tennessee in 1944 , according to her official biography .
Her teaching career , however , was hampered by her looks , she said .
`` I could n't control my students , especially the boys , '' she is quoted as saying .
After her modeling career ended , Page returned to Peabody College to work on a master 's degree , the bio said .
Her Southern drawl and a refusal to sleep with a Hollywood producer hampered her acting career , according to her bio .
`` I did n't like his looks , '' Page said .
`` I would n't have gone to bed with him anyway .
He was a creep .
He drove off in his big car and scolded me,
'You 'll be sorry . '
I was n't . ''
Page said she regretted not accepting studio boss Jack Warner 's offer of another screen-test , but it came while she was trying to save her marriage to her first husband , Billy Neal .
Her modeling breakthrough began after she divorced Neal in 1947 when she met a police officer whose hobby was photography .
He suggested the black bangs , which became her trademark , her bio said .
Not long after , her images were everywhere , gracing magazine covers and locker pin-ups .
Page wore nothing but a Santa hat in Playboy 's January 1955 centerfold .
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said her appearance in his magazine 's first year was a milestone .
`` She became , in time , an American icon , her winning smile and effervescent personality apparent in every pose , '' Hefner said .
`` A kinky connection was added by Irving Klaw 's spanking , fetish and bondage photos , which became part of the Bettie Page mystique , '' Hefner said .
`` They were playful parodies that are now perceived as the early inspiration for Madonna 's excursions into the realm of sexual perversion . ''
Perhaps the most memorable photos of Page were her bondage poses , which she said were all pretend .
`` I never understood how anyone believed those poses were sexy , '' she later said .
`` To be tied up ?
I do n't get it . ''
`` She was a remarkable woman , truly someone that changed the social norms , not only here in this country , but also around the world , '' Roesler said .
`` While Jackie Robinson was changing the racial attitudes , Bettie Page was changing our attitudes on sex .
She became a James Dean type of 'rebel ' figure as she allowed people to be less inhibited and look at sex in a different way . ''
Saucy photos of Paige in skimpy clothing or none at all helped to lead the way for the sexual revolution of the nineteen sixties .
Page suddenly disappeared from the scene in 1958 .
It was only decades later revealed that she re-emerged to explain that she underwent a religious conversion and moved to Florida .
Her life took a dark turn starting in 1978 after her third marriage failed , Roesler said .
Page went through `` some mental instability , violent mood swings , and serious trouble with the law '' and was eventually diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic , according to her bio .
Page reappeared in public in December 2003 for Playboy 's 50th anniversary party , where she made a grand entrance with Anna Nicole Smith .
It was the only time in the past 50 years that Page allowed her photograph to be taken , Roesler said .
A private funeral service is planned for Tuesday .
Page will buried at Westwood Cemetery in Los Angeles , just a few feet away from Monroe . |
4_6ecb.xml_12 | train | evt | 4_6ecb.xml | 0 | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent . | 5 | 5 | 34 | 38 | died | ACT16369833899538926 | die | ['legendary', 'pinup', 'queen', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'pneumonia', 'age', '85', 'los', 'angeles', 'california', 'hospital', 'thursday', 'week', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'accord', 'her', 'agent'] | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page <m> died </m> of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent . | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page <m> died </m> of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent .
Pinup queen Bettie Page was credited with helping to usher in the sexual revolution .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' said agent Mark Roesler in a written statement .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Page , said to be one of the most photographed people of the past century , became a recluse in recent decades .
Yet , her images continued to be used around the world to market Bettie Page action figures , clothing lines and other merchandise .
`` Her popularity as an underground , guilty pleasures phenomenon has continued to soar despite the fact that the reclusive Page disappeared almost a half century ago , leading many to believe that one of the most photographed individuals of the 20th century was already dead . ''
Roesler said .
The Web site , BettiePage.com , logs about 20 million hits a month , Roesler said .
A TVGuide.com poll recently placed Bettie Page as the `` ultimate sex goddess , '' outscoring others such as Marilyn Monroe .
Page was born to a poor family in Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
While her birth certificate spelled her name `` Betty , '' she changed the spelling later in life to `` Bettie . ''
At a time when few women pursued a college education , Page earned a bachelor of arts degree in education from Peabody College in Tennessee in 1944 , according to her official biography .
Her teaching career , however , was hampered by her looks , she said .
`` I could n't control my students , especially the boys , '' she is quoted as saying .
After her modeling career ended , Page returned to Peabody College to work on a master 's degree , the bio said .
Her Southern drawl and a refusal to sleep with a Hollywood producer hampered her acting career , according to her bio .
`` I did n't like his looks , '' Page said .
`` I would n't have gone to bed with him anyway .
He was a creep .
He drove off in his big car and scolded me,
'You 'll be sorry . '
I was n't . ''
Page said she regretted not accepting studio boss Jack Warner 's offer of another screen-test , but it came while she was trying to save her marriage to her first husband , Billy Neal .
Her modeling breakthrough began after she divorced Neal in 1947 when she met a police officer whose hobby was photography .
He suggested the black bangs , which became her trademark , her bio said .
Not long after , her images were everywhere , gracing magazine covers and locker pin-ups .
Page wore nothing but a Santa hat in Playboy 's January 1955 centerfold .
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said her appearance in his magazine 's first year was a milestone .
`` She became , in time , an American icon , her winning smile and effervescent personality apparent in every pose , '' Hefner said .
`` A kinky connection was added by Irving Klaw 's spanking , fetish and bondage photos , which became part of the Bettie Page mystique , '' Hefner said .
`` They were playful parodies that are now perceived as the early inspiration for Madonna 's excursions into the realm of sexual perversion . ''
Perhaps the most memorable photos of Page were her bondage poses , which she said were all pretend .
`` I never understood how anyone believed those poses were sexy , '' she later said .
`` To be tied up ?
I do n't get it . ''
`` She was a remarkable woman , truly someone that changed the social norms , not only here in this country , but also around the world , '' Roesler said .
`` While Jackie Robinson was changing the racial attitudes , Bettie Page was changing our attitudes on sex .
She became a James Dean type of 'rebel ' figure as she allowed people to be less inhibited and look at sex in a different way . ''
Saucy photos of Paige in skimpy clothing or none at all helped to lead the way for the sexual revolution of the nineteen sixties .
Page suddenly disappeared from the scene in 1958 .
It was only decades later revealed that she re-emerged to explain that she underwent a religious conversion and moved to Florida .
Her life took a dark turn starting in 1978 after her third marriage failed , Roesler said .
Page went through `` some mental instability , violent mood swings , and serious trouble with the law '' and was eventually diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic , according to her bio .
Page reappeared in public in December 2003 for Playboy 's 50th anniversary party , where she made a grand entrance with Anna Nicole Smith .
It was the only time in the past 50 years that Page allowed her photograph to be taken , Roesler said .
A private funeral service is planned for Tuesday .
Page will buried at Westwood Cemetery in Los Angeles , just a few feet away from Monroe . |
4_6ecb.xml_13 | train | evt | 4_6ecb.xml | 0 | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent . | 26 | 26 | 134 | 143 | suffering | ACT17394598357871441 | suffer | ['legendary', 'pinup', 'queen', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'pneumonia', 'age', '85', 'los', 'angeles', 'california', 'hospital', 'thursday', 'week', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'accord', 'her', 'agent'] | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after <m> suffering </m> a heart attack , according to her agent . | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after <m> suffering </m> a heart attack , according to her agent .
Pinup queen Bettie Page was credited with helping to usher in the sexual revolution .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' said agent Mark Roesler in a written statement .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Page , said to be one of the most photographed people of the past century , became a recluse in recent decades .
Yet , her images continued to be used around the world to market Bettie Page action figures , clothing lines and other merchandise .
`` Her popularity as an underground , guilty pleasures phenomenon has continued to soar despite the fact that the reclusive Page disappeared almost a half century ago , leading many to believe that one of the most photographed individuals of the 20th century was already dead . ''
Roesler said .
The Web site , BettiePage.com , logs about 20 million hits a month , Roesler said .
A TVGuide.com poll recently placed Bettie Page as the `` ultimate sex goddess , '' outscoring others such as Marilyn Monroe .
Page was born to a poor family in Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
While her birth certificate spelled her name `` Betty , '' she changed the spelling later in life to `` Bettie . ''
At a time when few women pursued a college education , Page earned a bachelor of arts degree in education from Peabody College in Tennessee in 1944 , according to her official biography .
Her teaching career , however , was hampered by her looks , she said .
`` I could n't control my students , especially the boys , '' she is quoted as saying .
After her modeling career ended , Page returned to Peabody College to work on a master 's degree , the bio said .
Her Southern drawl and a refusal to sleep with a Hollywood producer hampered her acting career , according to her bio .
`` I did n't like his looks , '' Page said .
`` I would n't have gone to bed with him anyway .
He was a creep .
He drove off in his big car and scolded me,
'You 'll be sorry . '
I was n't . ''
Page said she regretted not accepting studio boss Jack Warner 's offer of another screen-test , but it came while she was trying to save her marriage to her first husband , Billy Neal .
Her modeling breakthrough began after she divorced Neal in 1947 when she met a police officer whose hobby was photography .
He suggested the black bangs , which became her trademark , her bio said .
Not long after , her images were everywhere , gracing magazine covers and locker pin-ups .
Page wore nothing but a Santa hat in Playboy 's January 1955 centerfold .
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said her appearance in his magazine 's first year was a milestone .
`` She became , in time , an American icon , her winning smile and effervescent personality apparent in every pose , '' Hefner said .
`` A kinky connection was added by Irving Klaw 's spanking , fetish and bondage photos , which became part of the Bettie Page mystique , '' Hefner said .
`` They were playful parodies that are now perceived as the early inspiration for Madonna 's excursions into the realm of sexual perversion . ''
Perhaps the most memorable photos of Page were her bondage poses , which she said were all pretend .
`` I never understood how anyone believed those poses were sexy , '' she later said .
`` To be tied up ?
I do n't get it . ''
`` She was a remarkable woman , truly someone that changed the social norms , not only here in this country , but also around the world , '' Roesler said .
`` While Jackie Robinson was changing the racial attitudes , Bettie Page was changing our attitudes on sex .
She became a James Dean type of 'rebel ' figure as she allowed people to be less inhibited and look at sex in a different way . ''
Saucy photos of Paige in skimpy clothing or none at all helped to lead the way for the sexual revolution of the nineteen sixties .
Page suddenly disappeared from the scene in 1958 .
It was only decades later revealed that she re-emerged to explain that she underwent a religious conversion and moved to Florida .
Her life took a dark turn starting in 1978 after her third marriage failed , Roesler said .
Page went through `` some mental instability , violent mood swings , and serious trouble with the law '' and was eventually diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic , according to her bio .
Page reappeared in public in December 2003 for Playboy 's 50th anniversary party , where she made a grand entrance with Anna Nicole Smith .
It was the only time in the past 50 years that Page allowed her photograph to be taken , Roesler said .
A private funeral service is planned for Tuesday .
Page will buried at Westwood Cemetery in Los Angeles , just a few feet away from Monroe . |
4_6ecb.xml_14 | train | evt | 4_6ecb.xml | 0 | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent . | 7 | 7 | 42 | 51 | pneumonia | ACT16370401314152884 | pneumonia | ['legendary', 'pinup', 'queen', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'pneumonia', 'age', '85', 'los', 'angeles', 'california', 'hospital', 'thursday', 'week', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'accord', 'her', 'agent'] | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of <m> pneumonia </m> at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent . | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of <m> pneumonia </m> at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent .
Pinup queen Bettie Page was credited with helping to usher in the sexual revolution .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' said agent Mark Roesler in a written statement .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Page , said to be one of the most photographed people of the past century , became a recluse in recent decades .
Yet , her images continued to be used around the world to market Bettie Page action figures , clothing lines and other merchandise .
`` Her popularity as an underground , guilty pleasures phenomenon has continued to soar despite the fact that the reclusive Page disappeared almost a half century ago , leading many to believe that one of the most photographed individuals of the 20th century was already dead . ''
Roesler said .
The Web site , BettiePage.com , logs about 20 million hits a month , Roesler said .
A TVGuide.com poll recently placed Bettie Page as the `` ultimate sex goddess , '' outscoring others such as Marilyn Monroe .
Page was born to a poor family in Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
While her birth certificate spelled her name `` Betty , '' she changed the spelling later in life to `` Bettie . ''
At a time when few women pursued a college education , Page earned a bachelor of arts degree in education from Peabody College in Tennessee in 1944 , according to her official biography .
Her teaching career , however , was hampered by her looks , she said .
`` I could n't control my students , especially the boys , '' she is quoted as saying .
After her modeling career ended , Page returned to Peabody College to work on a master 's degree , the bio said .
Her Southern drawl and a refusal to sleep with a Hollywood producer hampered her acting career , according to her bio .
`` I did n't like his looks , '' Page said .
`` I would n't have gone to bed with him anyway .
He was a creep .
He drove off in his big car and scolded me,
'You 'll be sorry . '
I was n't . ''
Page said she regretted not accepting studio boss Jack Warner 's offer of another screen-test , but it came while she was trying to save her marriage to her first husband , Billy Neal .
Her modeling breakthrough began after she divorced Neal in 1947 when she met a police officer whose hobby was photography .
He suggested the black bangs , which became her trademark , her bio said .
Not long after , her images were everywhere , gracing magazine covers and locker pin-ups .
Page wore nothing but a Santa hat in Playboy 's January 1955 centerfold .
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said her appearance in his magazine 's first year was a milestone .
`` She became , in time , an American icon , her winning smile and effervescent personality apparent in every pose , '' Hefner said .
`` A kinky connection was added by Irving Klaw 's spanking , fetish and bondage photos , which became part of the Bettie Page mystique , '' Hefner said .
`` They were playful parodies that are now perceived as the early inspiration for Madonna 's excursions into the realm of sexual perversion . ''
Perhaps the most memorable photos of Page were her bondage poses , which she said were all pretend .
`` I never understood how anyone believed those poses were sexy , '' she later said .
`` To be tied up ?
I do n't get it . ''
`` She was a remarkable woman , truly someone that changed the social norms , not only here in this country , but also around the world , '' Roesler said .
`` While Jackie Robinson was changing the racial attitudes , Bettie Page was changing our attitudes on sex .
She became a James Dean type of 'rebel ' figure as she allowed people to be less inhibited and look at sex in a different way . ''
Saucy photos of Paige in skimpy clothing or none at all helped to lead the way for the sexual revolution of the nineteen sixties .
Page suddenly disappeared from the scene in 1958 .
It was only decades later revealed that she re-emerged to explain that she underwent a religious conversion and moved to Florida .
Her life took a dark turn starting in 1978 after her third marriage failed , Roesler said .
Page went through `` some mental instability , violent mood swings , and serious trouble with the law '' and was eventually diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic , according to her bio .
Page reappeared in public in December 2003 for Playboy 's 50th anniversary party , where she made a grand entrance with Anna Nicole Smith .
It was the only time in the past 50 years that Page allowed her photograph to be taken , Roesler said .
A private funeral service is planned for Tuesday .
Page will buried at Westwood Cemetery in Los Angeles , just a few feet away from Monroe . |
4_6ecb.xml_15 | train | evt | 4_6ecb.xml | 0 | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a heart attack , according to her agent . | 28 | 29 | 146 | 158 | heart attack | ACT16370025610067695 | attack | ['legendary', 'pinup', 'queen', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'pneumonia', 'age', '85', 'los', 'angeles', 'california', 'hospital', 'thursday', 'week', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'accord', 'her', 'agent'] | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a <m> heart attack </m> , according to her agent . | Legendary pinup queen Bettie Page died of pneumonia at the age of 85 in a Los Angeles , California , hospital Thursday , a week after suffering a <m> heart attack </m> , according to her agent .
Pinup queen Bettie Page was credited with helping to usher in the sexual revolution .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' said agent Mark Roesler in a written statement .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Page , said to be one of the most photographed people of the past century , became a recluse in recent decades .
Yet , her images continued to be used around the world to market Bettie Page action figures , clothing lines and other merchandise .
`` Her popularity as an underground , guilty pleasures phenomenon has continued to soar despite the fact that the reclusive Page disappeared almost a half century ago , leading many to believe that one of the most photographed individuals of the 20th century was already dead . ''
Roesler said .
The Web site , BettiePage.com , logs about 20 million hits a month , Roesler said .
A TVGuide.com poll recently placed Bettie Page as the `` ultimate sex goddess , '' outscoring others such as Marilyn Monroe .
Page was born to a poor family in Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
While her birth certificate spelled her name `` Betty , '' she changed the spelling later in life to `` Bettie . ''
At a time when few women pursued a college education , Page earned a bachelor of arts degree in education from Peabody College in Tennessee in 1944 , according to her official biography .
Her teaching career , however , was hampered by her looks , she said .
`` I could n't control my students , especially the boys , '' she is quoted as saying .
After her modeling career ended , Page returned to Peabody College to work on a master 's degree , the bio said .
Her Southern drawl and a refusal to sleep with a Hollywood producer hampered her acting career , according to her bio .
`` I did n't like his looks , '' Page said .
`` I would n't have gone to bed with him anyway .
He was a creep .
He drove off in his big car and scolded me,
'You 'll be sorry . '
I was n't . ''
Page said she regretted not accepting studio boss Jack Warner 's offer of another screen-test , but it came while she was trying to save her marriage to her first husband , Billy Neal .
Her modeling breakthrough began after she divorced Neal in 1947 when she met a police officer whose hobby was photography .
He suggested the black bangs , which became her trademark , her bio said .
Not long after , her images were everywhere , gracing magazine covers and locker pin-ups .
Page wore nothing but a Santa hat in Playboy 's January 1955 centerfold .
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said her appearance in his magazine 's first year was a milestone .
`` She became , in time , an American icon , her winning smile and effervescent personality apparent in every pose , '' Hefner said .
`` A kinky connection was added by Irving Klaw 's spanking , fetish and bondage photos , which became part of the Bettie Page mystique , '' Hefner said .
`` They were playful parodies that are now perceived as the early inspiration for Madonna 's excursions into the realm of sexual perversion . ''
Perhaps the most memorable photos of Page were her bondage poses , which she said were all pretend .
`` I never understood how anyone believed those poses were sexy , '' she later said .
`` To be tied up ?
I do n't get it . ''
`` She was a remarkable woman , truly someone that changed the social norms , not only here in this country , but also around the world , '' Roesler said .
`` While Jackie Robinson was changing the racial attitudes , Bettie Page was changing our attitudes on sex .
She became a James Dean type of 'rebel ' figure as she allowed people to be less inhibited and look at sex in a different way . ''
Saucy photos of Paige in skimpy clothing or none at all helped to lead the way for the sexual revolution of the nineteen sixties .
Page suddenly disappeared from the scene in 1958 .
It was only decades later revealed that she re-emerged to explain that she underwent a religious conversion and moved to Florida .
Her life took a dark turn starting in 1978 after her third marriage failed , Roesler said .
Page went through `` some mental instability , violent mood swings , and serious trouble with the law '' and was eventually diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic , according to her bio .
Page reappeared in public in December 2003 for Playboy 's 50th anniversary party , where she made a grand entrance with Anna Nicole Smith .
It was the only time in the past 50 years that Page allowed her photograph to be taken , Roesler said .
A private funeral service is planned for Tuesday .
Page will buried at Westwood Cemetery in Los Angeles , just a few feet away from Monroe . |
4_8ecbplus.xml_20 | train | ent | 4_8ecbplus.xml | 5 | As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter . | 14 | 14 | 72 | 79 | Twitter | 10000000974 | Twitter | ['news', 'her', 'death', 'spread', 'thursday', 'pinup', 'shot', 'she', 'circulate', 'twitter'] | As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on <m> Twitter </m> . | http : / / www . huffingtonpost . com / 2013 / 06 / 06 / esther - williams - dead - dies _ n _ 3397642 . html
Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on <m> Twitter </m> .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . |
4_8ecbplus.xml_11 | train | ent | 4_8ecbplus.xml | 5 | As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter . | 11 | 11 | 54 | 57 | her | HUM16195623414690294 | she | ['news', 'her', 'death', 'spread', 'thursday', 'pinup', 'shot', 'she', 'circulate', 'twitter'] | As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of <m> her </m> circulated on Twitter . | http : / / www . huffingtonpost . com / 2013 / 06 / 06 / esther - williams - dead - dies _ n _ 3397642 . html
Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of <m> her </m> circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . |
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Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor <m> Star </m> Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . |
4_8ecbplus.xml_5 | train | ent | 4_8ecbplus.xml | 6 | Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . | 4 | 5 | 19 | 32 | Lorenzo Lamas | HUM16196464499810461 | Lorenzo | ["lamas'", 'son', 'actor', 'lorenzo', 'lamas', 'tweet', 'thursday', '"my', 'stepmom', 'esther', 'williams', 'pass', 'peacefully', 'morning'] | Lamas' son , actor <m> Lorenzo Lamas </m> , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . | http : / / www . huffingtonpost . com / 2013 / 06 / 06 / esther - williams - dead - dies _ n _ 3397642 . html
Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor <m> Lorenzo Lamas </m> , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . |
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<m> Esther Williams </m> Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . |
4_8ecbplus.xml_35 | train | ent | 4_8ecbplus.xml | 5 | As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter . | 9 | 9 | 45 | 50 | shots | NON16410524045901749 | shot | ['news', 'her', 'death', 'spread', 'thursday', 'pinup', 'shot', 'she', 'circulate', 'twitter'] | As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup <m> shots </m> of her circulated on Twitter . | http : / / www . huffingtonpost . com / 2013 / 06 / 06 / esther - williams - dead - dies _ n _ 3397642 . html
Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup <m> shots </m> of her circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . |
4_8ecbplus.xml_3 | train | ent | 4_8ecbplus.xml | 5 | As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter . | 6 | 6 | 28 | 36 | Thursday | TIM16195893828310568 | Thursday | ['news', 'her', 'death', 'spread', 'thursday', 'pinup', 'shot', 'she', 'circulate', 'twitter'] | As news of her death spread <m> Thursday </m> , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter . | http : / / www . huffingtonpost . com / 2013 / 06 / 06 / esther - williams - dead - dies _ n _ 3397642 . html
Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her death spread <m> Thursday </m> , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . |
4_8ecbplus.xml_4 | train | ent | 4_8ecbplus.xml | 6 | Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . | 8 | 8 | 43 | 51 | Thursday | TIM16195893828310568 | Thursday | ["lamas'", 'son', 'actor', 'lorenzo', 'lamas', 'tweet', 'thursday', '"my', 'stepmom', 'esther', 'williams', 'pass', 'peacefully', 'morning'] | Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted <m> Thursday </m> : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . | http : / / www . huffingtonpost . com / 2013 / 06 / 06 / esther - williams - dead - dies _ n _ 3397642 . html
Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted <m> Thursday </m> : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . |
4_8ecbplus.xml_43 | train | ent | 4_8ecbplus.xml | 6 | Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . | 11 | 13 | 58 | 81 | stepmom Esther Williams | HUM16195623414690294 | Williams | ["lamas'", 'son', 'actor', 'lorenzo', 'lamas', 'tweet', 'thursday', '"my', 'stepmom', 'esther', 'williams', 'pass', 'peacefully', 'morning'] | Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My <m> stepmom Esther Williams </m> passed peacefully this morning . | http : / / www . huffingtonpost . com / 2013 / 06 / 06 / esther - williams - dead - dies _ n _ 3397642 . html
Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My <m> stepmom Esther Williams </m> passed peacefully this morning . |
4_8ecbplus.xml_44 | train | ent | 4_8ecbplus.xml | 5 | As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter . | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | her | HUM16195623414690294 | her | ['news', 'her', 'death', 'spread', 'thursday', 'pinup', 'shot', 'she', 'circulate', 'twitter'] | As news of <m> her </m> death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter . | http : / / www . huffingtonpost . com / 2013 / 06 / 06 / esther - williams - dead - dies _ n _ 3397642 . html
Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of <m> her </m> death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . |
4_8ecbplus.xml_46 | train | ent | 4_8ecbplus.xml | 6 | Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . | 16 | 17 | 100 | 112 | this morning | TIM16195893828310568 | morning | ["lamas'", 'son', 'actor', 'lorenzo', 'lamas', 'tweet', 'thursday', '"my', 'stepmom', 'esther', 'williams', 'pass', 'peacefully', 'morning'] | Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully <m> this morning </m> . | http : / / www . huffingtonpost . com / 2013 / 06 / 06 / esther - williams - dead - dies _ n _ 3397642 . html
Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully <m> this morning </m> . |
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Esther Williams <m> Dead </m> : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . |
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Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her <m> death </m> spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . |
4_8ecbplus.xml_18 | train | evt | 4_8ecbplus.xml | 5 | As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter . | 12 | 12 | 58 | 68 | circulated | 10000000975 | circulate | ['news', 'her', 'death', 'spread', 'thursday', 'pinup', 'shot', 'she', 'circulate', 'twitter'] | As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her <m> circulated </m> on Twitter . | http : / / www . huffingtonpost . com / 2013 / 06 / 06 / esther - williams - dead - dies _ n _ 3397642 . html
Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her <m> circulated </m> on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . |
4_8ecbplus.xml_22 | train | evt | 4_8ecbplus.xml | 1 | Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 44 | Dies | ACT16194654011907361 | die | ['esther', 'williams', 'dead', 'technicolor', 'star', 'die', 'age', '91'] | Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star <m> Dies </m> At Age 91 | http : / / www . huffingtonpost . com / 2013 / 06 / 06 / esther - williams - dead - dies _ n _ 3397642 . html
Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star <m> Dies </m> At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . |
4_8ecbplus.xml_34 | train | evt | 4_8ecbplus.xml | 5 | As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | news | 10000000976 | news | ['news', 'her', 'death', 'spread', 'thursday', 'pinup', 'shot', 'she', 'circulate', 'twitter'] | As <m> news </m> of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter . | http : / / www . huffingtonpost . com / 2013 / 06 / 06 / esther - williams - dead - dies _ n _ 3397642 . html
Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As <m> news </m> of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . |
4_8ecbplus.xml_37 | train | evt | 4_8ecbplus.xml | 6 | Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . | 14 | 14 | 82 | 88 | passed | ACT16194654011907361 | pass | ["lamas'", 'son', 'actor', 'lorenzo', 'lamas', 'tweet', 'thursday', '"my', 'stepmom', 'esther', 'williams', 'pass', 'peacefully', 'morning'] | Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams <m> passed </m> peacefully this morning . | http : / / www . huffingtonpost . com / 2013 / 06 / 06 / esther - williams - dead - dies _ n _ 3397642 . html
Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams <m> passed </m> peacefully this morning . |
4_8ecbplus.xml_39 | train | evt | 4_8ecbplus.xml | 5 | As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter . | 5 | 5 | 21 | 27 | spread | 10000000977 | spread | ['news', 'her', 'death', 'spread', 'thursday', 'pinup', 'shot', 'she', 'circulate', 'twitter'] | As news of her death <m> spread </m> Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter . | http : / / www . huffingtonpost . com / 2013 / 06 / 06 / esther - williams - dead - dies _ n _ 3397642 . html
Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her death <m> spread </m> Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . |
4_8ecbplus.xml_19 | train | evt | 4_8ecbplus.xml | 6 | Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , tweeted Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . | 7 | 7 | 35 | 42 | tweeted | ACT16194763888425533 | tweet | ["lamas'", 'son', 'actor', 'lorenzo', 'lamas', 'tweet', 'thursday', '"my', 'stepmom', 'esther', 'williams', 'pass', 'peacefully', 'morning'] | Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , <m> tweeted </m> Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . | http : / / www . huffingtonpost . com / 2013 / 06 / 06 / esther - williams - dead - dies _ n _ 3397642 . html
Esther Williams Dead : Technicolor Star Dies At Age 91
06 / 06 / 13 07 : 05 PM ET EDT
The self - described "Million Dollar Mermaid , " whose wholesome beauty , shapely figure and aquatic skills launched an entire genre of movies – the Technicolor "aqua musicals" – died Thursday at 91 .
She also was a favorite swimsuit pinup for GI's in World War II , and a refreshing presence among MGM's stellar gallery – warm , breezy , with a frankness and self - deprecating humor that delighted interviewers .
As news of her death spread Thursday , pinup shots of her circulated on Twitter .
Lamas' son , actor Lorenzo Lamas , <m> tweeted </m> Thursday : "My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning . |
4_3ecb.xml_15 | train | ent | 4_3ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | Bettie Page | HUM16370179946350392 | Bettie | ['bettie', 'page', 'trademark', 'raven', 'hair', 'risque', 'lingerie', 'bondage', 'pin-up', 'photo', 'she', 'cult', 'favorite', 'die', 'thursday', 'night', 'los', 'angeles', 'hospital', 'day', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack'] | <m> Bettie Page </m> , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | <m> Bettie Page </m> , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack .
She was 85 .
Page was born Betty Mae Page in Nashville , Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
Smart and ambitious as a teenager , she was the salutatorian of her high school graduation class and was voted `` Most Likely to Succeed . ''
She earned a scholarship to attend George Peabody College , where she studied acting .
Page 's famous pin-up days lasted from 1951-1957 , where her slinky , curvy and scantily-clad or nude body graced magazines including Wink , Beauty Parade , Twitter and Playboy .
The Heff crowned Page Playmate of the Month in January of 1955 .
The same year she was also named , `` Miss Pinup Girl of the World . ''
Her photo and film work often depicted Page in pin-up , bondage or sadomasochistic themes , including the iconic ( and highest selling ) images of the model shown gagged and bound in a web of ropes from the Leopard Bikini Bound film .
Heffner told the AP on Thursday , `` I think that she was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society ...
She was a very dear person . ''
Page married twice ; the first marriage to Navy man Billy Neal lasted from 1943 to 1947 , and her second to Armond Walterson in 1958 to 1963 .
After the collapse of her second marriage , she suffered a nervous breakdown and soon after became a born-again Christian .
After attending Bible school , she wanted to serve as a missionary but was turned down because she had been divorced .
Instead , she worked full-time for evangelist Billy Graham 's ministry .
Bettie 's life and photos enjoyed a revival of interest in 1976 with the publishing of the book , A Nostalgic Look at Bettie Page .
Page was also celebrated in the 2006 HBO movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , starring Gretchen Mol . |
4_3ecb.xml_19 | train | ent | 4_3ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | 15 | 15 | 92 | 95 | her | HUM16370179946350392 | she | ['bettie', 'page', 'trademark', 'raven', 'hair', 'risque', 'lingerie', 'bondage', 'pin-up', 'photo', 'she', 'cult', 'favorite', 'die', 'thursday', 'night', 'los', 'angeles', 'hospital', 'day', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack'] | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made <m> her </m> a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made <m> her </m> a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack .
She was 85 .
Page was born Betty Mae Page in Nashville , Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
Smart and ambitious as a teenager , she was the salutatorian of her high school graduation class and was voted `` Most Likely to Succeed . ''
She earned a scholarship to attend George Peabody College , where she studied acting .
Page 's famous pin-up days lasted from 1951-1957 , where her slinky , curvy and scantily-clad or nude body graced magazines including Wink , Beauty Parade , Twitter and Playboy .
The Heff crowned Page Playmate of the Month in January of 1955 .
The same year she was also named , `` Miss Pinup Girl of the World . ''
Her photo and film work often depicted Page in pin-up , bondage or sadomasochistic themes , including the iconic ( and highest selling ) images of the model shown gagged and bound in a web of ropes from the Leopard Bikini Bound film .
Heffner told the AP on Thursday , `` I think that she was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society ...
She was a very dear person . ''
Page married twice ; the first marriage to Navy man Billy Neal lasted from 1943 to 1947 , and her second to Armond Walterson in 1958 to 1963 .
After the collapse of her second marriage , she suffered a nervous breakdown and soon after became a born-again Christian .
After attending Bible school , she wanted to serve as a missionary but was turned down because she had been divorced .
Instead , she worked full-time for evangelist Billy Graham 's ministry .
Bettie 's life and photos enjoyed a revival of interest in 1976 with the publishing of the book , A Nostalgic Look at Bettie Page .
Page was also celebrated in the 2006 HBO movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , starring Gretchen Mol . |
4_3ecb.xml_16 | train | ent | 4_3ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | 6 | 6 | 36 | 40 | hair | NON16370037460007888 | hair | ['bettie', 'page', 'trademark', 'raven', 'hair', 'risque', 'lingerie', 'bondage', 'pin-up', 'photo', 'she', 'cult', 'favorite', 'die', 'thursday', 'night', 'los', 'angeles', 'hospital', 'day', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack'] | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven <m> hair </m> and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven <m> hair </m> and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack .
She was 85 .
Page was born Betty Mae Page in Nashville , Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
Smart and ambitious as a teenager , she was the salutatorian of her high school graduation class and was voted `` Most Likely to Succeed . ''
She earned a scholarship to attend George Peabody College , where she studied acting .
Page 's famous pin-up days lasted from 1951-1957 , where her slinky , curvy and scantily-clad or nude body graced magazines including Wink , Beauty Parade , Twitter and Playboy .
The Heff crowned Page Playmate of the Month in January of 1955 .
The same year she was also named , `` Miss Pinup Girl of the World . ''
Her photo and film work often depicted Page in pin-up , bondage or sadomasochistic themes , including the iconic ( and highest selling ) images of the model shown gagged and bound in a web of ropes from the Leopard Bikini Bound film .
Heffner told the AP on Thursday , `` I think that she was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society ...
She was a very dear person . ''
Page married twice ; the first marriage to Navy man Billy Neal lasted from 1943 to 1947 , and her second to Armond Walterson in 1958 to 1963 .
After the collapse of her second marriage , she suffered a nervous breakdown and soon after became a born-again Christian .
After attending Bible school , she wanted to serve as a missionary but was turned down because she had been divorced .
Instead , she worked full-time for evangelist Billy Graham 's ministry .
Bettie 's life and photos enjoyed a revival of interest in 1976 with the publishing of the book , A Nostalgic Look at Bettie Page .
Page was also celebrated in the 2006 HBO movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , starring Gretchen Mol . |
4_3ecb.xml_17 | train | ent | 4_3ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | 9 | 9 | 52 | 60 | lingerie | 10000000978 | lingerie | ['bettie', 'page', 'trademark', 'raven', 'hair', 'risque', 'lingerie', 'bondage', 'pin-up', 'photo', 'she', 'cult', 'favorite', 'die', 'thursday', 'night', 'los', 'angeles', 'hospital', 'day', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack'] | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque <m> lingerie </m> and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque <m> lingerie </m> and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack .
She was 85 .
Page was born Betty Mae Page in Nashville , Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
Smart and ambitious as a teenager , she was the salutatorian of her high school graduation class and was voted `` Most Likely to Succeed . ''
She earned a scholarship to attend George Peabody College , where she studied acting .
Page 's famous pin-up days lasted from 1951-1957 , where her slinky , curvy and scantily-clad or nude body graced magazines including Wink , Beauty Parade , Twitter and Playboy .
The Heff crowned Page Playmate of the Month in January of 1955 .
The same year she was also named , `` Miss Pinup Girl of the World . ''
Her photo and film work often depicted Page in pin-up , bondage or sadomasochistic themes , including the iconic ( and highest selling ) images of the model shown gagged and bound in a web of ropes from the Leopard Bikini Bound film .
Heffner told the AP on Thursday , `` I think that she was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society ...
She was a very dear person . ''
Page married twice ; the first marriage to Navy man Billy Neal lasted from 1943 to 1947 , and her second to Armond Walterson in 1958 to 1963 .
After the collapse of her second marriage , she suffered a nervous breakdown and soon after became a born-again Christian .
After attending Bible school , she wanted to serve as a missionary but was turned down because she had been divorced .
Instead , she worked full-time for evangelist Billy Graham 's ministry .
Bettie 's life and photos enjoyed a revival of interest in 1976 with the publishing of the book , A Nostalgic Look at Bettie Page .
Page was also celebrated in the 2006 HBO movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , starring Gretchen Mol . |
4_3ecb.xml_18 | train | ent | 4_3ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | 13 | 13 | 80 | 86 | photos | NON16369933700632224 | photo | ['bettie', 'page', 'trademark', 'raven', 'hair', 'risque', 'lingerie', 'bondage', 'pin-up', 'photo', 'she', 'cult', 'favorite', 'die', 'thursday', 'night', 'los', 'angeles', 'hospital', 'day', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack'] | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up <m> photos </m> made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up <m> photos </m> made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack .
She was 85 .
Page was born Betty Mae Page in Nashville , Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
Smart and ambitious as a teenager , she was the salutatorian of her high school graduation class and was voted `` Most Likely to Succeed . ''
She earned a scholarship to attend George Peabody College , where she studied acting .
Page 's famous pin-up days lasted from 1951-1957 , where her slinky , curvy and scantily-clad or nude body graced magazines including Wink , Beauty Parade , Twitter and Playboy .
The Heff crowned Page Playmate of the Month in January of 1955 .
The same year she was also named , `` Miss Pinup Girl of the World . ''
Her photo and film work often depicted Page in pin-up , bondage or sadomasochistic themes , including the iconic ( and highest selling ) images of the model shown gagged and bound in a web of ropes from the Leopard Bikini Bound film .
Heffner told the AP on Thursday , `` I think that she was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society ...
She was a very dear person . ''
Page married twice ; the first marriage to Navy man Billy Neal lasted from 1943 to 1947 , and her second to Armond Walterson in 1958 to 1963 .
After the collapse of her second marriage , she suffered a nervous breakdown and soon after became a born-again Christian .
After attending Bible school , she wanted to serve as a missionary but was turned down because she had been divorced .
Instead , she worked full-time for evangelist Billy Graham 's ministry .
Bettie 's life and photos enjoyed a revival of interest in 1976 with the publishing of the book , A Nostalgic Look at Bettie Page .
Page was also celebrated in the 2006 HBO movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , starring Gretchen Mol . |
4_3ecb.xml_28 | train | ent | 4_3ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | 29 | 30 | 162 | 171 | nine days | TIM27417698790972120 | nine | ['bettie', 'page', 'trademark', 'raven', 'hair', 'risque', 'lingerie', 'bondage', 'pin-up', 'photo', 'she', 'cult', 'favorite', 'die', 'thursday', 'night', 'los', 'angeles', 'hospital', 'day', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack'] | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - <m> nine days </m> after suffering a heart attack . | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - <m> nine days </m> after suffering a heart attack .
She was 85 .
Page was born Betty Mae Page in Nashville , Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
Smart and ambitious as a teenager , she was the salutatorian of her high school graduation class and was voted `` Most Likely to Succeed . ''
She earned a scholarship to attend George Peabody College , where she studied acting .
Page 's famous pin-up days lasted from 1951-1957 , where her slinky , curvy and scantily-clad or nude body graced magazines including Wink , Beauty Parade , Twitter and Playboy .
The Heff crowned Page Playmate of the Month in January of 1955 .
The same year she was also named , `` Miss Pinup Girl of the World . ''
Her photo and film work often depicted Page in pin-up , bondage or sadomasochistic themes , including the iconic ( and highest selling ) images of the model shown gagged and bound in a web of ropes from the Leopard Bikini Bound film .
Heffner told the AP on Thursday , `` I think that she was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society ...
She was a very dear person . ''
Page married twice ; the first marriage to Navy man Billy Neal lasted from 1943 to 1947 , and her second to Armond Walterson in 1958 to 1963 .
After the collapse of her second marriage , she suffered a nervous breakdown and soon after became a born-again Christian .
After attending Bible school , she wanted to serve as a missionary but was turned down because she had been divorced .
Instead , she worked full-time for evangelist Billy Graham 's ministry .
Bettie 's life and photos enjoyed a revival of interest in 1976 with the publishing of the book , A Nostalgic Look at Bettie Page .
Page was also celebrated in the 2006 HBO movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , starring Gretchen Mol . |
4_3ecb.xml_29 | train | ent | 4_3ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | 24 | 27 | 137 | 159 | a Los Angeles hospital | LOC16369849809365357 | hospital | ['bettie', 'page', 'trademark', 'raven', 'hair', 'risque', 'lingerie', 'bondage', 'pin-up', 'photo', 'she', 'cult', 'favorite', 'die', 'thursday', 'night', 'los', 'angeles', 'hospital', 'day', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack'] | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at <m> a Los Angeles hospital </m> - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at <m> a Los Angeles hospital </m> - nine days after suffering a heart attack .
She was 85 .
Page was born Betty Mae Page in Nashville , Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
Smart and ambitious as a teenager , she was the salutatorian of her high school graduation class and was voted `` Most Likely to Succeed . ''
She earned a scholarship to attend George Peabody College , where she studied acting .
Page 's famous pin-up days lasted from 1951-1957 , where her slinky , curvy and scantily-clad or nude body graced magazines including Wink , Beauty Parade , Twitter and Playboy .
The Heff crowned Page Playmate of the Month in January of 1955 .
The same year she was also named , `` Miss Pinup Girl of the World . ''
Her photo and film work often depicted Page in pin-up , bondage or sadomasochistic themes , including the iconic ( and highest selling ) images of the model shown gagged and bound in a web of ropes from the Leopard Bikini Bound film .
Heffner told the AP on Thursday , `` I think that she was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society ...
She was a very dear person . ''
Page married twice ; the first marriage to Navy man Billy Neal lasted from 1943 to 1947 , and her second to Armond Walterson in 1958 to 1963 .
After the collapse of her second marriage , she suffered a nervous breakdown and soon after became a born-again Christian .
After attending Bible school , she wanted to serve as a missionary but was turned down because she had been divorced .
Instead , she worked full-time for evangelist Billy Graham 's ministry .
Bettie 's life and photos enjoyed a revival of interest in 1976 with the publishing of the book , A Nostalgic Look at Bettie Page .
Page was also celebrated in the 2006 HBO movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , starring Gretchen Mol . |
4_3ecb.xml_30 | train | ent | 4_3ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | 21 | 22 | 119 | 133 | Thursday night | TIM16370411076342322 | Thursday | ['bettie', 'page', 'trademark', 'raven', 'hair', 'risque', 'lingerie', 'bondage', 'pin-up', 'photo', 'she', 'cult', 'favorite', 'die', 'thursday', 'night', 'los', 'angeles', 'hospital', 'day', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack'] | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died <m> Thursday night </m> at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died <m> Thursday night </m> at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack .
She was 85 .
Page was born Betty Mae Page in Nashville , Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
Smart and ambitious as a teenager , she was the salutatorian of her high school graduation class and was voted `` Most Likely to Succeed . ''
She earned a scholarship to attend George Peabody College , where she studied acting .
Page 's famous pin-up days lasted from 1951-1957 , where her slinky , curvy and scantily-clad or nude body graced magazines including Wink , Beauty Parade , Twitter and Playboy .
The Heff crowned Page Playmate of the Month in January of 1955 .
The same year she was also named , `` Miss Pinup Girl of the World . ''
Her photo and film work often depicted Page in pin-up , bondage or sadomasochistic themes , including the iconic ( and highest selling ) images of the model shown gagged and bound in a web of ropes from the Leopard Bikini Bound film .
Heffner told the AP on Thursday , `` I think that she was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society ...
She was a very dear person . ''
Page married twice ; the first marriage to Navy man Billy Neal lasted from 1943 to 1947 , and her second to Armond Walterson in 1958 to 1963 .
After the collapse of her second marriage , she suffered a nervous breakdown and soon after became a born-again Christian .
After attending Bible school , she wanted to serve as a missionary but was turned down because she had been divorced .
Instead , she worked full-time for evangelist Billy Graham 's ministry .
Bettie 's life and photos enjoyed a revival of interest in 1976 with the publishing of the book , A Nostalgic Look at Bettie Page .
Page was also celebrated in the 2006 HBO movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , starring Gretchen Mol . |
4_3ecb.xml_23 | train | evt | 4_3ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | 14 | 14 | 87 | 91 | made | 10000000979 | make | ['bettie', 'page', 'trademark', 'raven', 'hair', 'risque', 'lingerie', 'bondage', 'pin-up', 'photo', 'she', 'cult', 'favorite', 'die', 'thursday', 'night', 'los', 'angeles', 'hospital', 'day', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack'] | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos <m> made </m> her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos <m> made </m> her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack .
She was 85 .
Page was born Betty Mae Page in Nashville , Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
Smart and ambitious as a teenager , she was the salutatorian of her high school graduation class and was voted `` Most Likely to Succeed . ''
She earned a scholarship to attend George Peabody College , where she studied acting .
Page 's famous pin-up days lasted from 1951-1957 , where her slinky , curvy and scantily-clad or nude body graced magazines including Wink , Beauty Parade , Twitter and Playboy .
The Heff crowned Page Playmate of the Month in January of 1955 .
The same year she was also named , `` Miss Pinup Girl of the World . ''
Her photo and film work often depicted Page in pin-up , bondage or sadomasochistic themes , including the iconic ( and highest selling ) images of the model shown gagged and bound in a web of ropes from the Leopard Bikini Bound film .
Heffner told the AP on Thursday , `` I think that she was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society ...
She was a very dear person . ''
Page married twice ; the first marriage to Navy man Billy Neal lasted from 1943 to 1947 , and her second to Armond Walterson in 1958 to 1963 .
After the collapse of her second marriage , she suffered a nervous breakdown and soon after became a born-again Christian .
After attending Bible school , she wanted to serve as a missionary but was turned down because she had been divorced .
Instead , she worked full-time for evangelist Billy Graham 's ministry .
Bettie 's life and photos enjoyed a revival of interest in 1976 with the publishing of the book , A Nostalgic Look at Bettie Page .
Page was also celebrated in the 2006 HBO movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , starring Gretchen Mol . |
4_3ecb.xml_24 | train | evt | 4_3ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | 32 | 32 | 178 | 187 | suffering | ACT17394598357871441 | suffer | ['bettie', 'page', 'trademark', 'raven', 'hair', 'risque', 'lingerie', 'bondage', 'pin-up', 'photo', 'she', 'cult', 'favorite', 'die', 'thursday', 'night', 'los', 'angeles', 'hospital', 'day', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack'] | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after <m> suffering </m> a heart attack . | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after <m> suffering </m> a heart attack .
She was 85 .
Page was born Betty Mae Page in Nashville , Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
Smart and ambitious as a teenager , she was the salutatorian of her high school graduation class and was voted `` Most Likely to Succeed . ''
She earned a scholarship to attend George Peabody College , where she studied acting .
Page 's famous pin-up days lasted from 1951-1957 , where her slinky , curvy and scantily-clad or nude body graced magazines including Wink , Beauty Parade , Twitter and Playboy .
The Heff crowned Page Playmate of the Month in January of 1955 .
The same year she was also named , `` Miss Pinup Girl of the World . ''
Her photo and film work often depicted Page in pin-up , bondage or sadomasochistic themes , including the iconic ( and highest selling ) images of the model shown gagged and bound in a web of ropes from the Leopard Bikini Bound film .
Heffner told the AP on Thursday , `` I think that she was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society ...
She was a very dear person . ''
Page married twice ; the first marriage to Navy man Billy Neal lasted from 1943 to 1947 , and her second to Armond Walterson in 1958 to 1963 .
After the collapse of her second marriage , she suffered a nervous breakdown and soon after became a born-again Christian .
After attending Bible school , she wanted to serve as a missionary but was turned down because she had been divorced .
Instead , she worked full-time for evangelist Billy Graham 's ministry .
Bettie 's life and photos enjoyed a revival of interest in 1976 with the publishing of the book , A Nostalgic Look at Bettie Page .
Page was also celebrated in the 2006 HBO movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , starring Gretchen Mol . |
4_3ecb.xml_25 | train | evt | 4_3ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | 34 | 35 | 190 | 202 | heart attack | ACT16370025610067695 | attack | ['bettie', 'page', 'trademark', 'raven', 'hair', 'risque', 'lingerie', 'bondage', 'pin-up', 'photo', 'she', 'cult', 'favorite', 'die', 'thursday', 'night', 'los', 'angeles', 'hospital', 'day', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack'] | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a <m> heart attack </m> . | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a <m> heart attack </m> .
She was 85 .
Page was born Betty Mae Page in Nashville , Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
Smart and ambitious as a teenager , she was the salutatorian of her high school graduation class and was voted `` Most Likely to Succeed . ''
She earned a scholarship to attend George Peabody College , where she studied acting .
Page 's famous pin-up days lasted from 1951-1957 , where her slinky , curvy and scantily-clad or nude body graced magazines including Wink , Beauty Parade , Twitter and Playboy .
The Heff crowned Page Playmate of the Month in January of 1955 .
The same year she was also named , `` Miss Pinup Girl of the World . ''
Her photo and film work often depicted Page in pin-up , bondage or sadomasochistic themes , including the iconic ( and highest selling ) images of the model shown gagged and bound in a web of ropes from the Leopard Bikini Bound film .
Heffner told the AP on Thursday , `` I think that she was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society ...
She was a very dear person . ''
Page married twice ; the first marriage to Navy man Billy Neal lasted from 1943 to 1947 , and her second to Armond Walterson in 1958 to 1963 .
After the collapse of her second marriage , she suffered a nervous breakdown and soon after became a born-again Christian .
After attending Bible school , she wanted to serve as a missionary but was turned down because she had been divorced .
Instead , she worked full-time for evangelist Billy Graham 's ministry .
Bettie 's life and photos enjoyed a revival of interest in 1976 with the publishing of the book , A Nostalgic Look at Bettie Page .
Page was also celebrated in the 2006 HBO movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , starring Gretchen Mol . |
4_3ecb.xml_22 | train | evt | 4_3ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | 20 | 20 | 114 | 118 | died | ACT16369833899538926 | die | ['bettie', 'page', 'trademark', 'raven', 'hair', 'risque', 'lingerie', 'bondage', 'pin-up', 'photo', 'she', 'cult', 'favorite', 'die', 'thursday', 'night', 'los', 'angeles', 'hospital', 'day', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack'] | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , <m> died </m> Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack . | Bettie Page , whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite , <m> died </m> Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital - nine days after suffering a heart attack .
She was 85 .
Page was born Betty Mae Page in Nashville , Tennessee on April 22 , 1923 .
Smart and ambitious as a teenager , she was the salutatorian of her high school graduation class and was voted `` Most Likely to Succeed . ''
She earned a scholarship to attend George Peabody College , where she studied acting .
Page 's famous pin-up days lasted from 1951-1957 , where her slinky , curvy and scantily-clad or nude body graced magazines including Wink , Beauty Parade , Twitter and Playboy .
The Heff crowned Page Playmate of the Month in January of 1955 .
The same year she was also named , `` Miss Pinup Girl of the World . ''
Her photo and film work often depicted Page in pin-up , bondage or sadomasochistic themes , including the iconic ( and highest selling ) images of the model shown gagged and bound in a web of ropes from the Leopard Bikini Bound film .
Heffner told the AP on Thursday , `` I think that she was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society ...
She was a very dear person . ''
Page married twice ; the first marriage to Navy man Billy Neal lasted from 1943 to 1947 , and her second to Armond Walterson in 1958 to 1963 .
After the collapse of her second marriage , she suffered a nervous breakdown and soon after became a born-again Christian .
After attending Bible school , she wanted to serve as a missionary but was turned down because she had been divorced .
Instead , she worked full-time for evangelist Billy Graham 's ministry .
Bettie 's life and photos enjoyed a revival of interest in 1976 with the publishing of the book , A Nostalgic Look at Bettie Page .
Page was also celebrated in the 2006 HBO movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , starring Gretchen Mol . |
4_4ecbplus.xml_16 | train | ent | 4_4ecbplus.xml | 1 | Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 . | 3 | 4 | 18 | 33 | Esther Williams | HUM16195623414690294 | Williams | ['esther', 'williams', 'esther', 'williams', '"million', 'dollar', 'mermaid"', 'swimmer', 'actress', 'die', 'aged', '91'] | Esther Williams - <m> Esther Williams </m> : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 . | http : / / www . contactmusic . com / news / esther - williams - dies _ 3708023
Esther Williams - <m> Esther Williams </m> : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
4_4ecbplus.xml_20 | train | ent | 4_4ecbplus.xml | 3 | Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 . | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | girl | HUM16195623414690294 | girl | ['golden', 'girl', 'screen', 'pool', 'esther', 'williams', 'die', 'peacefully', 'her', 'sleep', 'age', '91'] | Golden <m> girl </m> of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 . | http : / / www . contactmusic . com / news / esther - williams - dies _ 3708023
Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden <m> girl </m> of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
4_4ecbplus.xml_1 | train | ent | 4_4ecbplus.xml | 1 | Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | Esther Williams | HUM16195623414690294 | Williams | ['esther', 'williams', 'esther', 'williams', '"million', 'dollar', 'mermaid"', 'swimmer', 'actress', 'die', 'aged', '91'] | <m> Esther Williams </m> - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 . | http : / / www . contactmusic . com / news / esther - williams - dies _ 3708023
<m> Esther Williams </m> - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
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Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" <m> Swimmer </m> And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
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Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And <m> Actress </m> Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
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Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , <m> Esther Williams </m> , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
4_4ecbplus.xml_5 | train | ent | 4_4ecbplus.xml | 4 | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | 6 | 7 | 35 | 46 | Harlan Boll | HUM16195083065387541 | Harlan | ['confirm', 'publicist', 'harlan', 'boll', '1940s', 'hollywood', 'actress', 'record', 'set', 'swimmer', 'esther', 'williams', 'die', '6th', 'june', 'her', 'sleep'] | It has been confirmed by publicist <m> Harlan Boll </m> that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | http : / / www . contactmusic . com / news / esther - williams - dies _ 3708023
Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist <m> Harlan Boll </m> that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
4_4ecbplus.xml_6 | train | ent | 4_4ecbplus.xml | 4 | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | 12 | 12 | 72 | 79 | actress | HUM16195623414690294 | actress | ['confirm', 'publicist', 'harlan', 'boll', '1940s', 'hollywood', 'actress', 'record', 'set', 'swimmer', 'esther', 'williams', 'die', '6th', 'june', 'her', 'sleep'] | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood <m> actress </m> and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | http : / / www . contactmusic . com / news / esther - williams - dies _ 3708023
Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood <m> actress </m> and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
4_4ecbplus.xml_7 | train | ent | 4_4ecbplus.xml | 4 | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | 17 | 17 | 101 | 108 | swimmer | HUM16195623414690294 | swimmer | ['confirm', 'publicist', 'harlan', 'boll', '1940s', 'hollywood', 'actress', 'record', 'set', 'swimmer', 'esther', 'williams', 'die', '6th', 'june', 'her', 'sleep'] | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting <m> swimmer </m> , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | http : / / www . contactmusic . com / news / esther - williams - dies _ 3708023
Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting <m> swimmer </m> , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
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Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , <m> Esther Williams </m> , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
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Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of <m> screen </m> and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
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Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and <m> pool </m> , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
4_4ecbplus.xml_18 | train | ent | 4_4ecbplus.xml | 4 | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | 23 | 25 | 134 | 145 | on 6th June | TIM16195893828310568 | June | ['confirm', 'publicist', 'harlan', 'boll', '1940s', 'hollywood', 'actress', 'record', 'set', 'swimmer', 'esther', 'williams', 'die', '6th', 'june', 'her', 'sleep'] | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died <m> on 6th June </m> in her sleep . | http : / / www . contactmusic . com / news / esther - williams - dies _ 3708023
Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died <m> on 6th June </m> in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
4_4ecbplus.xml_24 | train | ent | 4_4ecbplus.xml | 4 | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | 9 | 10 | 52 | 61 | the 1940s | TIM16410555964454980 | 1940s | ['confirm', 'publicist', 'harlan', 'boll', '1940s', 'hollywood', 'actress', 'record', 'set', 'swimmer', 'esther', 'williams', 'die', '6th', 'june', 'her', 'sleep'] | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that <m> the 1940s </m> Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | http : / / www . contactmusic . com / news / esther - williams - dies _ 3708023
Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that <m> the 1940s </m> Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
4_4ecbplus.xml_34 | train | ent | 4_4ecbplus.xml | 4 | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | 11 | 11 | 62 | 71 | Hollywood | HUM16268789034067364 | Hollywood | ['confirm', 'publicist', 'harlan', 'boll', '1940s', 'hollywood', 'actress', 'record', 'set', 'swimmer', 'esther', 'williams', 'die', '6th', 'june', 'her', 'sleep'] | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s <m> Hollywood </m> actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | http : / / www . contactmusic . com / news / esther - williams - dies _ 3708023
Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s <m> Hollywood </m> actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
4_4ecbplus.xml_23 | train | evt | 4_4ecbplus.xml | 4 | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | It | ACT16194654011907361 | it | ['confirm', 'publicist', 'harlan', 'boll', '1940s', 'hollywood', 'actress', 'record', 'set', 'swimmer', 'esther', 'williams', 'die', '6th', 'june', 'her', 'sleep'] | <m> It </m> has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | http : / / www . contactmusic . com / news / esther - williams - dies _ 3708023
Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
<m> It </m> has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
4_4ecbplus.xml_26 | train | evt | 4_4ecbplus.xml | 4 | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | 14 | 16 | 84 | 100 | record - setting | 10000000981 | set | ['confirm', 'publicist', 'harlan', 'boll', '1940s', 'hollywood', 'actress', 'record', 'set', 'swimmer', 'esther', 'williams', 'die', '6th', 'june', 'her', 'sleep'] | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and <m> record - setting </m> swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | http : / / www . contactmusic . com / news / esther - williams - dies _ 3708023
Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and <m> record - setting </m> swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
4_4ecbplus.xml_22 | train | evt | 4_4ecbplus.xml | 4 | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | 3 | 3 | 12 | 21 | confirmed | ACT16409632386175360 | confirm | ['confirm', 'publicist', 'harlan', 'boll', '1940s', 'hollywood', 'actress', 'record', 'set', 'swimmer', 'esther', 'williams', 'die', '6th', 'june', 'her', 'sleep'] | It has been <m> confirmed </m> by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | http : / / www . contactmusic . com / news / esther - williams - dies _ 3708023
Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been <m> confirmed </m> by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
4_4ecbplus.xml_19 | train | evt | 4_4ecbplus.xml | 4 | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | 28 | 28 | 153 | 158 | sleep | ACT16194784155470530 | sleep | ['confirm', 'publicist', 'harlan', 'boll', '1940s', 'hollywood', 'actress', 'record', 'set', 'swimmer', 'esther', 'williams', 'die', '6th', 'june', 'her', 'sleep'] | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her <m> sleep </m> . | http : / / www . contactmusic . com / news / esther - williams - dies _ 3708023
Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her <m> sleep </m> .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
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Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her <m> sleep </m> aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
4_4ecbplus.xml_35 | train | evt | 4_4ecbplus.xml | 1 | Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 . | 12 | 12 | 81 | 85 | Dies | ACT16194654011907361 | die | ['esther', 'williams', 'esther', 'williams', '"million', 'dollar', 'mermaid"', 'swimmer', 'actress', 'die', 'aged', '91'] | Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress <m> Dies </m> Aged 91 . | http : / / www . contactmusic . com / news / esther - williams - dies _ 3708023
Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress <m> Dies </m> Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
4_4ecbplus.xml_36 | train | evt | 4_4ecbplus.xml | 4 | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep . | 22 | 22 | 129 | 133 | died | ACT16194654011907361 | die | ['confirm', 'publicist', 'harlan', 'boll', '1940s', 'hollywood', 'actress', 'record', 'set', 'swimmer', 'esther', 'williams', 'die', '6th', 'june', 'her', 'sleep'] | It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , <m> died </m> on 6th June in her sleep . | http : / / www . contactmusic . com / news / esther - williams - dies _ 3708023
Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , <m> died </m> on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
4_4ecbplus.xml_37 | train | evt | 4_4ecbplus.xml | 3 | Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has died peacefully in her sleep aged 91 . | 11 | 11 | 55 | 59 | died | ACT16194654011907361 | die | ['golden', 'girl', 'screen', 'pool', 'esther', 'williams', 'die', 'peacefully', 'her', 'sleep', 'age', '91'] | Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has <m> died </m> peacefully in her sleep aged 91 . | http : / / www . contactmusic . com / news / esther - williams - dies _ 3708023
Esther Williams - Esther Williams : "Million Dollar Mermaid" Swimmer And Actress Dies Aged 91 .
07 June 2013
Golden girl of screen and pool , Esther Williams , has <m> died </m> peacefully in her sleep aged 91 .
It has been confirmed by publicist Harlan Boll that the 1940s Hollywood actress and record - setting swimmer , Esther Williams , died on 6th June in her sleep .
Stunning Williams quickly achieved movie success and pin - up status , due to her swimmer's physique being regularly snapped in bathing suits . |
4_4ecb.xml_6 | train | ent | 4_4ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up model who helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution , has died . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | Bettie Page | HUM16370179946350392 | Bettie | ['bettie', 'page', '1950', 'pin-up', 'model', 'help', 'set', 'stage', '1960s', 'sexual', 'revolution', 'die'] | <m> Bettie Page </m> , the 1950s pin-up model who helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution , has died . | <m> Bettie Page </m> , the 1950s pin-up model who helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution , has died .
She was 85 .
Her agent , Mark Roesler , said Page died yesterday at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a heart attack on December 2 .
She never regained consciousness .
Page , who became religious and suffered depression in later life , spending years in a mental institution , inspired the 2005 film The Notorious Bettie Page .
She became a cult figure for magazine photographs of her bikinis and see-through lingerie , which were tacked on walls across the US .
After resurfacing in the 1990s , she occasionally granted interviews but refused to allow her picture to be taken .
`` I do n't want to be photographed in my old age , '' she said in 1998 .
`` I feel the same way with old movie stars ...
It makes me sad .
We want to remember them when they were young . ''
Her photos included a centrefold in the January 1955 issue of the then fledgling Playboy magazine , as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses .
The latter helped contribute to her mysterious disappearance from the public eye , which lasted for decades and included years during which she battled mental illness and became a born-again Christian .
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said:
`` She was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society .
She was a very dear person . ''
Roesler said Page had been in hospital for three weeks with pneumonia and was about to be released when she suffered the heart attack on December 2 .
Her career began in October 1950 when she took a break from her job as a secretary in a New York office to take a walk along the beach at Coney Island .
An amateur photographer named Jerry Tibbs admired the 27-year-old 's firm , curvy body and asked her to pose .
Looking back on the career that followed , she told Playboy in 1998:
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It 's just that it was much better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day . ''
Nudity did n't bother her , she said , explaining:
`` God approves of nudity .
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . ''
They cut her hair into the dark bangs that became her signature and posed her in spiked heels and little else .
She was photographed with a whip in her hand , and in one session she was spreadeagled between two trees , her feet dangling .
`` I thought my arms and legs would come out of their sockets , '' she said later .
Moralists denounced the photos as perversion , and senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee , Page 's home state , launched a congressional investigation .
Page quickly retreated from public view , later saying she was hounded by federal agents who waved her nude photos in her face .
And she said she believed that , at 34 , her days as `` the girl with the perfect figure '' were nearly over .
She moved to Florida in 1957 and married a much younger man , after an early marriage to her high school sweetheart had ended in divorce .
Her second marriage also failed , as did a third , and she suffered a nervous breakdown .
Born on April 22 , 1923 , in Nashville , Tennessee , Page said she grew up in a family so poor `` we were lucky to get an orange in our Christmas stockings '' . |
4_4ecb.xml_7 | train | ent | 4_4ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up model who helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution , has died . | 4 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 1950s | TIM17394831772533035 | 1950 | ['bettie', 'page', '1950', 'pin-up', 'model', 'help', 'set', 'stage', '1960s', 'sexual', 'revolution', 'die'] | Bettie Page , the <m> 1950s </m> pin-up model who helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution , has died . | Bettie Page , the <m> 1950s </m> pin-up model who helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution , has died .
She was 85 .
Her agent , Mark Roesler , said Page died yesterday at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a heart attack on December 2 .
She never regained consciousness .
Page , who became religious and suffered depression in later life , spending years in a mental institution , inspired the 2005 film The Notorious Bettie Page .
She became a cult figure for magazine photographs of her bikinis and see-through lingerie , which were tacked on walls across the US .
After resurfacing in the 1990s , she occasionally granted interviews but refused to allow her picture to be taken .
`` I do n't want to be photographed in my old age , '' she said in 1998 .
`` I feel the same way with old movie stars ...
It makes me sad .
We want to remember them when they were young . ''
Her photos included a centrefold in the January 1955 issue of the then fledgling Playboy magazine , as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses .
The latter helped contribute to her mysterious disappearance from the public eye , which lasted for decades and included years during which she battled mental illness and became a born-again Christian .
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said:
`` She was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society .
She was a very dear person . ''
Roesler said Page had been in hospital for three weeks with pneumonia and was about to be released when she suffered the heart attack on December 2 .
Her career began in October 1950 when she took a break from her job as a secretary in a New York office to take a walk along the beach at Coney Island .
An amateur photographer named Jerry Tibbs admired the 27-year-old 's firm , curvy body and asked her to pose .
Looking back on the career that followed , she told Playboy in 1998:
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It 's just that it was much better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day . ''
Nudity did n't bother her , she said , explaining:
`` God approves of nudity .
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . ''
They cut her hair into the dark bangs that became her signature and posed her in spiked heels and little else .
She was photographed with a whip in her hand , and in one session she was spreadeagled between two trees , her feet dangling .
`` I thought my arms and legs would come out of their sockets , '' she said later .
Moralists denounced the photos as perversion , and senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee , Page 's home state , launched a congressional investigation .
Page quickly retreated from public view , later saying she was hounded by federal agents who waved her nude photos in her face .
And she said she believed that , at 34 , her days as `` the girl with the perfect figure '' were nearly over .
She moved to Florida in 1957 and married a much younger man , after an early marriage to her high school sweetheart had ended in divorce .
Her second marriage also failed , as did a third , and she suffered a nervous breakdown .
Born on April 22 , 1923 , in Nashville , Tennessee , Page said she grew up in a family so poor `` we were lucky to get an orange in our Christmas stockings '' . |
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She was 85 .
Her agent , Mark Roesler , said Page died yesterday at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a heart attack on December 2 .
She never regained consciousness .
Page , who became religious and suffered depression in later life , spending years in a mental institution , inspired the 2005 film The Notorious Bettie Page .
She became a cult figure for magazine photographs of her bikinis and see-through lingerie , which were tacked on walls across the US .
After resurfacing in the 1990s , she occasionally granted interviews but refused to allow her picture to be taken .
`` I do n't want to be photographed in my old age , '' she said in 1998 .
`` I feel the same way with old movie stars ...
It makes me sad .
We want to remember them when they were young . ''
Her photos included a centrefold in the January 1955 issue of the then fledgling Playboy magazine , as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses .
The latter helped contribute to her mysterious disappearance from the public eye , which lasted for decades and included years during which she battled mental illness and became a born-again Christian .
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said:
`` She was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society .
She was a very dear person . ''
Roesler said Page had been in hospital for three weeks with pneumonia and was about to be released when she suffered the heart attack on December 2 .
Her career began in October 1950 when she took a break from her job as a secretary in a New York office to take a walk along the beach at Coney Island .
An amateur photographer named Jerry Tibbs admired the 27-year-old 's firm , curvy body and asked her to pose .
Looking back on the career that followed , she told Playboy in 1998:
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It 's just that it was much better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day . ''
Nudity did n't bother her , she said , explaining:
`` God approves of nudity .
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . ''
They cut her hair into the dark bangs that became her signature and posed her in spiked heels and little else .
She was photographed with a whip in her hand , and in one session she was spreadeagled between two trees , her feet dangling .
`` I thought my arms and legs would come out of their sockets , '' she said later .
Moralists denounced the photos as perversion , and senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee , Page 's home state , launched a congressional investigation .
Page quickly retreated from public view , later saying she was hounded by federal agents who waved her nude photos in her face .
And she said she believed that , at 34 , her days as `` the girl with the perfect figure '' were nearly over .
She moved to Florida in 1957 and married a much younger man , after an early marriage to her high school sweetheart had ended in divorce .
Her second marriage also failed , as did a third , and she suffered a nervous breakdown .
Born on April 22 , 1923 , in Nashville , Tennessee , Page said she grew up in a family so poor `` we were lucky to get an orange in our Christmas stockings '' . |
4_4ecb.xml_8 | train | evt | 4_4ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up model who helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution , has died . | 9 | 11 | 48 | 61 | set the stage | 10000000983 | stage | ['bettie', 'page', '1950', 'pin-up', 'model', 'help', 'set', 'stage', '1960s', 'sexual', 'revolution', 'die'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up model who helped <m> set the stage </m> for the 1960s sexual revolution , has died . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up model who helped <m> set the stage </m> for the 1960s sexual revolution , has died .
She was 85 .
Her agent , Mark Roesler , said Page died yesterday at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a heart attack on December 2 .
She never regained consciousness .
Page , who became religious and suffered depression in later life , spending years in a mental institution , inspired the 2005 film The Notorious Bettie Page .
She became a cult figure for magazine photographs of her bikinis and see-through lingerie , which were tacked on walls across the US .
After resurfacing in the 1990s , she occasionally granted interviews but refused to allow her picture to be taken .
`` I do n't want to be photographed in my old age , '' she said in 1998 .
`` I feel the same way with old movie stars ...
It makes me sad .
We want to remember them when they were young . ''
Her photos included a centrefold in the January 1955 issue of the then fledgling Playboy magazine , as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses .
The latter helped contribute to her mysterious disappearance from the public eye , which lasted for decades and included years during which she battled mental illness and became a born-again Christian .
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said:
`` She was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society .
She was a very dear person . ''
Roesler said Page had been in hospital for three weeks with pneumonia and was about to be released when she suffered the heart attack on December 2 .
Her career began in October 1950 when she took a break from her job as a secretary in a New York office to take a walk along the beach at Coney Island .
An amateur photographer named Jerry Tibbs admired the 27-year-old 's firm , curvy body and asked her to pose .
Looking back on the career that followed , she told Playboy in 1998:
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It 's just that it was much better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day . ''
Nudity did n't bother her , she said , explaining:
`` God approves of nudity .
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . ''
They cut her hair into the dark bangs that became her signature and posed her in spiked heels and little else .
She was photographed with a whip in her hand , and in one session she was spreadeagled between two trees , her feet dangling .
`` I thought my arms and legs would come out of their sockets , '' she said later .
Moralists denounced the photos as perversion , and senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee , Page 's home state , launched a congressional investigation .
Page quickly retreated from public view , later saying she was hounded by federal agents who waved her nude photos in her face .
And she said she believed that , at 34 , her days as `` the girl with the perfect figure '' were nearly over .
She moved to Florida in 1957 and married a much younger man , after an early marriage to her high school sweetheart had ended in divorce .
Her second marriage also failed , as did a third , and she suffered a nervous breakdown .
Born on April 22 , 1923 , in Nashville , Tennessee , Page said she grew up in a family so poor `` we were lucky to get an orange in our Christmas stockings '' . |
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She was 85 .
Her agent , Mark Roesler , said Page died yesterday at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a heart attack on December 2 .
She never regained consciousness .
Page , who became religious and suffered depression in later life , spending years in a mental institution , inspired the 2005 film The Notorious Bettie Page .
She became a cult figure for magazine photographs of her bikinis and see-through lingerie , which were tacked on walls across the US .
After resurfacing in the 1990s , she occasionally granted interviews but refused to allow her picture to be taken .
`` I do n't want to be photographed in my old age , '' she said in 1998 .
`` I feel the same way with old movie stars ...
It makes me sad .
We want to remember them when they were young . ''
Her photos included a centrefold in the January 1955 issue of the then fledgling Playboy magazine , as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses .
The latter helped contribute to her mysterious disappearance from the public eye , which lasted for decades and included years during which she battled mental illness and became a born-again Christian .
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said:
`` She was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society .
She was a very dear person . ''
Roesler said Page had been in hospital for three weeks with pneumonia and was about to be released when she suffered the heart attack on December 2 .
Her career began in October 1950 when she took a break from her job as a secretary in a New York office to take a walk along the beach at Coney Island .
An amateur photographer named Jerry Tibbs admired the 27-year-old 's firm , curvy body and asked her to pose .
Looking back on the career that followed , she told Playboy in 1998:
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It 's just that it was much better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day . ''
Nudity did n't bother her , she said , explaining:
`` God approves of nudity .
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . ''
They cut her hair into the dark bangs that became her signature and posed her in spiked heels and little else .
She was photographed with a whip in her hand , and in one session she was spreadeagled between two trees , her feet dangling .
`` I thought my arms and legs would come out of their sockets , '' she said later .
Moralists denounced the photos as perversion , and senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee , Page 's home state , launched a congressional investigation .
Page quickly retreated from public view , later saying she was hounded by federal agents who waved her nude photos in her face .
And she said she believed that , at 34 , her days as `` the girl with the perfect figure '' were nearly over .
She moved to Florida in 1957 and married a much younger man , after an early marriage to her high school sweetheart had ended in divorce .
Her second marriage also failed , as did a third , and she suffered a nervous breakdown .
Born on April 22 , 1923 , in Nashville , Tennessee , Page said she grew up in a family so poor `` we were lucky to get an orange in our Christmas stockings '' . |
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She was 85 .
Her agent , Mark Roesler , said Page died yesterday at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a heart attack on December 2 .
She never regained consciousness .
Page , who became religious and suffered depression in later life , spending years in a mental institution , inspired the 2005 film The Notorious Bettie Page .
She became a cult figure for magazine photographs of her bikinis and see-through lingerie , which were tacked on walls across the US .
After resurfacing in the 1990s , she occasionally granted interviews but refused to allow her picture to be taken .
`` I do n't want to be photographed in my old age , '' she said in 1998 .
`` I feel the same way with old movie stars ...
It makes me sad .
We want to remember them when they were young . ''
Her photos included a centrefold in the January 1955 issue of the then fledgling Playboy magazine , as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses .
The latter helped contribute to her mysterious disappearance from the public eye , which lasted for decades and included years during which she battled mental illness and became a born-again Christian .
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said:
`` She was a remarkable lady , an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality , taste in fashion , someone who had a tremendous impact on our society .
She was a very dear person . ''
Roesler said Page had been in hospital for three weeks with pneumonia and was about to be released when she suffered the heart attack on December 2 .
Her career began in October 1950 when she took a break from her job as a secretary in a New York office to take a walk along the beach at Coney Island .
An amateur photographer named Jerry Tibbs admired the 27-year-old 's firm , curvy body and asked her to pose .
Looking back on the career that followed , she told Playboy in 1998:
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It 's just that it was much better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day . ''
Nudity did n't bother her , she said , explaining:
`` God approves of nudity .
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . ''
They cut her hair into the dark bangs that became her signature and posed her in spiked heels and little else .
She was photographed with a whip in her hand , and in one session she was spreadeagled between two trees , her feet dangling .
`` I thought my arms and legs would come out of their sockets , '' she said later .
Moralists denounced the photos as perversion , and senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee , Page 's home state , launched a congressional investigation .
Page quickly retreated from public view , later saying she was hounded by federal agents who waved her nude photos in her face .
And she said she believed that , at 34 , her days as `` the girl with the perfect figure '' were nearly over .
She moved to Florida in 1957 and married a much younger man , after an early marriage to her high school sweetheart had ended in divorce .
Her second marriage also failed , as did a third , and she suffered a nervous breakdown .
Born on April 22 , 1923 , in Nashville , Tennessee , Page said she grew up in a family so poor `` we were lucky to get an orange in our Christmas stockings '' . |
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Hollywood's Mermaid , <m> Esther Williams </m> dies at 91
June 06 , 2013
Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
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Hollywood's Mermaid , Esther Williams dies at 91
June 06 , 2013
<m> Esther Williams </m> , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
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Hollywood's Mermaid , Esther Williams dies at 91
June 06 , 2013
Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for <m> her </m> , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
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Hollywood's Mermaid , Esther Williams dies at 91
June 06 , 2013
Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming <m> champion </m> led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
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Hollywood's Mermaid , Esther Williams dies at 91
June 06 , 2013
Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her <m> spokesman </m> said .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
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Hollywood's Mermaid , Esther Williams dies at 91
June 06 , 2013
Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , died on Thursday <m> in Beverly Hills , California </m> , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
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Hollywood's Mermaid , Esther Williams dies at 91
June 06 , 2013
Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , died <m> on Thursday </m> in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
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Hollywood's Mermaid , Esther Williams dies at 91
June 06 , 2013
Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of <m> Hollywood </m> "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
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Hollywood's Mermaid , Esther Williams dies at 91
June 06 , 2013
Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion <m> led to </m> a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
4_2ecbplus.xml_20 | train | evt | 4_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said . | 13 | 13 | 74 | 80 | career | 10000000985 | career | ['esther', 'williams', 'experience', 'young', 'swimming', 'champion', 'lead', 'career', 'hollywood', '"aqua', 'musicals"', 'design', 'she', 'die', 'thursday', 'beverly', 'hills', 'california', 'age', '91', 'her', 'spokesman', 'say'] | Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a <m> career </m> of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said . | http : / / articles . chicagotribune . com / 2013 - 06 - 06 / entertainment / sns - rt - us - usa - estherwilliamsbre95511g - 20130606 _ 1 _ esther - williams - water - ballets - bathing - suits
Hollywood's Mermaid , Esther Williams dies at 91
June 06 , 2013
Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a <m> career </m> of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
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Hollywood's Mermaid , Esther Williams <m> dies </m> at 91
June 06 , 2013
Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
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Hollywood's Mermaid , Esther Williams dies at 91
June 06 , 2013
Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman <m> said </m> .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
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Hollywood's Mermaid , Esther Williams dies at 91
June 06 , 2013
Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young <m> swimming </m> champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
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Hollywood's Mermaid , Esther Williams dies at 91
June 06 , 2013
Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , <m> died </m> on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
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Hollywood's Mermaid , Esther Williams dies at 91
June 06 , 2013
Esther Williams , whose <m> experiences </m> as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
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Hollywood's Mermaid , Esther Williams dies at 91
June 06 , 2013
Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - <m> musicals" </m> designed just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
4_2ecbplus.xml_42 | train | evt | 4_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" designed just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said . | 19 | 19 | 112 | 120 | designed | ACT16195873839112917 | design | ['esther', 'williams', 'experience', 'young', 'swimming', 'champion', 'lead', 'career', 'hollywood', '"aqua', 'musicals"', 'design', 'she', 'die', 'thursday', 'beverly', 'hills', 'california', 'age', '91', 'her', 'spokesman', 'say'] | Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" <m> designed </m> just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said . | http : / / articles . chicagotribune . com / 2013 - 06 - 06 / entertainment / sns - rt - us - usa - estherwilliamsbre95511g - 20130606 _ 1 _ esther - williams - water - ballets - bathing - suits
Hollywood's Mermaid , Esther Williams dies at 91
June 06 , 2013
Esther Williams , whose experiences as a young swimming champion led to a career of Hollywood "aqua - musicals" <m> designed </m> just for her , died on Thursday in Beverly Hills , California , at the age of 91 , her spokesman said .
Williams , one of the biggest box - office stars of the 1940s and 1950s , died peacefully in her sleep and had been in declining health due to old age , spokesman Harlan Boll said .
It was the pool - and wartime pinup pictures of her in bathing suits - that made her popular . |
4_1ecb.xml_13 | train | ent | 4_1ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the pin-up model whose seductive photographs in magazines titillated and outraged Americans in the 1950s , has died , her agent said . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | Bettie Page | HUM16370179946350392 | Bettie | ['bettie', 'page', 'pin-up', 'model', 'seductive', 'photograph', 'magazine', 'titillate', 'outraged', 'americans', '1950', 'die', 'her', 'agent', 'say'] | <m> Bettie Page </m> , the pin-up model whose seductive photographs in magazines titillated and outraged Americans in the 1950s , has died , her agent said . | <m> Bettie Page </m> , the pin-up model whose seductive photographs in magazines titillated and outraged Americans in the 1950s , has died , her agent said .
She was 85 .
`` With deep personal sadness I must announce that my dear friend and client Bettie Page passed away at 6:41pm PST this evening ( 0241 GMT Friday ) in a Los Angeles hospital , '' her agent Mark Roesler said Thursday in a statement .
Page suffered a heart attack nine days earlier and never regained consciousness .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' Roesler said .
Page , with shoulder-length jet-black hair and bangs , combined sweetness and sexuality in a series of now-legendary posters and photographs in the 1950s , including as one of the inaugural centerfolds in Hugh Heffner 's new magazine Playboy , which named her `` the model of the century . ''
The nice-naughty image -- a sweet and beguiling smile matched with a curvacious figure and Page 's propensity for burlesque films and bondage images -- proved highly combustible on the eve of America 's sexual revolution .
In the late 1950s Page became one of the most photographed women in the world , and her popularity soared even as she left the limelight nearly half a century ago .
Page later said she was puzzled by her effect on pop culture .
`` I have no idea why I 'm the only model who has had so much fame so long after quitting work , '' she told the Los Angeles Times in 2006 .
In her old age , she refused to be photographed , preserving her mythic status .
`` I want to be remembered , as I was when I was young and in my golden times ...
I want to be remembered as the woman who changed people 's perspectives concerning nudity in its natural form . ''
Born in 1923 in Nashville , Tennessee , Bettie Mae Page was one of six children from an impoverished family .
After earning her university degree , she worked as a secretary and aspired to Hollywood stardom but never made it as an actress .
A screen test at 20th Century Fox went badly , with a producer offering her a break in return for sexual favors -- she refused .
Filmmaker and aviator Howard Hughes also doggedly pursued Page but she rebuffed him as well .
`` I never returned any of his calls , '' she once said .
`` I guess people will say I made a mistake .
But sex is part of love , and you should n't go around doing it unless you are in love .
I certainly did n't . ''
She posed for her first pin-up photos in 1947 and by the 1950s provocative pictures of her in bikinis or sexy lingerie were wildly popular , tacked up on the walls of locker rooms , student halls , offices and military barracks .
Although the pictures -- which sometimes played on bondage themes -- seem tame by contemporary standards , they raised alarms in a more conservative era , prompting US senators to investigate pornography .
Page was subpoenaed to appear before a senate committee headed by prominent Democrat Estes Kefauver but in the end never had to testify .
For Page , the bondage photos were harmless fun .
`` But honestly , who could take any of this seriously ? '' she said years later , according to her official website .
`` I never understood how anyone believed those poses were sexy .
To be tied up ?
I do n't get it . ''
By 1958 , at the peak of her fame , Page vanished from public view and her modeling days ended .
She became a born-again Christian but struggled with marital problems and suffered from depression and violent mood swings .
In 1992 , she left a California mental hospital having been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic .
In the 1990s , a lawyer who later became her agent , Mark Roesler , used Page 's famous images for a lucrative licensing and merchandising deal that helped her financially and renewed her fame .
The merchandise , including a clothing line , along with a film in 2005,
`` The Notorious Bettie Page , '' helped introduce her to a new generation in the United States and abroad .
`` She was reclusive and private , so without intending to be , without quite understanding how , her modeling work made her a pivotal figure in the sexual revolution that began in the 1950s , '' Roesler said . |
4_1ecb.xml_14 | train | ent | 4_1ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the pin-up model whose seductive photographs in magazines titillated and outraged Americans in the 1950s , has died , her agent said . | 14 | 14 | 96 | 105 | Americans | 10000000986 | Americans | ['bettie', 'page', 'pin-up', 'model', 'seductive', 'photograph', 'magazine', 'titillate', 'outraged', 'americans', '1950', 'die', 'her', 'agent', 'say'] | Bettie Page , the pin-up model whose seductive photographs in magazines titillated and outraged <m> Americans </m> in the 1950s , has died , her agent said . | Bettie Page , the pin-up model whose seductive photographs in magazines titillated and outraged <m> Americans </m> in the 1950s , has died , her agent said .
She was 85 .
`` With deep personal sadness I must announce that my dear friend and client Bettie Page passed away at 6:41pm PST this evening ( 0241 GMT Friday ) in a Los Angeles hospital , '' her agent Mark Roesler said Thursday in a statement .
Page suffered a heart attack nine days earlier and never regained consciousness .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' Roesler said .
Page , with shoulder-length jet-black hair and bangs , combined sweetness and sexuality in a series of now-legendary posters and photographs in the 1950s , including as one of the inaugural centerfolds in Hugh Heffner 's new magazine Playboy , which named her `` the model of the century . ''
The nice-naughty image -- a sweet and beguiling smile matched with a curvacious figure and Page 's propensity for burlesque films and bondage images -- proved highly combustible on the eve of America 's sexual revolution .
In the late 1950s Page became one of the most photographed women in the world , and her popularity soared even as she left the limelight nearly half a century ago .
Page later said she was puzzled by her effect on pop culture .
`` I have no idea why I 'm the only model who has had so much fame so long after quitting work , '' she told the Los Angeles Times in 2006 .
In her old age , she refused to be photographed , preserving her mythic status .
`` I want to be remembered , as I was when I was young and in my golden times ...
I want to be remembered as the woman who changed people 's perspectives concerning nudity in its natural form . ''
Born in 1923 in Nashville , Tennessee , Bettie Mae Page was one of six children from an impoverished family .
After earning her university degree , she worked as a secretary and aspired to Hollywood stardom but never made it as an actress .
A screen test at 20th Century Fox went badly , with a producer offering her a break in return for sexual favors -- she refused .
Filmmaker and aviator Howard Hughes also doggedly pursued Page but she rebuffed him as well .
`` I never returned any of his calls , '' she once said .
`` I guess people will say I made a mistake .
But sex is part of love , and you should n't go around doing it unless you are in love .
I certainly did n't . ''
She posed for her first pin-up photos in 1947 and by the 1950s provocative pictures of her in bikinis or sexy lingerie were wildly popular , tacked up on the walls of locker rooms , student halls , offices and military barracks .
Although the pictures -- which sometimes played on bondage themes -- seem tame by contemporary standards , they raised alarms in a more conservative era , prompting US senators to investigate pornography .
Page was subpoenaed to appear before a senate committee headed by prominent Democrat Estes Kefauver but in the end never had to testify .
For Page , the bondage photos were harmless fun .
`` But honestly , who could take any of this seriously ? '' she said years later , according to her official website .
`` I never understood how anyone believed those poses were sexy .
To be tied up ?
I do n't get it . ''
By 1958 , at the peak of her fame , Page vanished from public view and her modeling days ended .
She became a born-again Christian but struggled with marital problems and suffered from depression and violent mood swings .
In 1992 , she left a California mental hospital having been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic .
In the 1990s , a lawyer who later became her agent , Mark Roesler , used Page 's famous images for a lucrative licensing and merchandising deal that helped her financially and renewed her fame .
The merchandise , including a clothing line , along with a film in 2005,
`` The Notorious Bettie Page , '' helped introduce her to a new generation in the United States and abroad .
`` She was reclusive and private , so without intending to be , without quite understanding how , her modeling work made her a pivotal figure in the sexual revolution that began in the 1950s , '' Roesler said . |
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