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4_1ecb.xml_15 | 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 . | 23 | 23 | 136 | 141 | agent | HUM17394511845366898 | agent | ['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 Americans in the 1950s , has died , her <m> agent </m> said . | Bettie Page , the pin-up model whose seductive photographs in magazines titillated and outraged Americans in the 1950s , has died , her <m> agent </m> 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_17 | 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 . | 8 | 8 | 47 | 58 | photographs | NON16369933700632224 | photograph | ['bettie', 'page', 'pin-up', 'model', 'seductive', 'photograph', 'magazine', 'titillate', 'outraged', 'americans', '1950', 'die', 'her', 'agent', 'say'] | Bettie Page , the pin-up model whose seductive <m> photographs </m> in magazines titillated and outraged Americans in the 1950s , has died , her agent said . | Bettie Page , the pin-up model whose seductive <m> photographs </m> 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_18 | 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 . | 10 | 10 | 62 | 71 | magazines | 10000000987 | magazine | ['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 <m> magazines </m> titillated and outraged Americans in the 1950s , has died , her agent said . | Bettie Page , the pin-up model whose seductive photographs in <m> magazines </m> 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_16 | 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 . | 16 | 17 | 109 | 118 | the 1950s | TIM17394831772533035 | 1950 | ['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 Americans in <m> the 1950s </m> , has died , her agent said . | Bettie Page , the pin-up model whose seductive photographs in magazines titillated and outraged Americans in <m> the 1950s </m> , 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_21 | train | evt | 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 . | 20 | 20 | 125 | 129 | died | ACT16369833899538926 | die | ['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 Americans in the 1950s , has <m> died </m> , her agent said . | Bettie Page , the pin-up model whose seductive photographs in magazines titillated and outraged Americans in the 1950s , has <m> died </m> , 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_19 | train | evt | 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 . | 11 | 11 | 72 | 82 | titillated | 10000000988 | titillate | ['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 <m> titillated </m> and outraged Americans in the 1950s , has died , her agent said . | Bettie Page , the pin-up model whose seductive photographs in magazines <m> titillated </m> 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_20 | train | evt | 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 . | 13 | 13 | 87 | 95 | outraged | 10000000989 | outraged | ['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 <m> outraged </m> Americans in the 1950s , has died , her agent said . | Bettie Page , the pin-up model whose seductive photographs in magazines titillated and <m> outraged </m> 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_22 | train | evt | 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 . | 24 | 24 | 142 | 146 | said | 10000000990 | say | ['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 Americans in the 1950s , has died , her agent <m> said </m> . | Bettie Page , the pin-up model whose seductive photographs in magazines titillated and outraged Americans in the 1950s , has died , her agent <m> said </m> .
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_10ecb.xml_17 | train | ent | 4_10ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | 18 | 18 | 105 | 114 | everybody | 10000000991 | everybody | ['bettie', 'page', '1950s', 'pinup', 'bondage', 'model', 'provide', 'half-century', 'inspiration', 'everybody', 'madonna', 'suicide', 'girl', 'artist', 'olivia', 'de', 'berardinis', 'have', 'her', 'image', 'sort', 'merchandise', 'die', 'yesterday', 'los', 'angeles', 'age', '85'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for <m> everybody </m> from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for <m> everybody </m> from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 .
Born in Nashville , Page left her job as a schoolteacher and secretary to begin a career in modeling in 1950 .
Throughout the 50s , she appeared clad in leopard print bikinis , black leather , and wielding whips in publications like Wink and Titter .
In 1955 , she appeared in a Christmas spread for Playboy .
She had appeared in thousands of photos when she abruptly walked away from her career at the age of 35 .
In 1995 , Page was summoned to testify before the U.S. Senate at anti-pornography hearings .
She moved to Florida shortly thereafter , became a born-again Christian , suffered a nervous breakdown , and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic .
But her legend grew over the years , as her image kept reappearing in popular culture .
She was the inspiration for a character in Dale Stevens ' 1982 comic series The Rocketeer , and the 1991 movie based on the series had actress Jennifer Connolly in the Page-inspired role .
Artist Olivia De Berardinis also immortalized Page in several paintings , which have become popular tattoos among modern day rockabilly and goth girls .
Page learned of her career resurgence after being released from a mental hospital in 1992 .
Bettie Page T-shirts , posters , watches , wallets , and more were hot-sellers , and although Page refused to have her picture taken the last two decades of her life , she embraced her legacy and occasionally did meet-and-greet signings at events throughout the U.S. and gave her blessing to an official Web site , www.bettiepage.com .
Page had been hospitalized for the past three weeks for pneumonia .
She was scheduled to be released December 2 , but suffered a heart attack .
Her health never recovered , and she passed at away at 6 : 41 last night .
A number of sites have already posted tributes to Page .
You can check out the tributes in the L.A. Times , at MTV.com , and also at Page 's official site . |
4_10ecb.xml_16 | train | ent | 4_10ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | Bettie Page | HUM16370179946350392 | Bettie | ['bettie', 'page', '1950s', 'pinup', 'bondage', 'model', 'provide', 'half-century', 'inspiration', 'everybody', 'madonna', 'suicide', 'girl', 'artist', 'olivia', 'de', 'berardinis', 'have', 'her', 'image', 'sort', 'merchandise', 'die', 'yesterday', 'los', 'angeles', 'age', '85'] | <m> Bettie Page </m> , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | <m> Bettie Page </m> , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 .
Born in Nashville , Page left her job as a schoolteacher and secretary to begin a career in modeling in 1950 .
Throughout the 50s , she appeared clad in leopard print bikinis , black leather , and wielding whips in publications like Wink and Titter .
In 1955 , she appeared in a Christmas spread for Playboy .
She had appeared in thousands of photos when she abruptly walked away from her career at the age of 35 .
In 1995 , Page was summoned to testify before the U.S. Senate at anti-pornography hearings .
She moved to Florida shortly thereafter , became a born-again Christian , suffered a nervous breakdown , and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic .
But her legend grew over the years , as her image kept reappearing in popular culture .
She was the inspiration for a character in Dale Stevens ' 1982 comic series The Rocketeer , and the 1991 movie based on the series had actress Jennifer Connolly in the Page-inspired role .
Artist Olivia De Berardinis also immortalized Page in several paintings , which have become popular tattoos among modern day rockabilly and goth girls .
Page learned of her career resurgence after being released from a mental hospital in 1992 .
Bettie Page T-shirts , posters , watches , wallets , and more were hot-sellers , and although Page refused to have her picture taken the last two decades of her life , she embraced her legacy and occasionally did meet-and-greet signings at events throughout the U.S. and gave her blessing to an official Web site , www.bettiepage.com .
Page had been hospitalized for the past three weeks for pneumonia .
She was scheduled to be released December 2 , but suffered a heart attack .
Her health never recovered , and she passed at away at 6 : 41 last night .
A number of sites have already posted tributes to Page .
You can check out the tributes in the L.A. Times , at MTV.com , and also at Page 's official site . |
4_10ecb.xml_18 | train | ent | 4_10ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | 20 | 20 | 120 | 127 | Madonna | HUM16370299481173084 | Madonna | ['bettie', 'page', '1950s', 'pinup', 'bondage', 'model', 'provide', 'half-century', 'inspiration', 'everybody', 'madonna', 'suicide', 'girl', 'artist', 'olivia', 'de', 'berardinis', 'have', 'her', 'image', 'sort', 'merchandise', 'die', 'yesterday', 'los', 'angeles', 'age', '85'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from <m> Madonna </m> to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from <m> Madonna </m> to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 .
Born in Nashville , Page left her job as a schoolteacher and secretary to begin a career in modeling in 1950 .
Throughout the 50s , she appeared clad in leopard print bikinis , black leather , and wielding whips in publications like Wink and Titter .
In 1955 , she appeared in a Christmas spread for Playboy .
She had appeared in thousands of photos when she abruptly walked away from her career at the age of 35 .
In 1995 , Page was summoned to testify before the U.S. Senate at anti-pornography hearings .
She moved to Florida shortly thereafter , became a born-again Christian , suffered a nervous breakdown , and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic .
But her legend grew over the years , as her image kept reappearing in popular culture .
She was the inspiration for a character in Dale Stevens ' 1982 comic series The Rocketeer , and the 1991 movie based on the series had actress Jennifer Connolly in the Page-inspired role .
Artist Olivia De Berardinis also immortalized Page in several paintings , which have become popular tattoos among modern day rockabilly and goth girls .
Page learned of her career resurgence after being released from a mental hospital in 1992 .
Bettie Page T-shirts , posters , watches , wallets , and more were hot-sellers , and although Page refused to have her picture taken the last two decades of her life , she embraced her legacy and occasionally did meet-and-greet signings at events throughout the U.S. and gave her blessing to an official Web site , www.bettiepage.com .
Page had been hospitalized for the past three weeks for pneumonia .
She was scheduled to be released December 2 , but suffered a heart attack .
Her health never recovered , and she passed at away at 6 : 41 last night .
A number of sites have already posted tributes to Page .
You can check out the tributes in the L.A. Times , at MTV.com , and also at Page 's official site . |
4_10ecb.xml_19 | train | ent | 4_10ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | 23 | 24 | 135 | 148 | Suicide Girls | 10000000992 | suicide | ['bettie', 'page', '1950s', 'pinup', 'bondage', 'model', 'provide', 'half-century', 'inspiration', 'everybody', 'madonna', 'suicide', 'girl', 'artist', 'olivia', 'de', 'berardinis', 'have', 'her', 'image', 'sort', 'merchandise', 'die', 'yesterday', 'los', 'angeles', 'age', '85'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the <m> Suicide Girls </m> to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the <m> Suicide Girls </m> to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 .
Born in Nashville , Page left her job as a schoolteacher and secretary to begin a career in modeling in 1950 .
Throughout the 50s , she appeared clad in leopard print bikinis , black leather , and wielding whips in publications like Wink and Titter .
In 1955 , she appeared in a Christmas spread for Playboy .
She had appeared in thousands of photos when she abruptly walked away from her career at the age of 35 .
In 1995 , Page was summoned to testify before the U.S. Senate at anti-pornography hearings .
She moved to Florida shortly thereafter , became a born-again Christian , suffered a nervous breakdown , and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic .
But her legend grew over the years , as her image kept reappearing in popular culture .
She was the inspiration for a character in Dale Stevens ' 1982 comic series The Rocketeer , and the 1991 movie based on the series had actress Jennifer Connolly in the Page-inspired role .
Artist Olivia De Berardinis also immortalized Page in several paintings , which have become popular tattoos among modern day rockabilly and goth girls .
Page learned of her career resurgence after being released from a mental hospital in 1992 .
Bettie Page T-shirts , posters , watches , wallets , and more were hot-sellers , and although Page refused to have her picture taken the last two decades of her life , she embraced her legacy and occasionally did meet-and-greet signings at events throughout the U.S. and gave her blessing to an official Web site , www.bettiepage.com .
Page had been hospitalized for the past three weeks for pneumonia .
She was scheduled to be released December 2 , but suffered a heart attack .
Her health never recovered , and she passed at away at 6 : 41 last night .
A number of sites have already posted tributes to Page .
You can check out the tributes in the L.A. Times , at MTV.com , and also at Page 's official site . |
4_10ecb.xml_20 | train | ent | 4_10ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | 27 | 29 | 159 | 179 | Olivia De Berardinis | 10000000993 | Berardinis | ['bettie', 'page', '1950s', 'pinup', 'bondage', 'model', 'provide', 'half-century', 'inspiration', 'everybody', 'madonna', 'suicide', 'girl', 'artist', 'olivia', 'de', 'berardinis', 'have', 'her', 'image', 'sort', 'merchandise', 'die', 'yesterday', 'los', 'angeles', 'age', '85'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist <m> Olivia De Berardinis </m> ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist <m> Olivia De Berardinis </m> ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 .
Born in Nashville , Page left her job as a schoolteacher and secretary to begin a career in modeling in 1950 .
Throughout the 50s , she appeared clad in leopard print bikinis , black leather , and wielding whips in publications like Wink and Titter .
In 1955 , she appeared in a Christmas spread for Playboy .
She had appeared in thousands of photos when she abruptly walked away from her career at the age of 35 .
In 1995 , Page was summoned to testify before the U.S. Senate at anti-pornography hearings .
She moved to Florida shortly thereafter , became a born-again Christian , suffered a nervous breakdown , and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic .
But her legend grew over the years , as her image kept reappearing in popular culture .
She was the inspiration for a character in Dale Stevens ' 1982 comic series The Rocketeer , and the 1991 movie based on the series had actress Jennifer Connolly in the Page-inspired role .
Artist Olivia De Berardinis also immortalized Page in several paintings , which have become popular tattoos among modern day rockabilly and goth girls .
Page learned of her career resurgence after being released from a mental hospital in 1992 .
Bettie Page T-shirts , posters , watches , wallets , and more were hot-sellers , and although Page refused to have her picture taken the last two decades of her life , she embraced her legacy and occasionally did meet-and-greet signings at events throughout the U.S. and gave her blessing to an official Web site , www.bettiepage.com .
Page had been hospitalized for the past three weeks for pneumonia .
She was scheduled to be released December 2 , but suffered a heart attack .
Her health never recovered , and she passed at away at 6 : 41 last night .
A number of sites have already posted tributes to Page .
You can check out the tributes in the L.A. Times , at MTV.com , and also at Page 's official site . |
4_10ecb.xml_29 | train | ent | 4_10ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | 47 | 49 | 262 | 276 | in Los Angeles | LOC16369849809365357 | Angeles | ['bettie', 'page', '1950s', 'pinup', 'bondage', 'model', 'provide', 'half-century', 'inspiration', 'everybody', 'madonna', 'suicide', 'girl', 'artist', 'olivia', 'de', 'berardinis', 'have', 'her', 'image', 'sort', 'merchandise', 'die', 'yesterday', 'los', 'angeles', 'age', '85'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday <m> in Los Angeles </m> at the age of 85 . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday <m> in Los Angeles </m> at the age of 85 .
Born in Nashville , Page left her job as a schoolteacher and secretary to begin a career in modeling in 1950 .
Throughout the 50s , she appeared clad in leopard print bikinis , black leather , and wielding whips in publications like Wink and Titter .
In 1955 , she appeared in a Christmas spread for Playboy .
She had appeared in thousands of photos when she abruptly walked away from her career at the age of 35 .
In 1995 , Page was summoned to testify before the U.S. Senate at anti-pornography hearings .
She moved to Florida shortly thereafter , became a born-again Christian , suffered a nervous breakdown , and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic .
But her legend grew over the years , as her image kept reappearing in popular culture .
She was the inspiration for a character in Dale Stevens ' 1982 comic series The Rocketeer , and the 1991 movie based on the series had actress Jennifer Connolly in the Page-inspired role .
Artist Olivia De Berardinis also immortalized Page in several paintings , which have become popular tattoos among modern day rockabilly and goth girls .
Page learned of her career resurgence after being released from a mental hospital in 1992 .
Bettie Page T-shirts , posters , watches , wallets , and more were hot-sellers , and although Page refused to have her picture taken the last two decades of her life , she embraced her legacy and occasionally did meet-and-greet signings at events throughout the U.S. and gave her blessing to an official Web site , www.bettiepage.com .
Page had been hospitalized for the past three weeks for pneumonia .
She was scheduled to be released December 2 , but suffered a heart attack .
Her health never recovered , and she passed at away at 6 : 41 last night .
A number of sites have already posted tributes to Page .
You can check out the tributes in the L.A. Times , at MTV.com , and also at Page 's official site . |
4_10ecb.xml_22 | train | ent | 4_10ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | 36 | 36 | 204 | 209 | image | 10000000994 | image | ['bettie', 'page', '1950s', 'pinup', 'bondage', 'model', 'provide', 'half-century', 'inspiration', 'everybody', 'madonna', 'suicide', 'girl', 'artist', 'olivia', 'de', 'berardinis', 'have', 'her', 'image', 'sort', 'merchandise', 'die', 'yesterday', 'los', 'angeles', 'age', '85'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her <m> image </m> used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her <m> image </m> used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 .
Born in Nashville , Page left her job as a schoolteacher and secretary to begin a career in modeling in 1950 .
Throughout the 50s , she appeared clad in leopard print bikinis , black leather , and wielding whips in publications like Wink and Titter .
In 1955 , she appeared in a Christmas spread for Playboy .
She had appeared in thousands of photos when she abruptly walked away from her career at the age of 35 .
In 1995 , Page was summoned to testify before the U.S. Senate at anti-pornography hearings .
She moved to Florida shortly thereafter , became a born-again Christian , suffered a nervous breakdown , and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic .
But her legend grew over the years , as her image kept reappearing in popular culture .
She was the inspiration for a character in Dale Stevens ' 1982 comic series The Rocketeer , and the 1991 movie based on the series had actress Jennifer Connolly in the Page-inspired role .
Artist Olivia De Berardinis also immortalized Page in several paintings , which have become popular tattoos among modern day rockabilly and goth girls .
Page learned of her career resurgence after being released from a mental hospital in 1992 .
Bettie Page T-shirts , posters , watches , wallets , and more were hot-sellers , and although Page refused to have her picture taken the last two decades of her life , she embraced her legacy and occasionally did meet-and-greet signings at events throughout the U.S. and gave her blessing to an official Web site , www.bettiepage.com .
Page had been hospitalized for the past three weeks for pneumonia .
She was scheduled to be released December 2 , but suffered a heart attack .
Her health never recovered , and she passed at away at 6 : 41 last night .
A number of sites have already posted tributes to Page .
You can check out the tributes in the L.A. Times , at MTV.com , and also at Page 's official site . |
4_10ecb.xml_23 | train | ent | 4_10ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | 42 | 42 | 231 | 242 | merchandise | 10000000995 | merchandise | ['bettie', 'page', '1950s', 'pinup', 'bondage', 'model', 'provide', 'half-century', 'inspiration', 'everybody', 'madonna', 'suicide', 'girl', 'artist', 'olivia', 'de', 'berardinis', 'have', 'her', 'image', 'sort', 'merchandise', 'die', 'yesterday', 'los', 'angeles', 'age', '85'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of <m> merchandise </m> ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of <m> merchandise </m> ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 .
Born in Nashville , Page left her job as a schoolteacher and secretary to begin a career in modeling in 1950 .
Throughout the 50s , she appeared clad in leopard print bikinis , black leather , and wielding whips in publications like Wink and Titter .
In 1955 , she appeared in a Christmas spread for Playboy .
She had appeared in thousands of photos when she abruptly walked away from her career at the age of 35 .
In 1995 , Page was summoned to testify before the U.S. Senate at anti-pornography hearings .
She moved to Florida shortly thereafter , became a born-again Christian , suffered a nervous breakdown , and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic .
But her legend grew over the years , as her image kept reappearing in popular culture .
She was the inspiration for a character in Dale Stevens ' 1982 comic series The Rocketeer , and the 1991 movie based on the series had actress Jennifer Connolly in the Page-inspired role .
Artist Olivia De Berardinis also immortalized Page in several paintings , which have become popular tattoos among modern day rockabilly and goth girls .
Page learned of her career resurgence after being released from a mental hospital in 1992 .
Bettie Page T-shirts , posters , watches , wallets , and more were hot-sellers , and although Page refused to have her picture taken the last two decades of her life , she embraced her legacy and occasionally did meet-and-greet signings at events throughout the U.S. and gave her blessing to an official Web site , www.bettiepage.com .
Page had been hospitalized for the past three weeks for pneumonia .
She was scheduled to be released December 2 , but suffered a heart attack .
Her health never recovered , and she passed at away at 6 : 41 last night .
A number of sites have already posted tributes to Page .
You can check out the tributes in the L.A. Times , at MTV.com , and also at Page 's official site . |
4_10ecb.xml_28 | train | ent | 4_10ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | 46 | 46 | 252 | 261 | yesterday | TIM16370411076342322 | yesterday | ['bettie', 'page', '1950s', 'pinup', 'bondage', 'model', 'provide', 'half-century', 'inspiration', 'everybody', 'madonna', 'suicide', 'girl', 'artist', 'olivia', 'de', 'berardinis', 'have', 'her', 'image', 'sort', 'merchandise', 'die', 'yesterday', 'los', 'angeles', 'age', '85'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died <m> yesterday </m> in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died <m> yesterday </m> in Los Angeles at the age of 85 .
Born in Nashville , Page left her job as a schoolteacher and secretary to begin a career in modeling in 1950 .
Throughout the 50s , she appeared clad in leopard print bikinis , black leather , and wielding whips in publications like Wink and Titter .
In 1955 , she appeared in a Christmas spread for Playboy .
She had appeared in thousands of photos when she abruptly walked away from her career at the age of 35 .
In 1995 , Page was summoned to testify before the U.S. Senate at anti-pornography hearings .
She moved to Florida shortly thereafter , became a born-again Christian , suffered a nervous breakdown , and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic .
But her legend grew over the years , as her image kept reappearing in popular culture .
She was the inspiration for a character in Dale Stevens ' 1982 comic series The Rocketeer , and the 1991 movie based on the series had actress Jennifer Connolly in the Page-inspired role .
Artist Olivia De Berardinis also immortalized Page in several paintings , which have become popular tattoos among modern day rockabilly and goth girls .
Page learned of her career resurgence after being released from a mental hospital in 1992 .
Bettie Page T-shirts , posters , watches , wallets , and more were hot-sellers , and although Page refused to have her picture taken the last two decades of her life , she embraced her legacy and occasionally did meet-and-greet signings at events throughout the U.S. and gave her blessing to an official Web site , www.bettiepage.com .
Page had been hospitalized for the past three weeks for pneumonia .
She was scheduled to be released December 2 , but suffered a heart attack .
Her health never recovered , and she passed at away at 6 : 41 last night .
A number of sites have already posted tributes to Page .
You can check out the tributes in the L.A. Times , at MTV.com , and also at Page 's official site . |
4_10ecb.xml_21 | train | ent | 4_10ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | 3 | 4 | 14 | 23 | the 1950s | TIM17394831772533035 | 1950s | ['bettie', 'page', '1950s', 'pinup', 'bondage', 'model', 'provide', 'half-century', 'inspiration', 'everybody', 'madonna', 'suicide', 'girl', 'artist', 'olivia', 'de', 'berardinis', 'have', 'her', 'image', 'sort', 'merchandise', 'die', 'yesterday', 'los', 'angeles', 'age', '85'] | Bettie Page , <m> the 1950s </m> pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | Bettie Page , <m> the 1950s </m> pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 .
Born in Nashville , Page left her job as a schoolteacher and secretary to begin a career in modeling in 1950 .
Throughout the 50s , she appeared clad in leopard print bikinis , black leather , and wielding whips in publications like Wink and Titter .
In 1955 , she appeared in a Christmas spread for Playboy .
She had appeared in thousands of photos when she abruptly walked away from her career at the age of 35 .
In 1995 , Page was summoned to testify before the U.S. Senate at anti-pornography hearings .
She moved to Florida shortly thereafter , became a born-again Christian , suffered a nervous breakdown , and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic .
But her legend grew over the years , as her image kept reappearing in popular culture .
She was the inspiration for a character in Dale Stevens ' 1982 comic series The Rocketeer , and the 1991 movie based on the series had actress Jennifer Connolly in the Page-inspired role .
Artist Olivia De Berardinis also immortalized Page in several paintings , which have become popular tattoos among modern day rockabilly and goth girls .
Page learned of her career resurgence after being released from a mental hospital in 1992 .
Bettie Page T-shirts , posters , watches , wallets , and more were hot-sellers , and although Page refused to have her picture taken the last two decades of her life , she embraced her legacy and occasionally did meet-and-greet signings at events throughout the U.S. and gave her blessing to an official Web site , www.bettiepage.com .
Page had been hospitalized for the past three weeks for pneumonia .
She was scheduled to be released December 2 , but suffered a heart attack .
Her health never recovered , and she passed at away at 6 : 41 last night .
A number of sites have already posted tributes to Page .
You can check out the tributes in the L.A. Times , at MTV.com , and also at Page 's official site . |
4_10ecb.xml_24 | train | ent | 4_10ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | 14 | 14 | 73 | 85 | half-century | 10000000996 | half-century | ['bettie', 'page', '1950s', 'pinup', 'bondage', 'model', 'provide', 'half-century', 'inspiration', 'everybody', 'madonna', 'suicide', 'girl', 'artist', 'olivia', 'de', 'berardinis', 'have', 'her', 'image', 'sort', 'merchandise', 'die', 'yesterday', 'los', 'angeles', 'age', '85'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a <m> half-century </m> of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a <m> half-century </m> of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 .
Born in Nashville , Page left her job as a schoolteacher and secretary to begin a career in modeling in 1950 .
Throughout the 50s , she appeared clad in leopard print bikinis , black leather , and wielding whips in publications like Wink and Titter .
In 1955 , she appeared in a Christmas spread for Playboy .
She had appeared in thousands of photos when she abruptly walked away from her career at the age of 35 .
In 1995 , Page was summoned to testify before the U.S. Senate at anti-pornography hearings .
She moved to Florida shortly thereafter , became a born-again Christian , suffered a nervous breakdown , and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic .
But her legend grew over the years , as her image kept reappearing in popular culture .
She was the inspiration for a character in Dale Stevens ' 1982 comic series The Rocketeer , and the 1991 movie based on the series had actress Jennifer Connolly in the Page-inspired role .
Artist Olivia De Berardinis also immortalized Page in several paintings , which have become popular tattoos among modern day rockabilly and goth girls .
Page learned of her career resurgence after being released from a mental hospital in 1992 .
Bettie Page T-shirts , posters , watches , wallets , and more were hot-sellers , and although Page refused to have her picture taken the last two decades of her life , she embraced her legacy and occasionally did meet-and-greet signings at events throughout the U.S. and gave her blessing to an official Web site , www.bettiepage.com .
Page had been hospitalized for the past three weeks for pneumonia .
She was scheduled to be released December 2 , but suffered a heart attack .
Her health never recovered , and she passed at away at 6 : 41 last night .
A number of sites have already posted tributes to Page .
You can check out the tributes in the L.A. Times , at MTV.com , and also at Page 's official site . |
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Born in Nashville , Page left her job as a schoolteacher and secretary to begin a career in modeling in 1950 .
Throughout the 50s , she appeared clad in leopard print bikinis , black leather , and wielding whips in publications like Wink and Titter .
In 1955 , she appeared in a Christmas spread for Playboy .
She had appeared in thousands of photos when she abruptly walked away from her career at the age of 35 .
In 1995 , Page was summoned to testify before the U.S. Senate at anti-pornography hearings .
She moved to Florida shortly thereafter , became a born-again Christian , suffered a nervous breakdown , and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic .
But her legend grew over the years , as her image kept reappearing in popular culture .
She was the inspiration for a character in Dale Stevens ' 1982 comic series The Rocketeer , and the 1991 movie based on the series had actress Jennifer Connolly in the Page-inspired role .
Artist Olivia De Berardinis also immortalized Page in several paintings , which have become popular tattoos among modern day rockabilly and goth girls .
Page learned of her career resurgence after being released from a mental hospital in 1992 .
Bettie Page T-shirts , posters , watches , wallets , and more were hot-sellers , and although Page refused to have her picture taken the last two decades of her life , she embraced her legacy and occasionally did meet-and-greet signings at events throughout the U.S. and gave her blessing to an official Web site , www.bettiepage.com .
Page had been hospitalized for the past three weeks for pneumonia .
She was scheduled to be released December 2 , but suffered a heart attack .
Her health never recovered , and she passed at away at 6 : 41 last night .
A number of sites have already posted tributes to Page .
You can check out the tributes in the L.A. Times , at MTV.com , and also at Page 's official site . |
4_10ecb.xml_26 | train | evt | 4_10ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | 37 | 37 | 210 | 214 | used | 10000000998 | use | ['bettie', 'page', '1950s', 'pinup', 'bondage', 'model', 'provide', 'half-century', 'inspiration', 'everybody', 'madonna', 'suicide', 'girl', 'artist', 'olivia', 'de', 'berardinis', 'have', 'her', 'image', 'sort', 'merchandise', 'die', 'yesterday', 'los', 'angeles', 'age', '85'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image <m> used </m> on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image <m> used </m> on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 .
Born in Nashville , Page left her job as a schoolteacher and secretary to begin a career in modeling in 1950 .
Throughout the 50s , she appeared clad in leopard print bikinis , black leather , and wielding whips in publications like Wink and Titter .
In 1955 , she appeared in a Christmas spread for Playboy .
She had appeared in thousands of photos when she abruptly walked away from her career at the age of 35 .
In 1995 , Page was summoned to testify before the U.S. Senate at anti-pornography hearings .
She moved to Florida shortly thereafter , became a born-again Christian , suffered a nervous breakdown , and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic .
But her legend grew over the years , as her image kept reappearing in popular culture .
She was the inspiration for a character in Dale Stevens ' 1982 comic series The Rocketeer , and the 1991 movie based on the series had actress Jennifer Connolly in the Page-inspired role .
Artist Olivia De Berardinis also immortalized Page in several paintings , which have become popular tattoos among modern day rockabilly and goth girls .
Page learned of her career resurgence after being released from a mental hospital in 1992 .
Bettie Page T-shirts , posters , watches , wallets , and more were hot-sellers , and although Page refused to have her picture taken the last two decades of her life , she embraced her legacy and occasionally did meet-and-greet signings at events throughout the U.S. and gave her blessing to an official Web site , www.bettiepage.com .
Page had been hospitalized for the past three weeks for pneumonia .
She was scheduled to be released December 2 , but suffered a heart attack .
Her health never recovered , and she passed at away at 6 : 41 last night .
A number of sites have already posted tributes to Page .
You can check out the tributes in the L.A. Times , at MTV.com , and also at Page 's official site . |
4_10ecb.xml_27 | train | evt | 4_10ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , died yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | 45 | 45 | 247 | 251 | died | ACT16369833899538926 | die | ['bettie', 'page', '1950s', 'pinup', 'bondage', 'model', 'provide', 'half-century', 'inspiration', 'everybody', 'madonna', 'suicide', 'girl', 'artist', 'olivia', 'de', 'berardinis', 'have', 'her', 'image', 'sort', 'merchandise', 'die', 'yesterday', 'los', 'angeles', 'age', '85'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , <m> died </m> yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pinup and bondage model who provided more than a half-century of inspiration for everybody from Madonna to the Suicide Girls to artist Olivia De Berardinis ( as well as having her image used on all sorts of merchandise ) , <m> died </m> yesterday in Los Angeles at the age of 85 .
Born in Nashville , Page left her job as a schoolteacher and secretary to begin a career in modeling in 1950 .
Throughout the 50s , she appeared clad in leopard print bikinis , black leather , and wielding whips in publications like Wink and Titter .
In 1955 , she appeared in a Christmas spread for Playboy .
She had appeared in thousands of photos when she abruptly walked away from her career at the age of 35 .
In 1995 , Page was summoned to testify before the U.S. Senate at anti-pornography hearings .
She moved to Florida shortly thereafter , became a born-again Christian , suffered a nervous breakdown , and was diagnosed as a schizophrenic .
But her legend grew over the years , as her image kept reappearing in popular culture .
She was the inspiration for a character in Dale Stevens ' 1982 comic series The Rocketeer , and the 1991 movie based on the series had actress Jennifer Connolly in the Page-inspired role .
Artist Olivia De Berardinis also immortalized Page in several paintings , which have become popular tattoos among modern day rockabilly and goth girls .
Page learned of her career resurgence after being released from a mental hospital in 1992 .
Bettie Page T-shirts , posters , watches , wallets , and more were hot-sellers , and although Page refused to have her picture taken the last two decades of her life , she embraced her legacy and occasionally did meet-and-greet signings at events throughout the U.S. and gave her blessing to an official Web site , www.bettiepage.com .
Page had been hospitalized for the past three weeks for pneumonia .
She was scheduled to be released December 2 , but suffered a heart attack .
Her health never recovered , and she passed at away at 6 : 41 last night .
A number of sites have already posted tributes to Page .
You can check out the tributes in the L.A. Times , at MTV.com , and also at Page 's official site . |
4_11ecb.xml_12 | train | ent | 4_11ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual expression . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | Bettie Page | HUM16370179946350392 | Bettie | ['bettie', 'page', '1950', 'pin-up', 'queen', 'pop', 'culture', 'icon', 'die', 'thursday', 'remember', 'her', 'indomitable', 'influence', 'style', 'fashion', 'sexual', 'expression'] | <m> Bettie Page </m> , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual expression . | <m> Bettie Page </m> , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual expression .
But as Bettie 's biographer -- and the only one with whom she ever cooperated -- I can tell you that the underground bondage queen also had the unlikely effect of thematically shaping a series of biographical and highly feminist novels about powerful women in history .
In 1991 , intrigued by the resurgence of Bettie 's image in venues as diverse as rockabilly clubs , nostalgia rags , and S and M fashion gone mainstream , I wrote a cover story for the L.A. Weekly , `` In Search of Bettie Page . ''
For nine months , I had tracked down anyone who had ever known her or photographed her .
But Bettie herself , the object of much speculation , remained elusive .
Most people thought she was dead .
Then , as fate would have it , someone gave Bettie , who was living in anonymity and seclusion , a copy of the article .
Imagine the shock -- a seventy-something senior citizen who ran away from it all forty years prior , suddenly finds that she is famous again .
But she liked it .
Though she did not want to re-enter the public arena , Bettie sent me a letter praising the piece , calling us `` kindred spirits . ''
Soon , with co-author James Swanson , I embarked on the adventure of writing her biography , sitting down with her for hundreds of hours while she told us her story .
At the time , I was also trying to work out how to tell the stories of women in history who had been either dropped from the record or misinterpreted through the sexist lens of their biographers .
I was to start with Kleopatra ( the original Greek spelling ) , a victim of Roman propaganda remembered for the men with whom she slept rather than for her diplomacy , leadership , and the fact that she had mastered nine languages .
How to present the stories of women who had been victimized without writing a victim story , I kept asking myself ?
How to give women in history who had been reduced to their sexuality the full breadth of their experience without diminishing or demeaning their sexuality ?
So here was Bettie Page , a woman known only for her sexuality , who had been sexually abused by her father , sexually violated by a gang of strangers , and emotionally battered by a husband .
In the years since she had gone underground , Bettie had become a born-again Christian working for the Billy Graham Crusade .
Surely she would repudiate the work she 'd done as a pin-up and bondage model .
Surely she saw herself as a victim of the patriarchy that hijacked her beauty and sensuality and exploited it for its own gratification .
Surely I was about to meet a woman who considered herself a victim .
I was wrong .
Despite her more unfortunate experiences , Bettie never presented herself as a casualty of sexual abuse , and she never used that , or her religious beliefs , which were strong , to renounce the work she 'd done as a model .
Moreover , she never denounced sexual expression .
`` God created us naked , '' she said by way of explaining her total lack of inhibition in the buff .
She purported that bondage modeling `` was such fun , '' even at times `` hilarious , '' except for when the elaborate gear became uncomfortable .
And sex itself , she assured me on many occasions , was for her , always pleasurable and joyful .
Though she had at times suffered at their hands , she never expressed bitterness toward men .
I know women who are resoundingly more hostile than Bettie Page just for having suffered a few bad dates .
No , Bettie was not going to allow anyone or anything to diminish the joy she experienced when she put that corset on ( or took it off ) and felt her full-blown sexual power .
Since the publication of Bettie Page : Life of a Pin-Up Legend , I have published four historical novels with strong female characters .
Each , in her own way , was a victim , either of the era in which she lived and its laws , or of individual abusers , or of the general abuses and oppressive nature of the culture at large .
Despite the enormous consciousness-raising of the last few decades , we still see attempts to diminish today 's female powerbrokers women like Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin by sexualizing them .
Yes , in our porn-saturated society , people are still trying to shame women for -- what ?
Having sexual attributes ?
At least we can point to one woman , Bettie Page , who would n't have it .
Bettie 's obits paint a bleak picture of her later years .
But I found that , despite her trials , she had retained a zest for life and always took pleasure in memories of the work that she 'd done .
I hope that Bettie is remembered for her sexual joy , and for the gleeful spirit she brought to sexual imagery , whether she was frolicking on the beach or being ball-gagged and spanked , rather than for being a victim .
A female friend of mine said this morning , `` Bettie Page did more for sexual expression than Alfred Kinsey. '' Amen , sister .
For all the countless ( and valuable ) mountains of scholarly and feminist writing that have influenced my thinking and my portrayal of women , I still look to a lady who said it all by looking into the camera and defying anyone to tell her she was bad or wrong .
Amen to you , too , Bettie .
Rest in peace . |
4_11ecb.xml_17 | train | ent | 4_11ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual expression . | 24 | 24 | 133 | 138 | style | 10000000999 | style | ['bettie', 'page', '1950', 'pin-up', 'queen', 'pop', 'culture', 'icon', 'die', 'thursday', 'remember', 'her', 'indomitable', 'influence', 'style', 'fashion', 'sexual', 'expression'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on <m> style </m> , fashion , and sexual expression . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on <m> style </m> , fashion , and sexual expression .
But as Bettie 's biographer -- and the only one with whom she ever cooperated -- I can tell you that the underground bondage queen also had the unlikely effect of thematically shaping a series of biographical and highly feminist novels about powerful women in history .
In 1991 , intrigued by the resurgence of Bettie 's image in venues as diverse as rockabilly clubs , nostalgia rags , and S and M fashion gone mainstream , I wrote a cover story for the L.A. Weekly , `` In Search of Bettie Page . ''
For nine months , I had tracked down anyone who had ever known her or photographed her .
But Bettie herself , the object of much speculation , remained elusive .
Most people thought she was dead .
Then , as fate would have it , someone gave Bettie , who was living in anonymity and seclusion , a copy of the article .
Imagine the shock -- a seventy-something senior citizen who ran away from it all forty years prior , suddenly finds that she is famous again .
But she liked it .
Though she did not want to re-enter the public arena , Bettie sent me a letter praising the piece , calling us `` kindred spirits . ''
Soon , with co-author James Swanson , I embarked on the adventure of writing her biography , sitting down with her for hundreds of hours while she told us her story .
At the time , I was also trying to work out how to tell the stories of women in history who had been either dropped from the record or misinterpreted through the sexist lens of their biographers .
I was to start with Kleopatra ( the original Greek spelling ) , a victim of Roman propaganda remembered for the men with whom she slept rather than for her diplomacy , leadership , and the fact that she had mastered nine languages .
How to present the stories of women who had been victimized without writing a victim story , I kept asking myself ?
How to give women in history who had been reduced to their sexuality the full breadth of their experience without diminishing or demeaning their sexuality ?
So here was Bettie Page , a woman known only for her sexuality , who had been sexually abused by her father , sexually violated by a gang of strangers , and emotionally battered by a husband .
In the years since she had gone underground , Bettie had become a born-again Christian working for the Billy Graham Crusade .
Surely she would repudiate the work she 'd done as a pin-up and bondage model .
Surely she saw herself as a victim of the patriarchy that hijacked her beauty and sensuality and exploited it for its own gratification .
Surely I was about to meet a woman who considered herself a victim .
I was wrong .
Despite her more unfortunate experiences , Bettie never presented herself as a casualty of sexual abuse , and she never used that , or her religious beliefs , which were strong , to renounce the work she 'd done as a model .
Moreover , she never denounced sexual expression .
`` God created us naked , '' she said by way of explaining her total lack of inhibition in the buff .
She purported that bondage modeling `` was such fun , '' even at times `` hilarious , '' except for when the elaborate gear became uncomfortable .
And sex itself , she assured me on many occasions , was for her , always pleasurable and joyful .
Though she had at times suffered at their hands , she never expressed bitterness toward men .
I know women who are resoundingly more hostile than Bettie Page just for having suffered a few bad dates .
No , Bettie was not going to allow anyone or anything to diminish the joy she experienced when she put that corset on ( or took it off ) and felt her full-blown sexual power .
Since the publication of Bettie Page : Life of a Pin-Up Legend , I have published four historical novels with strong female characters .
Each , in her own way , was a victim , either of the era in which she lived and its laws , or of individual abusers , or of the general abuses and oppressive nature of the culture at large .
Despite the enormous consciousness-raising of the last few decades , we still see attempts to diminish today 's female powerbrokers women like Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin by sexualizing them .
Yes , in our porn-saturated society , people are still trying to shame women for -- what ?
Having sexual attributes ?
At least we can point to one woman , Bettie Page , who would n't have it .
Bettie 's obits paint a bleak picture of her later years .
But I found that , despite her trials , she had retained a zest for life and always took pleasure in memories of the work that she 'd done .
I hope that Bettie is remembered for her sexual joy , and for the gleeful spirit she brought to sexual imagery , whether she was frolicking on the beach or being ball-gagged and spanked , rather than for being a victim .
A female friend of mine said this morning , `` Bettie Page did more for sexual expression than Alfred Kinsey. '' Amen , sister .
For all the countless ( and valuable ) mountains of scholarly and feminist writing that have influenced my thinking and my portrayal of women , I still look to a lady who said it all by looking into the camera and defying anyone to tell her she was bad or wrong .
Amen to you , too , Bettie .
Rest in peace . |
4_11ecb.xml_18 | train | ent | 4_11ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual expression . | 26 | 26 | 141 | 148 | fashion | 10000001000 | fashion | ['bettie', 'page', '1950', 'pin-up', 'queen', 'pop', 'culture', 'icon', 'die', 'thursday', 'remember', 'her', 'indomitable', 'influence', 'style', 'fashion', 'sexual', 'expression'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , <m> fashion </m> , and sexual expression . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , <m> fashion </m> , and sexual expression .
But as Bettie 's biographer -- and the only one with whom she ever cooperated -- I can tell you that the underground bondage queen also had the unlikely effect of thematically shaping a series of biographical and highly feminist novels about powerful women in history .
In 1991 , intrigued by the resurgence of Bettie 's image in venues as diverse as rockabilly clubs , nostalgia rags , and S and M fashion gone mainstream , I wrote a cover story for the L.A. Weekly , `` In Search of Bettie Page . ''
For nine months , I had tracked down anyone who had ever known her or photographed her .
But Bettie herself , the object of much speculation , remained elusive .
Most people thought she was dead .
Then , as fate would have it , someone gave Bettie , who was living in anonymity and seclusion , a copy of the article .
Imagine the shock -- a seventy-something senior citizen who ran away from it all forty years prior , suddenly finds that she is famous again .
But she liked it .
Though she did not want to re-enter the public arena , Bettie sent me a letter praising the piece , calling us `` kindred spirits . ''
Soon , with co-author James Swanson , I embarked on the adventure of writing her biography , sitting down with her for hundreds of hours while she told us her story .
At the time , I was also trying to work out how to tell the stories of women in history who had been either dropped from the record or misinterpreted through the sexist lens of their biographers .
I was to start with Kleopatra ( the original Greek spelling ) , a victim of Roman propaganda remembered for the men with whom she slept rather than for her diplomacy , leadership , and the fact that she had mastered nine languages .
How to present the stories of women who had been victimized without writing a victim story , I kept asking myself ?
How to give women in history who had been reduced to their sexuality the full breadth of their experience without diminishing or demeaning their sexuality ?
So here was Bettie Page , a woman known only for her sexuality , who had been sexually abused by her father , sexually violated by a gang of strangers , and emotionally battered by a husband .
In the years since she had gone underground , Bettie had become a born-again Christian working for the Billy Graham Crusade .
Surely she would repudiate the work she 'd done as a pin-up and bondage model .
Surely she saw herself as a victim of the patriarchy that hijacked her beauty and sensuality and exploited it for its own gratification .
Surely I was about to meet a woman who considered herself a victim .
I was wrong .
Despite her more unfortunate experiences , Bettie never presented herself as a casualty of sexual abuse , and she never used that , or her religious beliefs , which were strong , to renounce the work she 'd done as a model .
Moreover , she never denounced sexual expression .
`` God created us naked , '' she said by way of explaining her total lack of inhibition in the buff .
She purported that bondage modeling `` was such fun , '' even at times `` hilarious , '' except for when the elaborate gear became uncomfortable .
And sex itself , she assured me on many occasions , was for her , always pleasurable and joyful .
Though she had at times suffered at their hands , she never expressed bitterness toward men .
I know women who are resoundingly more hostile than Bettie Page just for having suffered a few bad dates .
No , Bettie was not going to allow anyone or anything to diminish the joy she experienced when she put that corset on ( or took it off ) and felt her full-blown sexual power .
Since the publication of Bettie Page : Life of a Pin-Up Legend , I have published four historical novels with strong female characters .
Each , in her own way , was a victim , either of the era in which she lived and its laws , or of individual abusers , or of the general abuses and oppressive nature of the culture at large .
Despite the enormous consciousness-raising of the last few decades , we still see attempts to diminish today 's female powerbrokers women like Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin by sexualizing them .
Yes , in our porn-saturated society , people are still trying to shame women for -- what ?
Having sexual attributes ?
At least we can point to one woman , Bettie Page , who would n't have it .
Bettie 's obits paint a bleak picture of her later years .
But I found that , despite her trials , she had retained a zest for life and always took pleasure in memories of the work that she 'd done .
I hope that Bettie is remembered for her sexual joy , and for the gleeful spirit she brought to sexual imagery , whether she was frolicking on the beach or being ball-gagged and spanked , rather than for being a victim .
A female friend of mine said this morning , `` Bettie Page did more for sexual expression than Alfred Kinsey. '' Amen , sister .
For all the countless ( and valuable ) mountains of scholarly and feminist writing that have influenced my thinking and my portrayal of women , I still look to a lady who said it all by looking into the camera and defying anyone to tell her she was bad or wrong .
Amen to you , too , Bettie .
Rest in peace . |
4_11ecb.xml_14 | train | ent | 4_11ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual expression . | 14 | 14 | 70 | 78 | Thursday | TIM16370411076342322 | Thursday | ['bettie', 'page', '1950', 'pin-up', 'queen', 'pop', 'culture', 'icon', 'die', 'thursday', 'remember', 'her', 'indomitable', 'influence', 'style', 'fashion', 'sexual', 'expression'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on <m> Thursday </m> , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual expression . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on <m> Thursday </m> , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual expression .
But as Bettie 's biographer -- and the only one with whom she ever cooperated -- I can tell you that the underground bondage queen also had the unlikely effect of thematically shaping a series of biographical and highly feminist novels about powerful women in history .
In 1991 , intrigued by the resurgence of Bettie 's image in venues as diverse as rockabilly clubs , nostalgia rags , and S and M fashion gone mainstream , I wrote a cover story for the L.A. Weekly , `` In Search of Bettie Page . ''
For nine months , I had tracked down anyone who had ever known her or photographed her .
But Bettie herself , the object of much speculation , remained elusive .
Most people thought she was dead .
Then , as fate would have it , someone gave Bettie , who was living in anonymity and seclusion , a copy of the article .
Imagine the shock -- a seventy-something senior citizen who ran away from it all forty years prior , suddenly finds that she is famous again .
But she liked it .
Though she did not want to re-enter the public arena , Bettie sent me a letter praising the piece , calling us `` kindred spirits . ''
Soon , with co-author James Swanson , I embarked on the adventure of writing her biography , sitting down with her for hundreds of hours while she told us her story .
At the time , I was also trying to work out how to tell the stories of women in history who had been either dropped from the record or misinterpreted through the sexist lens of their biographers .
I was to start with Kleopatra ( the original Greek spelling ) , a victim of Roman propaganda remembered for the men with whom she slept rather than for her diplomacy , leadership , and the fact that she had mastered nine languages .
How to present the stories of women who had been victimized without writing a victim story , I kept asking myself ?
How to give women in history who had been reduced to their sexuality the full breadth of their experience without diminishing or demeaning their sexuality ?
So here was Bettie Page , a woman known only for her sexuality , who had been sexually abused by her father , sexually violated by a gang of strangers , and emotionally battered by a husband .
In the years since she had gone underground , Bettie had become a born-again Christian working for the Billy Graham Crusade .
Surely she would repudiate the work she 'd done as a pin-up and bondage model .
Surely she saw herself as a victim of the patriarchy that hijacked her beauty and sensuality and exploited it for its own gratification .
Surely I was about to meet a woman who considered herself a victim .
I was wrong .
Despite her more unfortunate experiences , Bettie never presented herself as a casualty of sexual abuse , and she never used that , or her religious beliefs , which were strong , to renounce the work she 'd done as a model .
Moreover , she never denounced sexual expression .
`` God created us naked , '' she said by way of explaining her total lack of inhibition in the buff .
She purported that bondage modeling `` was such fun , '' even at times `` hilarious , '' except for when the elaborate gear became uncomfortable .
And sex itself , she assured me on many occasions , was for her , always pleasurable and joyful .
Though she had at times suffered at their hands , she never expressed bitterness toward men .
I know women who are resoundingly more hostile than Bettie Page just for having suffered a few bad dates .
No , Bettie was not going to allow anyone or anything to diminish the joy she experienced when she put that corset on ( or took it off ) and felt her full-blown sexual power .
Since the publication of Bettie Page : Life of a Pin-Up Legend , I have published four historical novels with strong female characters .
Each , in her own way , was a victim , either of the era in which she lived and its laws , or of individual abusers , or of the general abuses and oppressive nature of the culture at large .
Despite the enormous consciousness-raising of the last few decades , we still see attempts to diminish today 's female powerbrokers women like Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin by sexualizing them .
Yes , in our porn-saturated society , people are still trying to shame women for -- what ?
Having sexual attributes ?
At least we can point to one woman , Bettie Page , who would n't have it .
Bettie 's obits paint a bleak picture of her later years .
But I found that , despite her trials , she had retained a zest for life and always took pleasure in memories of the work that she 'd done .
I hope that Bettie is remembered for her sexual joy , and for the gleeful spirit she brought to sexual imagery , whether she was frolicking on the beach or being ball-gagged and spanked , rather than for being a victim .
A female friend of mine said this morning , `` Bettie Page did more for sexual expression than Alfred Kinsey. '' Amen , sister .
For all the countless ( and valuable ) mountains of scholarly and feminist writing that have influenced my thinking and my portrayal of women , I still look to a lady who said it all by looking into the camera and defying anyone to tell her she was bad or wrong .
Amen to you , too , Bettie .
Rest in peace . |
4_11ecb.xml_13 | train | evt | 4_11ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual expression . | 12 | 12 | 62 | 66 | died | ACT16369833899538926 | die | ['bettie', 'page', '1950', 'pin-up', 'queen', 'pop', 'culture', 'icon', 'die', 'thursday', 'remember', 'her', 'indomitable', 'influence', 'style', 'fashion', 'sexual', 'expression'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who <m> died </m> on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual expression . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who <m> died </m> on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual expression .
But as Bettie 's biographer -- and the only one with whom she ever cooperated -- I can tell you that the underground bondage queen also had the unlikely effect of thematically shaping a series of biographical and highly feminist novels about powerful women in history .
In 1991 , intrigued by the resurgence of Bettie 's image in venues as diverse as rockabilly clubs , nostalgia rags , and S and M fashion gone mainstream , I wrote a cover story for the L.A. Weekly , `` In Search of Bettie Page . ''
For nine months , I had tracked down anyone who had ever known her or photographed her .
But Bettie herself , the object of much speculation , remained elusive .
Most people thought she was dead .
Then , as fate would have it , someone gave Bettie , who was living in anonymity and seclusion , a copy of the article .
Imagine the shock -- a seventy-something senior citizen who ran away from it all forty years prior , suddenly finds that she is famous again .
But she liked it .
Though she did not want to re-enter the public arena , Bettie sent me a letter praising the piece , calling us `` kindred spirits . ''
Soon , with co-author James Swanson , I embarked on the adventure of writing her biography , sitting down with her for hundreds of hours while she told us her story .
At the time , I was also trying to work out how to tell the stories of women in history who had been either dropped from the record or misinterpreted through the sexist lens of their biographers .
I was to start with Kleopatra ( the original Greek spelling ) , a victim of Roman propaganda remembered for the men with whom she slept rather than for her diplomacy , leadership , and the fact that she had mastered nine languages .
How to present the stories of women who had been victimized without writing a victim story , I kept asking myself ?
How to give women in history who had been reduced to their sexuality the full breadth of their experience without diminishing or demeaning their sexuality ?
So here was Bettie Page , a woman known only for her sexuality , who had been sexually abused by her father , sexually violated by a gang of strangers , and emotionally battered by a husband .
In the years since she had gone underground , Bettie had become a born-again Christian working for the Billy Graham Crusade .
Surely she would repudiate the work she 'd done as a pin-up and bondage model .
Surely she saw herself as a victim of the patriarchy that hijacked her beauty and sensuality and exploited it for its own gratification .
Surely I was about to meet a woman who considered herself a victim .
I was wrong .
Despite her more unfortunate experiences , Bettie never presented herself as a casualty of sexual abuse , and she never used that , or her religious beliefs , which were strong , to renounce the work she 'd done as a model .
Moreover , she never denounced sexual expression .
`` God created us naked , '' she said by way of explaining her total lack of inhibition in the buff .
She purported that bondage modeling `` was such fun , '' even at times `` hilarious , '' except for when the elaborate gear became uncomfortable .
And sex itself , she assured me on many occasions , was for her , always pleasurable and joyful .
Though she had at times suffered at their hands , she never expressed bitterness toward men .
I know women who are resoundingly more hostile than Bettie Page just for having suffered a few bad dates .
No , Bettie was not going to allow anyone or anything to diminish the joy she experienced when she put that corset on ( or took it off ) and felt her full-blown sexual power .
Since the publication of Bettie Page : Life of a Pin-Up Legend , I have published four historical novels with strong female characters .
Each , in her own way , was a victim , either of the era in which she lived and its laws , or of individual abusers , or of the general abuses and oppressive nature of the culture at large .
Despite the enormous consciousness-raising of the last few decades , we still see attempts to diminish today 's female powerbrokers women like Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin by sexualizing them .
Yes , in our porn-saturated society , people are still trying to shame women for -- what ?
Having sexual attributes ?
At least we can point to one woman , Bettie Page , who would n't have it .
Bettie 's obits paint a bleak picture of her later years .
But I found that , despite her trials , she had retained a zest for life and always took pleasure in memories of the work that she 'd done .
I hope that Bettie is remembered for her sexual joy , and for the gleeful spirit she brought to sexual imagery , whether she was frolicking on the beach or being ball-gagged and spanked , rather than for being a victim .
A female friend of mine said this morning , `` Bettie Page did more for sexual expression than Alfred Kinsey. '' Amen , sister .
For all the countless ( and valuable ) mountains of scholarly and feminist writing that have influenced my thinking and my portrayal of women , I still look to a lady who said it all by looking into the camera and defying anyone to tell her she was bad or wrong .
Amen to you , too , Bettie .
Rest in peace . |
4_11ecb.xml_16 | train | evt | 4_11ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual expression . | 22 | 22 | 120 | 129 | influence | 10000001001 | influence | ['bettie', 'page', '1950', 'pin-up', 'queen', 'pop', 'culture', 'icon', 'die', 'thursday', 'remember', 'her', 'indomitable', 'influence', 'style', 'fashion', 'sexual', 'expression'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable <m> influence </m> on style , fashion , and sexual expression . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable <m> influence </m> on style , fashion , and sexual expression .
But as Bettie 's biographer -- and the only one with whom she ever cooperated -- I can tell you that the underground bondage queen also had the unlikely effect of thematically shaping a series of biographical and highly feminist novels about powerful women in history .
In 1991 , intrigued by the resurgence of Bettie 's image in venues as diverse as rockabilly clubs , nostalgia rags , and S and M fashion gone mainstream , I wrote a cover story for the L.A. Weekly , `` In Search of Bettie Page . ''
For nine months , I had tracked down anyone who had ever known her or photographed her .
But Bettie herself , the object of much speculation , remained elusive .
Most people thought she was dead .
Then , as fate would have it , someone gave Bettie , who was living in anonymity and seclusion , a copy of the article .
Imagine the shock -- a seventy-something senior citizen who ran away from it all forty years prior , suddenly finds that she is famous again .
But she liked it .
Though she did not want to re-enter the public arena , Bettie sent me a letter praising the piece , calling us `` kindred spirits . ''
Soon , with co-author James Swanson , I embarked on the adventure of writing her biography , sitting down with her for hundreds of hours while she told us her story .
At the time , I was also trying to work out how to tell the stories of women in history who had been either dropped from the record or misinterpreted through the sexist lens of their biographers .
I was to start with Kleopatra ( the original Greek spelling ) , a victim of Roman propaganda remembered for the men with whom she slept rather than for her diplomacy , leadership , and the fact that she had mastered nine languages .
How to present the stories of women who had been victimized without writing a victim story , I kept asking myself ?
How to give women in history who had been reduced to their sexuality the full breadth of their experience without diminishing or demeaning their sexuality ?
So here was Bettie Page , a woman known only for her sexuality , who had been sexually abused by her father , sexually violated by a gang of strangers , and emotionally battered by a husband .
In the years since she had gone underground , Bettie had become a born-again Christian working for the Billy Graham Crusade .
Surely she would repudiate the work she 'd done as a pin-up and bondage model .
Surely she saw herself as a victim of the patriarchy that hijacked her beauty and sensuality and exploited it for its own gratification .
Surely I was about to meet a woman who considered herself a victim .
I was wrong .
Despite her more unfortunate experiences , Bettie never presented herself as a casualty of sexual abuse , and she never used that , or her religious beliefs , which were strong , to renounce the work she 'd done as a model .
Moreover , she never denounced sexual expression .
`` God created us naked , '' she said by way of explaining her total lack of inhibition in the buff .
She purported that bondage modeling `` was such fun , '' even at times `` hilarious , '' except for when the elaborate gear became uncomfortable .
And sex itself , she assured me on many occasions , was for her , always pleasurable and joyful .
Though she had at times suffered at their hands , she never expressed bitterness toward men .
I know women who are resoundingly more hostile than Bettie Page just for having suffered a few bad dates .
No , Bettie was not going to allow anyone or anything to diminish the joy she experienced when she put that corset on ( or took it off ) and felt her full-blown sexual power .
Since the publication of Bettie Page : Life of a Pin-Up Legend , I have published four historical novels with strong female characters .
Each , in her own way , was a victim , either of the era in which she lived and its laws , or of individual abusers , or of the general abuses and oppressive nature of the culture at large .
Despite the enormous consciousness-raising of the last few decades , we still see attempts to diminish today 's female powerbrokers women like Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin by sexualizing them .
Yes , in our porn-saturated society , people are still trying to shame women for -- what ?
Having sexual attributes ?
At least we can point to one woman , Bettie Page , who would n't have it .
Bettie 's obits paint a bleak picture of her later years .
But I found that , despite her trials , she had retained a zest for life and always took pleasure in memories of the work that she 'd done .
I hope that Bettie is remembered for her sexual joy , and for the gleeful spirit she brought to sexual imagery , whether she was frolicking on the beach or being ball-gagged and spanked , rather than for being a victim .
A female friend of mine said this morning , `` Bettie Page did more for sexual expression than Alfred Kinsey. '' Amen , sister .
For all the countless ( and valuable ) mountains of scholarly and feminist writing that have influenced my thinking and my portrayal of women , I still look to a lady who said it all by looking into the camera and defying anyone to tell her she was bad or wrong .
Amen to you , too , Bettie .
Rest in peace . |
4_11ecb.xml_19 | train | evt | 4_11ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual expression . | 30 | 30 | 162 | 172 | expression | 10000001002 | expression | ['bettie', 'page', '1950', 'pin-up', 'queen', 'pop', 'culture', 'icon', 'die', 'thursday', 'remember', 'her', 'indomitable', 'influence', 'style', 'fashion', 'sexual', 'expression'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual <m> expression </m> . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual <m> expression </m> .
But as Bettie 's biographer -- and the only one with whom she ever cooperated -- I can tell you that the underground bondage queen also had the unlikely effect of thematically shaping a series of biographical and highly feminist novels about powerful women in history .
In 1991 , intrigued by the resurgence of Bettie 's image in venues as diverse as rockabilly clubs , nostalgia rags , and S and M fashion gone mainstream , I wrote a cover story for the L.A. Weekly , `` In Search of Bettie Page . ''
For nine months , I had tracked down anyone who had ever known her or photographed her .
But Bettie herself , the object of much speculation , remained elusive .
Most people thought she was dead .
Then , as fate would have it , someone gave Bettie , who was living in anonymity and seclusion , a copy of the article .
Imagine the shock -- a seventy-something senior citizen who ran away from it all forty years prior , suddenly finds that she is famous again .
But she liked it .
Though she did not want to re-enter the public arena , Bettie sent me a letter praising the piece , calling us `` kindred spirits . ''
Soon , with co-author James Swanson , I embarked on the adventure of writing her biography , sitting down with her for hundreds of hours while she told us her story .
At the time , I was also trying to work out how to tell the stories of women in history who had been either dropped from the record or misinterpreted through the sexist lens of their biographers .
I was to start with Kleopatra ( the original Greek spelling ) , a victim of Roman propaganda remembered for the men with whom she slept rather than for her diplomacy , leadership , and the fact that she had mastered nine languages .
How to present the stories of women who had been victimized without writing a victim story , I kept asking myself ?
How to give women in history who had been reduced to their sexuality the full breadth of their experience without diminishing or demeaning their sexuality ?
So here was Bettie Page , a woman known only for her sexuality , who had been sexually abused by her father , sexually violated by a gang of strangers , and emotionally battered by a husband .
In the years since she had gone underground , Bettie had become a born-again Christian working for the Billy Graham Crusade .
Surely she would repudiate the work she 'd done as a pin-up and bondage model .
Surely she saw herself as a victim of the patriarchy that hijacked her beauty and sensuality and exploited it for its own gratification .
Surely I was about to meet a woman who considered herself a victim .
I was wrong .
Despite her more unfortunate experiences , Bettie never presented herself as a casualty of sexual abuse , and she never used that , or her religious beliefs , which were strong , to renounce the work she 'd done as a model .
Moreover , she never denounced sexual expression .
`` God created us naked , '' she said by way of explaining her total lack of inhibition in the buff .
She purported that bondage modeling `` was such fun , '' even at times `` hilarious , '' except for when the elaborate gear became uncomfortable .
And sex itself , she assured me on many occasions , was for her , always pleasurable and joyful .
Though she had at times suffered at their hands , she never expressed bitterness toward men .
I know women who are resoundingly more hostile than Bettie Page just for having suffered a few bad dates .
No , Bettie was not going to allow anyone or anything to diminish the joy she experienced when she put that corset on ( or took it off ) and felt her full-blown sexual power .
Since the publication of Bettie Page : Life of a Pin-Up Legend , I have published four historical novels with strong female characters .
Each , in her own way , was a victim , either of the era in which she lived and its laws , or of individual abusers , or of the general abuses and oppressive nature of the culture at large .
Despite the enormous consciousness-raising of the last few decades , we still see attempts to diminish today 's female powerbrokers women like Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin by sexualizing them .
Yes , in our porn-saturated society , people are still trying to shame women for -- what ?
Having sexual attributes ?
At least we can point to one woman , Bettie Page , who would n't have it .
Bettie 's obits paint a bleak picture of her later years .
But I found that , despite her trials , she had retained a zest for life and always took pleasure in memories of the work that she 'd done .
I hope that Bettie is remembered for her sexual joy , and for the gleeful spirit she brought to sexual imagery , whether she was frolicking on the beach or being ball-gagged and spanked , rather than for being a victim .
A female friend of mine said this morning , `` Bettie Page did more for sexual expression than Alfred Kinsey. '' Amen , sister .
For all the countless ( and valuable ) mountains of scholarly and feminist writing that have influenced my thinking and my portrayal of women , I still look to a lady who said it all by looking into the camera and defying anyone to tell her she was bad or wrong .
Amen to you , too , Bettie .
Rest in peace . |
4_11ecb.xml_15 | train | evt | 4_11ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be remembered for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual expression . | 18 | 18 | 89 | 99 | remembered | 10000001003 | remember | ['bettie', 'page', '1950', 'pin-up', 'queen', 'pop', 'culture', 'icon', 'die', 'thursday', 'remember', 'her', 'indomitable', 'influence', 'style', 'fashion', 'sexual', 'expression'] | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be <m> remembered </m> for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual expression . | Bettie Page , the 1950s pin-up queen and pop culture icon who died on Thursday , will be <m> remembered </m> for her indomitable influence on style , fashion , and sexual expression .
But as Bettie 's biographer -- and the only one with whom she ever cooperated -- I can tell you that the underground bondage queen also had the unlikely effect of thematically shaping a series of biographical and highly feminist novels about powerful women in history .
In 1991 , intrigued by the resurgence of Bettie 's image in venues as diverse as rockabilly clubs , nostalgia rags , and S and M fashion gone mainstream , I wrote a cover story for the L.A. Weekly , `` In Search of Bettie Page . ''
For nine months , I had tracked down anyone who had ever known her or photographed her .
But Bettie herself , the object of much speculation , remained elusive .
Most people thought she was dead .
Then , as fate would have it , someone gave Bettie , who was living in anonymity and seclusion , a copy of the article .
Imagine the shock -- a seventy-something senior citizen who ran away from it all forty years prior , suddenly finds that she is famous again .
But she liked it .
Though she did not want to re-enter the public arena , Bettie sent me a letter praising the piece , calling us `` kindred spirits . ''
Soon , with co-author James Swanson , I embarked on the adventure of writing her biography , sitting down with her for hundreds of hours while she told us her story .
At the time , I was also trying to work out how to tell the stories of women in history who had been either dropped from the record or misinterpreted through the sexist lens of their biographers .
I was to start with Kleopatra ( the original Greek spelling ) , a victim of Roman propaganda remembered for the men with whom she slept rather than for her diplomacy , leadership , and the fact that she had mastered nine languages .
How to present the stories of women who had been victimized without writing a victim story , I kept asking myself ?
How to give women in history who had been reduced to their sexuality the full breadth of their experience without diminishing or demeaning their sexuality ?
So here was Bettie Page , a woman known only for her sexuality , who had been sexually abused by her father , sexually violated by a gang of strangers , and emotionally battered by a husband .
In the years since she had gone underground , Bettie had become a born-again Christian working for the Billy Graham Crusade .
Surely she would repudiate the work she 'd done as a pin-up and bondage model .
Surely she saw herself as a victim of the patriarchy that hijacked her beauty and sensuality and exploited it for its own gratification .
Surely I was about to meet a woman who considered herself a victim .
I was wrong .
Despite her more unfortunate experiences , Bettie never presented herself as a casualty of sexual abuse , and she never used that , or her religious beliefs , which were strong , to renounce the work she 'd done as a model .
Moreover , she never denounced sexual expression .
`` God created us naked , '' she said by way of explaining her total lack of inhibition in the buff .
She purported that bondage modeling `` was such fun , '' even at times `` hilarious , '' except for when the elaborate gear became uncomfortable .
And sex itself , she assured me on many occasions , was for her , always pleasurable and joyful .
Though she had at times suffered at their hands , she never expressed bitterness toward men .
I know women who are resoundingly more hostile than Bettie Page just for having suffered a few bad dates .
No , Bettie was not going to allow anyone or anything to diminish the joy she experienced when she put that corset on ( or took it off ) and felt her full-blown sexual power .
Since the publication of Bettie Page : Life of a Pin-Up Legend , I have published four historical novels with strong female characters .
Each , in her own way , was a victim , either of the era in which she lived and its laws , or of individual abusers , or of the general abuses and oppressive nature of the culture at large .
Despite the enormous consciousness-raising of the last few decades , we still see attempts to diminish today 's female powerbrokers women like Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin by sexualizing them .
Yes , in our porn-saturated society , people are still trying to shame women for -- what ?
Having sexual attributes ?
At least we can point to one woman , Bettie Page , who would n't have it .
Bettie 's obits paint a bleak picture of her later years .
But I found that , despite her trials , she had retained a zest for life and always took pleasure in memories of the work that she 'd done .
I hope that Bettie is remembered for her sexual joy , and for the gleeful spirit she brought to sexual imagery , whether she was frolicking on the beach or being ball-gagged and spanked , rather than for being a victim .
A female friend of mine said this morning , `` Bettie Page did more for sexual expression than Alfred Kinsey. '' Amen , sister .
For all the countless ( and valuable ) mountains of scholarly and feminist writing that have influenced my thinking and my portrayal of women , I still look to a lady who said it all by looking into the camera and defying anyone to tell her she was bad or wrong .
Amen to you , too , Bettie .
Rest in peace . |
4_14ecb.xml_21 | train | ent | 4_14ecb.xml | 0 | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | 33 | 33 | 183 | 187 | site | HUM16369902737110651 | site | ['pinup', 'icon', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'thursday', 'evening', 'hospital', 'los', 'angeles', 'having', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'dec.', '2', 'spend', 'time', 'life', 'support', 'accord', 'her', 'official', 'site'] | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official <m> site </m> . | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official <m> site </m> .
Page was born on April 22 , 1923 , in Nashville , Tenn .
She began modeling in 1950 when she met New York City police officer and photographer Jerry Tibbs .
According to Page 's official website , by 1951 she was appearing in the men 's magazines Eyefull , Wink , Titter , and Beauty Parade .
In 1955 , Hugh Hefner asked Page to pose in a Playboy centerfold , a move that would help her seal her popularity and financial security decades later .
Page ended her modeling career in 1957 after turning to Christianity .
Despite never posing in sexually explicit poses ( only nude photos ) , Page became an unwitting sex symbol and a face of the sexual revolution in the nineteen sixties .
Her popularity rose again in the early 1990s but her insecurities kept her out of the spotlight .
She wanted her fans to remember her as she was in her heyday .
Adding to her bewilderment was the fact that this new popularity surge happened while Page was institutionalized in a Southern California mental facility after attacking a woman with a knife .
When she was released in 1992 , she found herself in the spotlight again , thanks in part to a movie called The Rocketeer , which played off of pulp fiction characters of the 30s and 40s , including the image of Bettie Page .
In spite of her renewed popularity , Page was n't receiving any royalty payments from her images .
Page signed on with agent James Swanson , who in turn set her up with Curtis Management Group , who fought to get her the pay she deserved .
Page came out of hiding in 2003 when she agreed to be photographed for Playboy .
This was her last public photograph .
Several biographies have been made , including her official biography Bettie Page:
The Life of a Pin-up Legend , and a biography by Richard Foster called The Real Bettie Page:
The Truth about the Queen of Pinup .
A movie called `` The Notorious Bettie Page '' was released in 2005 , which told the pinup 's story between the 1930s and the nineteen fifties .
Today , women still love to emulate her old-fashioned look , specifically her long black hair with bangs and red lipstick. Some people feel as if these women are unoriginal and failed to find an identity of their own , while others see this as the ultimate form of flattery .
Page was survived by her sister Joyce Wallace of Georgia , and her brother Jack Page , who lives in Nashville , Tennessee . |
4_14ecb.xml_13 | train | ent | 4_14ecb.xml | 0 | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | 2 | 3 | 11 | 22 | Bettie Page | HUM16370179946350392 | Bettie | ['pinup', 'icon', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'thursday', 'evening', 'hospital', 'los', 'angeles', 'having', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'dec.', '2', 'spend', 'time', 'life', 'support', 'accord', 'her', 'official', 'site'] | Pinup icon <m> Bettie Page </m> died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | Pinup icon <m> Bettie Page </m> died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site .
Page was born on April 22 , 1923 , in Nashville , Tenn .
She began modeling in 1950 when she met New York City police officer and photographer Jerry Tibbs .
According to Page 's official website , by 1951 she was appearing in the men 's magazines Eyefull , Wink , Titter , and Beauty Parade .
In 1955 , Hugh Hefner asked Page to pose in a Playboy centerfold , a move that would help her seal her popularity and financial security decades later .
Page ended her modeling career in 1957 after turning to Christianity .
Despite never posing in sexually explicit poses ( only nude photos ) , Page became an unwitting sex symbol and a face of the sexual revolution in the nineteen sixties .
Her popularity rose again in the early 1990s but her insecurities kept her out of the spotlight .
She wanted her fans to remember her as she was in her heyday .
Adding to her bewilderment was the fact that this new popularity surge happened while Page was institutionalized in a Southern California mental facility after attacking a woman with a knife .
When she was released in 1992 , she found herself in the spotlight again , thanks in part to a movie called The Rocketeer , which played off of pulp fiction characters of the 30s and 40s , including the image of Bettie Page .
In spite of her renewed popularity , Page was n't receiving any royalty payments from her images .
Page signed on with agent James Swanson , who in turn set her up with Curtis Management Group , who fought to get her the pay she deserved .
Page came out of hiding in 2003 when she agreed to be photographed for Playboy .
This was her last public photograph .
Several biographies have been made , including her official biography Bettie Page:
The Life of a Pin-up Legend , and a biography by Richard Foster called The Real Bettie Page:
The Truth about the Queen of Pinup .
A movie called `` The Notorious Bettie Page '' was released in 2005 , which told the pinup 's story between the 1930s and the nineteen fifties .
Today , women still love to emulate her old-fashioned look , specifically her long black hair with bangs and red lipstick. Some people feel as if these women are unoriginal and failed to find an identity of their own , while others see this as the ultimate form of flattery .
Page was survived by her sister Joyce Wallace of Georgia , and her brother Jack Page , who lives in Nashville , Tennessee . |
4_14ecb.xml_22 | train | ent | 4_14ecb.xml | 0 | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | 26 | 27 | 142 | 154 | life support | 10000001004 | support | ['pinup', 'icon', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'thursday', 'evening', 'hospital', 'los', 'angeles', 'having', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'dec.', '2', 'spend', 'time', 'life', 'support', 'accord', 'her', 'official', 'site'] | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on <m> life support </m> , according to her official site . | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on <m> life support </m> , according to her official site .
Page was born on April 22 , 1923 , in Nashville , Tenn .
She began modeling in 1950 when she met New York City police officer and photographer Jerry Tibbs .
According to Page 's official website , by 1951 she was appearing in the men 's magazines Eyefull , Wink , Titter , and Beauty Parade .
In 1955 , Hugh Hefner asked Page to pose in a Playboy centerfold , a move that would help her seal her popularity and financial security decades later .
Page ended her modeling career in 1957 after turning to Christianity .
Despite never posing in sexually explicit poses ( only nude photos ) , Page became an unwitting sex symbol and a face of the sexual revolution in the nineteen sixties .
Her popularity rose again in the early 1990s but her insecurities kept her out of the spotlight .
She wanted her fans to remember her as she was in her heyday .
Adding to her bewilderment was the fact that this new popularity surge happened while Page was institutionalized in a Southern California mental facility after attacking a woman with a knife .
When she was released in 1992 , she found herself in the spotlight again , thanks in part to a movie called The Rocketeer , which played off of pulp fiction characters of the 30s and 40s , including the image of Bettie Page .
In spite of her renewed popularity , Page was n't receiving any royalty payments from her images .
Page signed on with agent James Swanson , who in turn set her up with Curtis Management Group , who fought to get her the pay she deserved .
Page came out of hiding in 2003 when she agreed to be photographed for Playboy .
This was her last public photograph .
Several biographies have been made , including her official biography Bettie Page:
The Life of a Pin-up Legend , and a biography by Richard Foster called The Real Bettie Page:
The Truth about the Queen of Pinup .
A movie called `` The Notorious Bettie Page '' was released in 2005 , which told the pinup 's story between the 1930s and the nineteen fifties .
Today , women still love to emulate her old-fashioned look , specifically her long black hair with bangs and red lipstick. Some people feel as if these women are unoriginal and failed to find an identity of their own , while others see this as the ultimate form of flattery .
Page was survived by her sister Joyce Wallace of Georgia , and her brother Jack Page , who lives in Nashville , Tennessee . |
4_14ecb.xml_20 | train | ent | 4_14ecb.xml | 0 | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | 19 | 21 | 111 | 120 | on Dec. 2 | TIM27417698790972120 | Dec. | ['pinup', 'icon', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'thursday', 'evening', 'hospital', 'los', 'angeles', 'having', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'dec.', '2', 'spend', 'time', 'life', 'support', 'accord', 'her', 'official', 'site'] | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack <m> on Dec. 2 </m> and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack <m> on Dec. 2 </m> and spending time on life support , according to her official site .
Page was born on April 22 , 1923 , in Nashville , Tenn .
She began modeling in 1950 when she met New York City police officer and photographer Jerry Tibbs .
According to Page 's official website , by 1951 she was appearing in the men 's magazines Eyefull , Wink , Titter , and Beauty Parade .
In 1955 , Hugh Hefner asked Page to pose in a Playboy centerfold , a move that would help her seal her popularity and financial security decades later .
Page ended her modeling career in 1957 after turning to Christianity .
Despite never posing in sexually explicit poses ( only nude photos ) , Page became an unwitting sex symbol and a face of the sexual revolution in the nineteen sixties .
Her popularity rose again in the early 1990s but her insecurities kept her out of the spotlight .
She wanted her fans to remember her as she was in her heyday .
Adding to her bewilderment was the fact that this new popularity surge happened while Page was institutionalized in a Southern California mental facility after attacking a woman with a knife .
When she was released in 1992 , she found herself in the spotlight again , thanks in part to a movie called The Rocketeer , which played off of pulp fiction characters of the 30s and 40s , including the image of Bettie Page .
In spite of her renewed popularity , Page was n't receiving any royalty payments from her images .
Page signed on with agent James Swanson , who in turn set her up with Curtis Management Group , who fought to get her the pay she deserved .
Page came out of hiding in 2003 when she agreed to be photographed for Playboy .
This was her last public photograph .
Several biographies have been made , including her official biography Bettie Page:
The Life of a Pin-up Legend , and a biography by Richard Foster called The Real Bettie Page:
The Truth about the Queen of Pinup .
A movie called `` The Notorious Bettie Page '' was released in 2005 , which told the pinup 's story between the 1930s and the nineteen fifties .
Today , women still love to emulate her old-fashioned look , specifically her long black hair with bangs and red lipstick. Some people feel as if these women are unoriginal and failed to find an identity of their own , while others see this as the ultimate form of flattery .
Page was survived by her sister Joyce Wallace of Georgia , and her brother Jack Page , who lives in Nashville , Tennessee . |
4_14ecb.xml_24 | train | ent | 4_14ecb.xml | 0 | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | 5 | 6 | 28 | 44 | Thursday evening | TIM16370411076342322 | Thursday | ['pinup', 'icon', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'thursday', 'evening', 'hospital', 'los', 'angeles', 'having', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'dec.', '2', 'spend', 'time', 'life', 'support', 'accord', 'her', 'official', 'site'] | Pinup icon Bettie Page died <m> Thursday evening </m> at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | Pinup icon Bettie Page died <m> Thursday evening </m> at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site .
Page was born on April 22 , 1923 , in Nashville , Tenn .
She began modeling in 1950 when she met New York City police officer and photographer Jerry Tibbs .
According to Page 's official website , by 1951 she was appearing in the men 's magazines Eyefull , Wink , Titter , and Beauty Parade .
In 1955 , Hugh Hefner asked Page to pose in a Playboy centerfold , a move that would help her seal her popularity and financial security decades later .
Page ended her modeling career in 1957 after turning to Christianity .
Despite never posing in sexually explicit poses ( only nude photos ) , Page became an unwitting sex symbol and a face of the sexual revolution in the nineteen sixties .
Her popularity rose again in the early 1990s but her insecurities kept her out of the spotlight .
She wanted her fans to remember her as she was in her heyday .
Adding to her bewilderment was the fact that this new popularity surge happened while Page was institutionalized in a Southern California mental facility after attacking a woman with a knife .
When she was released in 1992 , she found herself in the spotlight again , thanks in part to a movie called The Rocketeer , which played off of pulp fiction characters of the 30s and 40s , including the image of Bettie Page .
In spite of her renewed popularity , Page was n't receiving any royalty payments from her images .
Page signed on with agent James Swanson , who in turn set her up with Curtis Management Group , who fought to get her the pay she deserved .
Page came out of hiding in 2003 when she agreed to be photographed for Playboy .
This was her last public photograph .
Several biographies have been made , including her official biography Bettie Page:
The Life of a Pin-up Legend , and a biography by Richard Foster called The Real Bettie Page:
The Truth about the Queen of Pinup .
A movie called `` The Notorious Bettie Page '' was released in 2005 , which told the pinup 's story between the 1930s and the nineteen fifties .
Today , women still love to emulate her old-fashioned look , specifically her long black hair with bangs and red lipstick. Some people feel as if these women are unoriginal and failed to find an identity of their own , while others see this as the ultimate form of flattery .
Page was survived by her sister Joyce Wallace of Georgia , and her brother Jack Page , who lives in Nashville , Tennessee . |
4_14ecb.xml_25 | train | ent | 4_14ecb.xml | 0 | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | 8 | 12 | 48 | 73 | a hospital in Los Angeles | LOC16369849809365357 | hospital | ['pinup', 'icon', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'thursday', 'evening', 'hospital', 'los', 'angeles', 'having', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'dec.', '2', 'spend', 'time', 'life', 'support', 'accord', 'her', 'official', 'site'] | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at <m> a hospital in Los Angeles </m> after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at <m> a hospital in Los Angeles </m> after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site .
Page was born on April 22 , 1923 , in Nashville , Tenn .
She began modeling in 1950 when she met New York City police officer and photographer Jerry Tibbs .
According to Page 's official website , by 1951 she was appearing in the men 's magazines Eyefull , Wink , Titter , and Beauty Parade .
In 1955 , Hugh Hefner asked Page to pose in a Playboy centerfold , a move that would help her seal her popularity and financial security decades later .
Page ended her modeling career in 1957 after turning to Christianity .
Despite never posing in sexually explicit poses ( only nude photos ) , Page became an unwitting sex symbol and a face of the sexual revolution in the nineteen sixties .
Her popularity rose again in the early 1990s but her insecurities kept her out of the spotlight .
She wanted her fans to remember her as she was in her heyday .
Adding to her bewilderment was the fact that this new popularity surge happened while Page was institutionalized in a Southern California mental facility after attacking a woman with a knife .
When she was released in 1992 , she found herself in the spotlight again , thanks in part to a movie called The Rocketeer , which played off of pulp fiction characters of the 30s and 40s , including the image of Bettie Page .
In spite of her renewed popularity , Page was n't receiving any royalty payments from her images .
Page signed on with agent James Swanson , who in turn set her up with Curtis Management Group , who fought to get her the pay she deserved .
Page came out of hiding in 2003 when she agreed to be photographed for Playboy .
This was her last public photograph .
Several biographies have been made , including her official biography Bettie Page:
The Life of a Pin-up Legend , and a biography by Richard Foster called The Real Bettie Page:
The Truth about the Queen of Pinup .
A movie called `` The Notorious Bettie Page '' was released in 2005 , which told the pinup 's story between the 1930s and the nineteen fifties .
Today , women still love to emulate her old-fashioned look , specifically her long black hair with bangs and red lipstick. Some people feel as if these women are unoriginal and failed to find an identity of their own , while others see this as the ultimate form of flattery .
Page was survived by her sister Joyce Wallace of Georgia , and her brother Jack Page , who lives in Nashville , Tennessee . |
4_14ecb.xml_16 | train | evt | 4_14ecb.xml | 0 | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | 15 | 15 | 87 | 95 | suffered | ACT17394598357871441 | suffer | ['pinup', 'icon', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'thursday', 'evening', 'hospital', 'los', 'angeles', 'having', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'dec.', '2', 'spend', 'time', 'life', 'support', 'accord', 'her', 'official', 'site'] | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having <m> suffered </m> a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having <m> suffered </m> a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site .
Page was born on April 22 , 1923 , in Nashville , Tenn .
She began modeling in 1950 when she met New York City police officer and photographer Jerry Tibbs .
According to Page 's official website , by 1951 she was appearing in the men 's magazines Eyefull , Wink , Titter , and Beauty Parade .
In 1955 , Hugh Hefner asked Page to pose in a Playboy centerfold , a move that would help her seal her popularity and financial security decades later .
Page ended her modeling career in 1957 after turning to Christianity .
Despite never posing in sexually explicit poses ( only nude photos ) , Page became an unwitting sex symbol and a face of the sexual revolution in the nineteen sixties .
Her popularity rose again in the early 1990s but her insecurities kept her out of the spotlight .
She wanted her fans to remember her as she was in her heyday .
Adding to her bewilderment was the fact that this new popularity surge happened while Page was institutionalized in a Southern California mental facility after attacking a woman with a knife .
When she was released in 1992 , she found herself in the spotlight again , thanks in part to a movie called The Rocketeer , which played off of pulp fiction characters of the 30s and 40s , including the image of Bettie Page .
In spite of her renewed popularity , Page was n't receiving any royalty payments from her images .
Page signed on with agent James Swanson , who in turn set her up with Curtis Management Group , who fought to get her the pay she deserved .
Page came out of hiding in 2003 when she agreed to be photographed for Playboy .
This was her last public photograph .
Several biographies have been made , including her official biography Bettie Page:
The Life of a Pin-up Legend , and a biography by Richard Foster called The Real Bettie Page:
The Truth about the Queen of Pinup .
A movie called `` The Notorious Bettie Page '' was released in 2005 , which told the pinup 's story between the 1930s and the nineteen fifties .
Today , women still love to emulate her old-fashioned look , specifically her long black hair with bangs and red lipstick. Some people feel as if these women are unoriginal and failed to find an identity of their own , while others see this as the ultimate form of flattery .
Page was survived by her sister Joyce Wallace of Georgia , and her brother Jack Page , who lives in Nashville , Tennessee . |
4_14ecb.xml_17 | train | evt | 4_14ecb.xml | 0 | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | 4 | 4 | 23 | 27 | died | ACT16369833899538926 | die | ['pinup', 'icon', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'thursday', 'evening', 'hospital', 'los', 'angeles', 'having', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'dec.', '2', 'spend', 'time', 'life', 'support', 'accord', 'her', 'official', 'site'] | Pinup icon Bettie Page <m> died </m> Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | Pinup icon Bettie Page <m> died </m> Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site .
Page was born on April 22 , 1923 , in Nashville , Tenn .
She began modeling in 1950 when she met New York City police officer and photographer Jerry Tibbs .
According to Page 's official website , by 1951 she was appearing in the men 's magazines Eyefull , Wink , Titter , and Beauty Parade .
In 1955 , Hugh Hefner asked Page to pose in a Playboy centerfold , a move that would help her seal her popularity and financial security decades later .
Page ended her modeling career in 1957 after turning to Christianity .
Despite never posing in sexually explicit poses ( only nude photos ) , Page became an unwitting sex symbol and a face of the sexual revolution in the nineteen sixties .
Her popularity rose again in the early 1990s but her insecurities kept her out of the spotlight .
She wanted her fans to remember her as she was in her heyday .
Adding to her bewilderment was the fact that this new popularity surge happened while Page was institutionalized in a Southern California mental facility after attacking a woman with a knife .
When she was released in 1992 , she found herself in the spotlight again , thanks in part to a movie called The Rocketeer , which played off of pulp fiction characters of the 30s and 40s , including the image of Bettie Page .
In spite of her renewed popularity , Page was n't receiving any royalty payments from her images .
Page signed on with agent James Swanson , who in turn set her up with Curtis Management Group , who fought to get her the pay she deserved .
Page came out of hiding in 2003 when she agreed to be photographed for Playboy .
This was her last public photograph .
Several biographies have been made , including her official biography Bettie Page:
The Life of a Pin-up Legend , and a biography by Richard Foster called The Real Bettie Page:
The Truth about the Queen of Pinup .
A movie called `` The Notorious Bettie Page '' was released in 2005 , which told the pinup 's story between the 1930s and the nineteen fifties .
Today , women still love to emulate her old-fashioned look , specifically her long black hair with bangs and red lipstick. Some people feel as if these women are unoriginal and failed to find an identity of their own , while others see this as the ultimate form of flattery .
Page was survived by her sister Joyce Wallace of Georgia , and her brother Jack Page , who lives in Nashville , Tennessee . |
4_14ecb.xml_18 | train | evt | 4_14ecb.xml | 0 | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | 23 | 23 | 125 | 133 | spending | 10000001005 | spend | ['pinup', 'icon', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'thursday', 'evening', 'hospital', 'los', 'angeles', 'having', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'dec.', '2', 'spend', 'time', 'life', 'support', 'accord', 'her', 'official', 'site'] | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and <m> spending </m> time on life support , according to her official site . | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and <m> spending </m> time on life support , according to her official site .
Page was born on April 22 , 1923 , in Nashville , Tenn .
She began modeling in 1950 when she met New York City police officer and photographer Jerry Tibbs .
According to Page 's official website , by 1951 she was appearing in the men 's magazines Eyefull , Wink , Titter , and Beauty Parade .
In 1955 , Hugh Hefner asked Page to pose in a Playboy centerfold , a move that would help her seal her popularity and financial security decades later .
Page ended her modeling career in 1957 after turning to Christianity .
Despite never posing in sexually explicit poses ( only nude photos ) , Page became an unwitting sex symbol and a face of the sexual revolution in the nineteen sixties .
Her popularity rose again in the early 1990s but her insecurities kept her out of the spotlight .
She wanted her fans to remember her as she was in her heyday .
Adding to her bewilderment was the fact that this new popularity surge happened while Page was institutionalized in a Southern California mental facility after attacking a woman with a knife .
When she was released in 1992 , she found herself in the spotlight again , thanks in part to a movie called The Rocketeer , which played off of pulp fiction characters of the 30s and 40s , including the image of Bettie Page .
In spite of her renewed popularity , Page was n't receiving any royalty payments from her images .
Page signed on with agent James Swanson , who in turn set her up with Curtis Management Group , who fought to get her the pay she deserved .
Page came out of hiding in 2003 when she agreed to be photographed for Playboy .
This was her last public photograph .
Several biographies have been made , including her official biography Bettie Page:
The Life of a Pin-up Legend , and a biography by Richard Foster called The Real Bettie Page:
The Truth about the Queen of Pinup .
A movie called `` The Notorious Bettie Page '' was released in 2005 , which told the pinup 's story between the 1930s and the nineteen fifties .
Today , women still love to emulate her old-fashioned look , specifically her long black hair with bangs and red lipstick. Some people feel as if these women are unoriginal and failed to find an identity of their own , while others see this as the ultimate form of flattery .
Page was survived by her sister Joyce Wallace of Georgia , and her brother Jack Page , who lives in Nashville , Tennessee . |
4_14ecb.xml_19 | train | evt | 4_14ecb.xml | 0 | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a heart attack on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | 17 | 18 | 98 | 110 | heart attack | ACT16370025610067695 | attack | ['pinup', 'icon', 'bettie', 'page', 'die', 'thursday', 'evening', 'hospital', 'los', 'angeles', 'having', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'dec.', '2', 'spend', 'time', 'life', 'support', 'accord', 'her', 'official', 'site'] | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a <m> heart attack </m> on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site . | Pinup icon Bettie Page died Thursday evening at a hospital in Los Angeles after having suffered a <m> heart attack </m> on Dec. 2 and spending time on life support , according to her official site .
Page was born on April 22 , 1923 , in Nashville , Tenn .
She began modeling in 1950 when she met New York City police officer and photographer Jerry Tibbs .
According to Page 's official website , by 1951 she was appearing in the men 's magazines Eyefull , Wink , Titter , and Beauty Parade .
In 1955 , Hugh Hefner asked Page to pose in a Playboy centerfold , a move that would help her seal her popularity and financial security decades later .
Page ended her modeling career in 1957 after turning to Christianity .
Despite never posing in sexually explicit poses ( only nude photos ) , Page became an unwitting sex symbol and a face of the sexual revolution in the nineteen sixties .
Her popularity rose again in the early 1990s but her insecurities kept her out of the spotlight .
She wanted her fans to remember her as she was in her heyday .
Adding to her bewilderment was the fact that this new popularity surge happened while Page was institutionalized in a Southern California mental facility after attacking a woman with a knife .
When she was released in 1992 , she found herself in the spotlight again , thanks in part to a movie called The Rocketeer , which played off of pulp fiction characters of the 30s and 40s , including the image of Bettie Page .
In spite of her renewed popularity , Page was n't receiving any royalty payments from her images .
Page signed on with agent James Swanson , who in turn set her up with Curtis Management Group , who fought to get her the pay she deserved .
Page came out of hiding in 2003 when she agreed to be photographed for Playboy .
This was her last public photograph .
Several biographies have been made , including her official biography Bettie Page:
The Life of a Pin-up Legend , and a biography by Richard Foster called The Real Bettie Page:
The Truth about the Queen of Pinup .
A movie called `` The Notorious Bettie Page '' was released in 2005 , which told the pinup 's story between the 1930s and the nineteen fifties .
Today , women still love to emulate her old-fashioned look , specifically her long black hair with bangs and red lipstick. Some people feel as if these women are unoriginal and failed to find an identity of their own , while others see this as the ultimate form of flattery .
Page was survived by her sister Joyce Wallace of Georgia , and her brother Jack Page , who lives in Nashville , Tennessee . |
4_12ecb.xml_6 | train | ent | 4_12ecb.xml | 0 | Yesterday in Los Angeles , pin-up icon Bettie Page succumbed to complications from a heart attack suffered almost three weeks ago . | 7 | 8 | 39 | 50 | Bettie Page | HUM16370179946350392 | Bettie | ['yesterday', 'los', 'angeles', 'pin-up', 'icon', 'bettie', 'page', 'succumb', 'complication', 'heart', 'attack', 'suffer', 'week', 'ago'] | Yesterday in Los Angeles , pin-up icon <m> Bettie Page </m> succumbed to complications from a heart attack suffered almost three weeks ago . | Yesterday in Los Angeles , pin-up icon <m> Bettie Page </m> succumbed to complications from a heart attack suffered almost three weeks ago .
Few women in modern history have incited such lust and reverence in men and women alike .
To the rockabilly culture , she embodied the ideal woman - voluptuous and healthy , with that leveling sneer .
She seemed to dare you to not stare at her .
Her hairstyle launched a thousand girls to slice off their bangs and get out the black dye .
Literally tens of thousands of women are walking around today as perfect Bettie clones of all shapes and sizes .
With her nude photoshoots , the bondage angle and her defiance in the face of censorship , she was a precursor to the '70s feminist movement - '50s punk rock in heels and garters .
Page has been the inspiration for dozens of songs all across the musical landscape , but it was the rockabilly guys that took to her the most ; not to mention female-fronted bands like the Horrorpops or even pop 's Katy Perry .
Even Amy Winehouse 's look in the beginning was a derivative of Page . |
4_12ecb.xml_8 | train | ent | 4_12ecb.xml | 0 | Yesterday in Los Angeles , pin-up icon Bettie Page succumbed to complications from a heart attack suffered almost three weeks ago . | 2 | 3 | 13 | 24 | Los Angeles | LOC16369849809365357 | Angeles | ['yesterday', 'los', 'angeles', 'pin-up', 'icon', 'bettie', 'page', 'succumb', 'complication', 'heart', 'attack', 'suffer', 'week', 'ago'] | Yesterday in <m> Los Angeles </m> , pin-up icon Bettie Page succumbed to complications from a heart attack suffered almost three weeks ago . | Yesterday in <m> Los Angeles </m> , pin-up icon Bettie Page succumbed to complications from a heart attack suffered almost three weeks ago .
Few women in modern history have incited such lust and reverence in men and women alike .
To the rockabilly culture , she embodied the ideal woman - voluptuous and healthy , with that leveling sneer .
She seemed to dare you to not stare at her .
Her hairstyle launched a thousand girls to slice off their bangs and get out the black dye .
Literally tens of thousands of women are walking around today as perfect Bettie clones of all shapes and sizes .
With her nude photoshoots , the bondage angle and her defiance in the face of censorship , she was a precursor to the '70s feminist movement - '50s punk rock in heels and garters .
Page has been the inspiration for dozens of songs all across the musical landscape , but it was the rockabilly guys that took to her the most ; not to mention female-fronted bands like the Horrorpops or even pop 's Katy Perry .
Even Amy Winehouse 's look in the beginning was a derivative of Page . |
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Few women in modern history have incited such lust and reverence in men and women alike .
To the rockabilly culture , she embodied the ideal woman - voluptuous and healthy , with that leveling sneer .
She seemed to dare you to not stare at her .
Her hairstyle launched a thousand girls to slice off their bangs and get out the black dye .
Literally tens of thousands of women are walking around today as perfect Bettie clones of all shapes and sizes .
With her nude photoshoots , the bondage angle and her defiance in the face of censorship , she was a precursor to the '70s feminist movement - '50s punk rock in heels and garters .
Page has been the inspiration for dozens of songs all across the musical landscape , but it was the rockabilly guys that took to her the most ; not to mention female-fronted bands like the Horrorpops or even pop 's Katy Perry .
Even Amy Winehouse 's look in the beginning was a derivative of Page . |
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Few women in modern history have incited such lust and reverence in men and women alike .
To the rockabilly culture , she embodied the ideal woman - voluptuous and healthy , with that leveling sneer .
She seemed to dare you to not stare at her .
Her hairstyle launched a thousand girls to slice off their bangs and get out the black dye .
Literally tens of thousands of women are walking around today as perfect Bettie clones of all shapes and sizes .
With her nude photoshoots , the bondage angle and her defiance in the face of censorship , she was a precursor to the '70s feminist movement - '50s punk rock in heels and garters .
Page has been the inspiration for dozens of songs all across the musical landscape , but it was the rockabilly guys that took to her the most ; not to mention female-fronted bands like the Horrorpops or even pop 's Katy Perry .
Even Amy Winehouse 's look in the beginning was a derivative of Page . |
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Few women in modern history have incited such lust and reverence in men and women alike .
To the rockabilly culture , she embodied the ideal woman - voluptuous and healthy , with that leveling sneer .
She seemed to dare you to not stare at her .
Her hairstyle launched a thousand girls to slice off their bangs and get out the black dye .
Literally tens of thousands of women are walking around today as perfect Bettie clones of all shapes and sizes .
With her nude photoshoots , the bondage angle and her defiance in the face of censorship , she was a precursor to the '70s feminist movement - '50s punk rock in heels and garters .
Page has been the inspiration for dozens of songs all across the musical landscape , but it was the rockabilly guys that took to her the most ; not to mention female-fronted bands like the Horrorpops or even pop 's Katy Perry .
Even Amy Winehouse 's look in the beginning was a derivative of Page . |
4_12ecb.xml_11 | train | evt | 4_12ecb.xml | 0 | Yesterday in Los Angeles , pin-up icon Bettie Page succumbed to complications from a heart attack suffered almost three weeks ago . | 9 | 9 | 51 | 60 | succumbed | ACT16369833899538926 | succumb | ['yesterday', 'los', 'angeles', 'pin-up', 'icon', 'bettie', 'page', 'succumb', 'complication', 'heart', 'attack', 'suffer', 'week', 'ago'] | Yesterday in Los Angeles , pin-up icon Bettie Page <m> succumbed </m> to complications from a heart attack suffered almost three weeks ago . | Yesterday in Los Angeles , pin-up icon Bettie Page <m> succumbed </m> to complications from a heart attack suffered almost three weeks ago .
Few women in modern history have incited such lust and reverence in men and women alike .
To the rockabilly culture , she embodied the ideal woman - voluptuous and healthy , with that leveling sneer .
She seemed to dare you to not stare at her .
Her hairstyle launched a thousand girls to slice off their bangs and get out the black dye .
Literally tens of thousands of women are walking around today as perfect Bettie clones of all shapes and sizes .
With her nude photoshoots , the bondage angle and her defiance in the face of censorship , she was a precursor to the '70s feminist movement - '50s punk rock in heels and garters .
Page has been the inspiration for dozens of songs all across the musical landscape , but it was the rockabilly guys that took to her the most ; not to mention female-fronted bands like the Horrorpops or even pop 's Katy Perry .
Even Amy Winehouse 's look in the beginning was a derivative of Page . |
4_10ecbplus.xml_13 | train | ent | 4_10ecbplus.xml | 2 | Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | 8 | 8 | 55 | 58 | who | HUM16195623414690294 | who | ['esther', 'williams', 'swimming', 'champion', 'turn', 'actress', 'star', 'glittering', 'aquatic', 'technicolor', 'musical', '1940', '1950', 'die'] | Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress <m> who </m> starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | http : / / www . pennlive . com / entertainment / index . ssf / 2013 / 06 / esther _ williams _ olympic _ swimme . html
Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress <m> who </m> starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist <m> Harlan Boll </m> .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Esther Williams , Olympic <m> swimmer </m> turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned <m> actress </m> and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and <m> pinup </m> girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
4_10ecbplus.xml_31 | train | ent | 4_10ecbplus.xml | 2 | Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | 5 | 5 | 31 | 39 | champion | HUM16195623414690294 | champion | ['esther', 'williams', 'swimming', 'champion', 'turn', 'actress', 'star', 'glittering', 'aquatic', 'technicolor', 'musical', '1940', '1950', 'die'] | Esther Williams , the swimming <m> champion </m> turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | http : / / www . pennlive . com / entertainment / index . ssf / 2013 / 06 / esther _ williams _ olympic _ swimme . html
Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming <m> champion </m> turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned <m> actress </m> who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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<m> Esther Williams </m> , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
4_10ecbplus.xml_2 | train | ent | 4_10ecbplus.xml | 2 | Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | Esther Williams | HUM16195623414690294 | Williams | ['esther', 'williams', 'swimming', 'champion', 'turn', 'actress', 'star', 'glittering', 'aquatic', 'technicolor', 'musical', '1940', '1950', 'die'] | <m> Esther Williams </m> , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | http : / / www . pennlive . com / entertainment / index . ssf / 2013 / 06 / esther _ williams _ olympic _ swimme . html
Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
<m> Esther Williams </m> , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
<m> Williams </m> died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
4_10ecbplus.xml_9 | train | ent | 4_10ecbplus.xml | 2 | Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | 17 | 20 | 117 | 136 | the 1940s and 1950s | TIM16410555964454980 | 1940 | ['esther', 'williams', 'swimming', 'champion', 'turn', 'actress', 'star', 'glittering', 'aquatic', 'technicolor', 'musical', '1940', '1950', 'die'] | Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of <m> the 1940s and 1950s </m> , has died . | http : / / www . pennlive . com / entertainment / index . ssf / 2013 / 06 / esther _ williams _ olympic _ swimme . html
Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of <m> the 1940s and 1950s </m> , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died <m> early Thursday </m> in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams <m> died </m> early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion <m> turned </m> actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
4_10ecbplus.xml_14 | train | evt | 4_10ecbplus.xml | 2 | Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | 15 | 15 | 105 | 113 | musicals | ACT16370926357063583 | musical | ['esther', 'williams', 'swimming', 'champion', 'turn', 'actress', 'star', 'glittering', 'aquatic', 'technicolor', 'musical', '1940', '1950', 'die'] | Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor <m> musicals </m> of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | http : / / www . pennlive . com / entertainment / index . ssf / 2013 / 06 / esther _ williams _ olympic _ swimme . html
Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor <m> musicals </m> of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
4_10ecbplus.xml_21 | train | evt | 4_10ecbplus.xml | 2 | Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | 4 | 4 | 22 | 30 | swimming | ACT16194712249800679 | swimming | ['esther', 'williams', 'swimming', 'champion', 'turn', 'actress', 'star', 'glittering', 'aquatic', 'technicolor', 'musical', '1940', '1950', 'die'] | Esther Williams , the <m> swimming </m> champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | http : / / www . pennlive . com / entertainment / index . ssf / 2013 / 06 / esther _ williams _ olympic _ swimme . html
Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the <m> swimming </m> champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , <m> dies </m> at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who <m> starred </m> in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
4_10ecbplus.xml_8 | train | evt | 4_10ecbplus.xml | 2 | Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died . | 23 | 23 | 143 | 147 | died | ACT16194654011907361 | die | ['esther', 'williams', 'swimming', 'champion', 'turn', 'actress', 'star', 'glittering', 'aquatic', 'technicolor', 'musical', '1940', '1950', 'die'] | Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has <m> died </m> . | http : / / www . pennlive . com / entertainment / index . ssf / 2013 / 06 / esther _ williams _ olympic _ swimme . html
Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has <m> died </m> .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
4_10ecbplus.xml_22 | train | evt | 4_10ecbplus.xml | 4 | Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll . | 8 | 8 | 44 | 53 | according | ACT16409632386175360 | accord | ['williams', 'die', 'early', 'thursday', 'her', 'sleep', 'accord', 'her', 'longtime', 'publicist', 'harlan', 'boll'] | Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , <m> according </m> to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll . | http : / / www . pennlive . com / entertainment / index . ssf / 2013 / 06 / esther _ williams _ olympic _ swimme . html
Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , <m> according </m> to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer turned actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her <m> sleep </m> , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Esther Williams , Olympic swimmer <m> turned </m> actress and pinup girl , dies at 91
Esther Williams , the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died early Thursday in her sleep , according to her longtime publicist Harlan Boll .
Williams in a bathing suit became a favorite pinup of GI's in World War II , and her popularity continued afterward . |
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Actress <m> Esther Williams </m> Dies at 91
10 : 10 AM PDT 6 / 6 / 2013
The champion swimmer starred in such films as "Bathing Beauty , " "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and "Million Dollar Mermaid . "
Actress and champion swimmer Esther Williams , who showcased a combination of glamour and athleticism by starring in several spectacular and splashy MGM musicals of the 1940s and '50s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died peacefully in her sleep Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . |
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Actress Esther Williams Dies at 91
10 : 10 AM PDT 6 / 6 / 2013
The champion swimmer starred in such films as "Bathing Beauty , " "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and "Million Dollar Mermaid . "
Actress and champion swimmer Esther Williams , who showcased a combination of glamour and athleticism by starring in several spectacular and splashy MGM musicals of the 1940s and '50s , has died .
She was 91 .
<m> Williams </m> died peacefully in her sleep Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . |
4_5ecbplus.xml_8 | train | ent | 4_5ecbplus.xml | 6 | Williams died peacefully in her sleep Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . | 13 | 14 | 83 | 94 | Harlan Boll | HUM16195083065387541 | Harlan | ['williams', 'die', 'peacefully', 'her', 'sleep', 'thursday', 'beverly', 'hills', 'family', 'spokesman', 'harlan', 'boll', 'announce'] | Williams died peacefully in her sleep Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman <m> Harlan Boll </m> announced . | http : / / www . hollywoodreporter . com / news / actress - esther - williams - dies - mgm - 564112
Actress Esther Williams Dies at 91
10 : 10 AM PDT 6 / 6 / 2013
The champion swimmer starred in such films as "Bathing Beauty , " "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and "Million Dollar Mermaid . "
Actress and champion swimmer Esther Williams , who showcased a combination of glamour and athleticism by starring in several spectacular and splashy MGM musicals of the 1940s and '50s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died peacefully in her sleep Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman <m> Harlan Boll </m> announced . |
4_5ecbplus.xml_30 | train | ent | 4_5ecbplus.xml | 6 | Williams died peacefully in her sleep Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . | 7 | 9 | 47 | 63 | in Beverly Hills | LOC16195314715661594 | Beverly | ['williams', 'die', 'peacefully', 'her', 'sleep', 'thursday', 'beverly', 'hills', 'family', 'spokesman', 'harlan', 'boll', 'announce'] | Williams died peacefully in her sleep Thursday <m> in Beverly Hills </m> , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . | http : / / www . hollywoodreporter . com / news / actress - esther - williams - dies - mgm - 564112
Actress Esther Williams Dies at 91
10 : 10 AM PDT 6 / 6 / 2013
The champion swimmer starred in such films as "Bathing Beauty , " "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and "Million Dollar Mermaid . "
Actress and champion swimmer Esther Williams , who showcased a combination of glamour and athleticism by starring in several spectacular and splashy MGM musicals of the 1940s and '50s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died peacefully in her sleep Thursday <m> in Beverly Hills </m> , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . |
4_5ecbplus.xml_29 | train | ent | 4_5ecbplus.xml | 6 | Williams died peacefully in her sleep Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . | 6 | 6 | 38 | 46 | Thursday | TIM16195893828310568 | Thursday | ['williams', 'die', 'peacefully', 'her', 'sleep', 'thursday', 'beverly', 'hills', 'family', 'spokesman', 'harlan', 'boll', 'announce'] | Williams died peacefully in her sleep <m> Thursday </m> in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . | http : / / www . hollywoodreporter . com / news / actress - esther - williams - dies - mgm - 564112
Actress Esther Williams Dies at 91
10 : 10 AM PDT 6 / 6 / 2013
The champion swimmer starred in such films as "Bathing Beauty , " "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and "Million Dollar Mermaid . "
Actress and champion swimmer Esther Williams , who showcased a combination of glamour and athleticism by starring in several spectacular and splashy MGM musicals of the 1940s and '50s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died peacefully in her sleep <m> Thursday </m> in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . |
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Actress Esther Williams <m> Dies </m> at 91
10 : 10 AM PDT 6 / 6 / 2013
The champion swimmer starred in such films as "Bathing Beauty , " "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and "Million Dollar Mermaid . "
Actress and champion swimmer Esther Williams , who showcased a combination of glamour and athleticism by starring in several spectacular and splashy MGM musicals of the 1940s and '50s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died peacefully in her sleep Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . |
4_5ecbplus.xml_19 | train | evt | 4_5ecbplus.xml | 6 | Williams died peacefully in her sleep Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | died | ACT16194654011907361 | die | ['williams', 'die', 'peacefully', 'her', 'sleep', 'thursday', 'beverly', 'hills', 'family', 'spokesman', 'harlan', 'boll', 'announce'] | Williams <m> died </m> peacefully in her sleep Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . | http : / / www . hollywoodreporter . com / news / actress - esther - williams - dies - mgm - 564112
Actress Esther Williams Dies at 91
10 : 10 AM PDT 6 / 6 / 2013
The champion swimmer starred in such films as "Bathing Beauty , " "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and "Million Dollar Mermaid . "
Actress and champion swimmer Esther Williams , who showcased a combination of glamour and athleticism by starring in several spectacular and splashy MGM musicals of the 1940s and '50s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams <m> died </m> peacefully in her sleep Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . |
4_5ecbplus.xml_21 | train | evt | 4_5ecbplus.xml | 6 | Williams died peacefully in her sleep Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . | 15 | 15 | 95 | 104 | announced | ACT16409632386175360 | announce | ['williams', 'die', 'peacefully', 'her', 'sleep', 'thursday', 'beverly', 'hills', 'family', 'spokesman', 'harlan', 'boll', 'announce'] | Williams died peacefully in her sleep Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll <m> announced </m> . | http : / / www . hollywoodreporter . com / news / actress - esther - williams - dies - mgm - 564112
Actress Esther Williams Dies at 91
10 : 10 AM PDT 6 / 6 / 2013
The champion swimmer starred in such films as "Bathing Beauty , " "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and "Million Dollar Mermaid . "
Actress and champion swimmer Esther Williams , who showcased a combination of glamour and athleticism by starring in several spectacular and splashy MGM musicals of the 1940s and '50s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died peacefully in her sleep Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll <m> announced </m> . |
4_5ecbplus.xml_28 | train | evt | 4_5ecbplus.xml | 6 | Williams died peacefully in her sleep Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . | 5 | 5 | 32 | 37 | sleep | ACT16194784155470530 | sleep | ['williams', 'die', 'peacefully', 'her', 'sleep', 'thursday', 'beverly', 'hills', 'family', 'spokesman', 'harlan', 'boll', 'announce'] | Williams died peacefully in her <m> sleep </m> Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . | http : / / www . hollywoodreporter . com / news / actress - esther - williams - dies - mgm - 564112
Actress Esther Williams Dies at 91
10 : 10 AM PDT 6 / 6 / 2013
The champion swimmer starred in such films as "Bathing Beauty , " "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and "Million Dollar Mermaid . "
Actress and champion swimmer Esther Williams , who showcased a combination of glamour and athleticism by starring in several spectacular and splashy MGM musicals of the 1940s and '50s , has died .
She was 91 .
Williams died peacefully in her <m> sleep </m> Thursday in Beverly Hills , family spokesman Harlan Boll announced . |
4_2ecb.xml_14 | train | ent | 4_2ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | Bettie Page | HUM16370179946350392 | Bettie | ['bettie', 'page', 'raven-haired', 'pin-up', 'naughty-but-nice', 'romp', 'whip', 'garter', 'high', 'heel', 'titillate', 'generation', 'young', 'man', 'post-war', 'year', 'die', 'age', '85', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'early', 'month', 'slip', 'coma'] | <m> Bettie Page </m> , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | <m> Bettie Page </m> , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma .
Her career , which some claim laid the foundations for the sexual revolution that swept America in the 1960s , started almost by accident after she discovered that posing for amateur photographers in provocative poses and risque attire made her more money than secretarial work .
Ms Page 's fame was set after she was adopted by Irving Klaw and his sister , Paula , in 1951 .
The couple ran a Manhattan mail order business offering dirty pictures .
Later , she was featured by Playboy as a centrefold , including a 1955 image of her winking under a Santa hat .
`` Bettie was one of the magazine 's early Playmates , and became an iconic figure , influencing notions of beauty and fashion , '' Hugh Hefner , the magazine 's founder , said on hearing of her death .
`` Her passing is very sad . ''
Ms Page disappeared for decades at the end of the Fifties , suffering serial broken marriages and devoting herself to Christianity .
Even in her twilight years she suffered bouts of depression and ill health but was rediscovered in the late nineteen eighties .
She would occasionally make public appearances to sign photographs of herself as popular interest in her suddenly took off again .
To her astonishment , Ms Page has recently attained cult status .
Madonna , Uma Thurman and Demi Moore are among contemporary stars who have at some time adopted Bettie Page poses , while in 2006 a movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , featured Gretchen Mol in the title role .
Ms Page had been admitted to hospital originally for treatment for pneumonia and was set to be released and sent home on 2 December when she suffered her heart attack .
A representative said she never recovered consciousness and died late on Thursday .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' her agent , Mark Roesler , said yesterday .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Even though she conceded to the occasional public event , she never agreed to having her photograph taken again .
`` 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 . ''
After her early career peaked , Ms Page became exhibit number one in a congressional hearing into so-called immoral activities in Washington .
The controversy prompted her disappearance from public view .
It was while living in Florida that she had her born-again experience and committed herself to the church and to the ministry of the Rev Billy Graham .
In her later years , she defended the trade she pioneered .
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It was better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day , which gets monotonous , '' she told Playboy in 1998 .
As for being featured undressed , that seemed fine too .
`` God approves of nudity , '' she said .
`` Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . '' |
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Her career , which some claim laid the foundations for the sexual revolution that swept America in the 1960s , started almost by accident after she discovered that posing for amateur photographers in provocative poses and risque attire made her more money than secretarial work .
Ms Page 's fame was set after she was adopted by Irving Klaw and his sister , Paula , in 1951 .
The couple ran a Manhattan mail order business offering dirty pictures .
Later , she was featured by Playboy as a centrefold , including a 1955 image of her winking under a Santa hat .
`` Bettie was one of the magazine 's early Playmates , and became an iconic figure , influencing notions of beauty and fashion , '' Hugh Hefner , the magazine 's founder , said on hearing of her death .
`` Her passing is very sad . ''
Ms Page disappeared for decades at the end of the Fifties , suffering serial broken marriages and devoting herself to Christianity .
Even in her twilight years she suffered bouts of depression and ill health but was rediscovered in the late nineteen eighties .
She would occasionally make public appearances to sign photographs of herself as popular interest in her suddenly took off again .
To her astonishment , Ms Page has recently attained cult status .
Madonna , Uma Thurman and Demi Moore are among contemporary stars who have at some time adopted Bettie Page poses , while in 2006 a movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , featured Gretchen Mol in the title role .
Ms Page had been admitted to hospital originally for treatment for pneumonia and was set to be released and sent home on 2 December when she suffered her heart attack .
A representative said she never recovered consciousness and died late on Thursday .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' her agent , Mark Roesler , said yesterday .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Even though she conceded to the occasional public event , she never agreed to having her photograph taken again .
`` 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 . ''
After her early career peaked , Ms Page became exhibit number one in a congressional hearing into so-called immoral activities in Washington .
The controversy prompted her disappearance from public view .
It was while living in Florida that she had her born-again experience and committed herself to the church and to the ministry of the Rev Billy Graham .
In her later years , she defended the trade she pioneered .
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It was better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day , which gets monotonous , '' she told Playboy in 1998 .
As for being featured undressed , that seemed fine too .
`` God approves of nudity , '' she said .
`` Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . '' |
4_2ecb.xml_22 | train | ent | 4_2ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | 10 | 10 | 72 | 77 | whips | 10000001007 | whip | ['bettie', 'page', 'raven-haired', 'pin-up', 'naughty-but-nice', 'romp', 'whip', 'garter', 'high', 'heel', 'titillate', 'generation', 'young', 'man', 'post-war', 'year', 'die', 'age', '85', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'early', 'month', 'slip', 'coma'] | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with <m> whips </m> , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with <m> whips </m> , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma .
Her career , which some claim laid the foundations for the sexual revolution that swept America in the 1960s , started almost by accident after she discovered that posing for amateur photographers in provocative poses and risque attire made her more money than secretarial work .
Ms Page 's fame was set after she was adopted by Irving Klaw and his sister , Paula , in 1951 .
The couple ran a Manhattan mail order business offering dirty pictures .
Later , she was featured by Playboy as a centrefold , including a 1955 image of her winking under a Santa hat .
`` Bettie was one of the magazine 's early Playmates , and became an iconic figure , influencing notions of beauty and fashion , '' Hugh Hefner , the magazine 's founder , said on hearing of her death .
`` Her passing is very sad . ''
Ms Page disappeared for decades at the end of the Fifties , suffering serial broken marriages and devoting herself to Christianity .
Even in her twilight years she suffered bouts of depression and ill health but was rediscovered in the late nineteen eighties .
She would occasionally make public appearances to sign photographs of herself as popular interest in her suddenly took off again .
To her astonishment , Ms Page has recently attained cult status .
Madonna , Uma Thurman and Demi Moore are among contemporary stars who have at some time adopted Bettie Page poses , while in 2006 a movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , featured Gretchen Mol in the title role .
Ms Page had been admitted to hospital originally for treatment for pneumonia and was set to be released and sent home on 2 December when she suffered her heart attack .
A representative said she never recovered consciousness and died late on Thursday .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' her agent , Mark Roesler , said yesterday .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Even though she conceded to the occasional public event , she never agreed to having her photograph taken again .
`` 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 . ''
After her early career peaked , Ms Page became exhibit number one in a congressional hearing into so-called immoral activities in Washington .
The controversy prompted her disappearance from public view .
It was while living in Florida that she had her born-again experience and committed herself to the church and to the ministry of the Rev Billy Graham .
In her later years , she defended the trade she pioneered .
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It was better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day , which gets monotonous , '' she told Playboy in 1998 .
As for being featured undressed , that seemed fine too .
`` God approves of nudity , '' she said .
`` Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . '' |
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Her career , which some claim laid the foundations for the sexual revolution that swept America in the 1960s , started almost by accident after she discovered that posing for amateur photographers in provocative poses and risque attire made her more money than secretarial work .
Ms Page 's fame was set after she was adopted by Irving Klaw and his sister , Paula , in 1951 .
The couple ran a Manhattan mail order business offering dirty pictures .
Later , she was featured by Playboy as a centrefold , including a 1955 image of her winking under a Santa hat .
`` Bettie was one of the magazine 's early Playmates , and became an iconic figure , influencing notions of beauty and fashion , '' Hugh Hefner , the magazine 's founder , said on hearing of her death .
`` Her passing is very sad . ''
Ms Page disappeared for decades at the end of the Fifties , suffering serial broken marriages and devoting herself to Christianity .
Even in her twilight years she suffered bouts of depression and ill health but was rediscovered in the late nineteen eighties .
She would occasionally make public appearances to sign photographs of herself as popular interest in her suddenly took off again .
To her astonishment , Ms Page has recently attained cult status .
Madonna , Uma Thurman and Demi Moore are among contemporary stars who have at some time adopted Bettie Page poses , while in 2006 a movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , featured Gretchen Mol in the title role .
Ms Page had been admitted to hospital originally for treatment for pneumonia and was set to be released and sent home on 2 December when she suffered her heart attack .
A representative said she never recovered consciousness and died late on Thursday .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' her agent , Mark Roesler , said yesterday .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Even though she conceded to the occasional public event , she never agreed to having her photograph taken again .
`` 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 . ''
After her early career peaked , Ms Page became exhibit number one in a congressional hearing into so-called immoral activities in Washington .
The controversy prompted her disappearance from public view .
It was while living in Florida that she had her born-again experience and committed herself to the church and to the ministry of the Rev Billy Graham .
In her later years , she defended the trade she pioneered .
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It was better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day , which gets monotonous , '' she told Playboy in 1998 .
As for being featured undressed , that seemed fine too .
`` God approves of nudity , '' she said .
`` Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . '' |
4_2ecb.xml_24 | train | ent | 4_2ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | 14 | 15 | 92 | 102 | high heels | 10000001009 | heel | ['bettie', 'page', 'raven-haired', 'pin-up', 'naughty-but-nice', 'romp', 'whip', 'garter', 'high', 'heel', 'titillate', 'generation', 'young', 'man', 'post-war', 'year', 'die', 'age', '85', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'early', 'month', 'slip', 'coma'] | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and <m> high heels </m> titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and <m> high heels </m> titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma .
Her career , which some claim laid the foundations for the sexual revolution that swept America in the 1960s , started almost by accident after she discovered that posing for amateur photographers in provocative poses and risque attire made her more money than secretarial work .
Ms Page 's fame was set after she was adopted by Irving Klaw and his sister , Paula , in 1951 .
The couple ran a Manhattan mail order business offering dirty pictures .
Later , she was featured by Playboy as a centrefold , including a 1955 image of her winking under a Santa hat .
`` Bettie was one of the magazine 's early Playmates , and became an iconic figure , influencing notions of beauty and fashion , '' Hugh Hefner , the magazine 's founder , said on hearing of her death .
`` Her passing is very sad . ''
Ms Page disappeared for decades at the end of the Fifties , suffering serial broken marriages and devoting herself to Christianity .
Even in her twilight years she suffered bouts of depression and ill health but was rediscovered in the late nineteen eighties .
She would occasionally make public appearances to sign photographs of herself as popular interest in her suddenly took off again .
To her astonishment , Ms Page has recently attained cult status .
Madonna , Uma Thurman and Demi Moore are among contemporary stars who have at some time adopted Bettie Page poses , while in 2006 a movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , featured Gretchen Mol in the title role .
Ms Page had been admitted to hospital originally for treatment for pneumonia and was set to be released and sent home on 2 December when she suffered her heart attack .
A representative said she never recovered consciousness and died late on Thursday .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' her agent , Mark Roesler , said yesterday .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Even though she conceded to the occasional public event , she never agreed to having her photograph taken again .
`` 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 . ''
After her early career peaked , Ms Page became exhibit number one in a congressional hearing into so-called immoral activities in Washington .
The controversy prompted her disappearance from public view .
It was while living in Florida that she had her born-again experience and committed herself to the church and to the ministry of the Rev Billy Graham .
In her later years , she defended the trade she pioneered .
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It was better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day , which gets monotonous , '' she told Playboy in 1998 .
As for being featured undressed , that seemed fine too .
`` God approves of nudity , '' she said .
`` Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . '' |
4_2ecb.xml_25 | train | ent | 4_2ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | 23 | 25 | 143 | 161 | the post-war years | TIM16369986548582146 | post-war | ['bettie', 'page', 'raven-haired', 'pin-up', 'naughty-but-nice', 'romp', 'whip', 'garter', 'high', 'heel', 'titillate', 'generation', 'young', 'man', 'post-war', 'year', 'die', 'age', '85', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'early', 'month', 'slip', 'coma'] | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in <m> the post-war years </m> , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in <m> the post-war years </m> , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma .
Her career , which some claim laid the foundations for the sexual revolution that swept America in the 1960s , started almost by accident after she discovered that posing for amateur photographers in provocative poses and risque attire made her more money than secretarial work .
Ms Page 's fame was set after she was adopted by Irving Klaw and his sister , Paula , in 1951 .
The couple ran a Manhattan mail order business offering dirty pictures .
Later , she was featured by Playboy as a centrefold , including a 1955 image of her winking under a Santa hat .
`` Bettie was one of the magazine 's early Playmates , and became an iconic figure , influencing notions of beauty and fashion , '' Hugh Hefner , the magazine 's founder , said on hearing of her death .
`` Her passing is very sad . ''
Ms Page disappeared for decades at the end of the Fifties , suffering serial broken marriages and devoting herself to Christianity .
Even in her twilight years she suffered bouts of depression and ill health but was rediscovered in the late nineteen eighties .
She would occasionally make public appearances to sign photographs of herself as popular interest in her suddenly took off again .
To her astonishment , Ms Page has recently attained cult status .
Madonna , Uma Thurman and Demi Moore are among contemporary stars who have at some time adopted Bettie Page poses , while in 2006 a movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , featured Gretchen Mol in the title role .
Ms Page had been admitted to hospital originally for treatment for pneumonia and was set to be released and sent home on 2 December when she suffered her heart attack .
A representative said she never recovered consciousness and died late on Thursday .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' her agent , Mark Roesler , said yesterday .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Even though she conceded to the occasional public event , she never agreed to having her photograph taken again .
`` 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 . ''
After her early career peaked , Ms Page became exhibit number one in a congressional hearing into so-called immoral activities in Washington .
The controversy prompted her disappearance from public view .
It was while living in Florida that she had her born-again experience and committed herself to the church and to the ministry of the Rev Billy Graham .
In her later years , she defended the trade she pioneered .
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It was better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day , which gets monotonous , '' she told Playboy in 1998 .
As for being featured undressed , that seemed fine too .
`` God approves of nudity , '' she said .
`` Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . '' |
4_2ecb.xml_26 | train | ent | 4_2ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | 39 | 41 | 221 | 239 | earlier this month | TIM27417698790972120 | early | ['bettie', 'page', 'raven-haired', 'pin-up', 'naughty-but-nice', 'romp', 'whip', 'garter', 'high', 'heel', 'titillate', 'generation', 'young', 'man', 'post-war', 'year', 'die', 'age', '85', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'early', 'month', 'slip', 'coma'] | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack <m> earlier this month </m> and slipping into a coma . | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack <m> earlier this month </m> and slipping into a coma .
Her career , which some claim laid the foundations for the sexual revolution that swept America in the 1960s , started almost by accident after she discovered that posing for amateur photographers in provocative poses and risque attire made her more money than secretarial work .
Ms Page 's fame was set after she was adopted by Irving Klaw and his sister , Paula , in 1951 .
The couple ran a Manhattan mail order business offering dirty pictures .
Later , she was featured by Playboy as a centrefold , including a 1955 image of her winking under a Santa hat .
`` Bettie was one of the magazine 's early Playmates , and became an iconic figure , influencing notions of beauty and fashion , '' Hugh Hefner , the magazine 's founder , said on hearing of her death .
`` Her passing is very sad . ''
Ms Page disappeared for decades at the end of the Fifties , suffering serial broken marriages and devoting herself to Christianity .
Even in her twilight years she suffered bouts of depression and ill health but was rediscovered in the late nineteen eighties .
She would occasionally make public appearances to sign photographs of herself as popular interest in her suddenly took off again .
To her astonishment , Ms Page has recently attained cult status .
Madonna , Uma Thurman and Demi Moore are among contemporary stars who have at some time adopted Bettie Page poses , while in 2006 a movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , featured Gretchen Mol in the title role .
Ms Page had been admitted to hospital originally for treatment for pneumonia and was set to be released and sent home on 2 December when she suffered her heart attack .
A representative said she never recovered consciousness and died late on Thursday .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' her agent , Mark Roesler , said yesterday .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Even though she conceded to the occasional public event , she never agreed to having her photograph taken again .
`` 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 . ''
After her early career peaked , Ms Page became exhibit number one in a congressional hearing into so-called immoral activities in Washington .
The controversy prompted her disappearance from public view .
It was while living in Florida that she had her born-again experience and committed herself to the church and to the ministry of the Rev Billy Graham .
In her later years , she defended the trade she pioneered .
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It was better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day , which gets monotonous , '' she told Playboy in 1998 .
As for being featured undressed , that seemed fine too .
`` God approves of nudity , '' she said .
`` Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . '' |
4_2ecb.xml_16 | train | evt | 4_2ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | 8 | 8 | 61 | 66 | romps | ACT16369969226455697 | romp | ['bettie', 'page', 'raven-haired', 'pin-up', 'naughty-but-nice', 'romp', 'whip', 'garter', 'high', 'heel', 'titillate', 'generation', 'young', 'man', 'post-war', 'year', 'die', 'age', '85', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'early', 'month', 'slip', 'coma'] | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice <m> romps </m> with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice <m> romps </m> with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma .
Her career , which some claim laid the foundations for the sexual revolution that swept America in the 1960s , started almost by accident after she discovered that posing for amateur photographers in provocative poses and risque attire made her more money than secretarial work .
Ms Page 's fame was set after she was adopted by Irving Klaw and his sister , Paula , in 1951 .
The couple ran a Manhattan mail order business offering dirty pictures .
Later , she was featured by Playboy as a centrefold , including a 1955 image of her winking under a Santa hat .
`` Bettie was one of the magazine 's early Playmates , and became an iconic figure , influencing notions of beauty and fashion , '' Hugh Hefner , the magazine 's founder , said on hearing of her death .
`` Her passing is very sad . ''
Ms Page disappeared for decades at the end of the Fifties , suffering serial broken marriages and devoting herself to Christianity .
Even in her twilight years she suffered bouts of depression and ill health but was rediscovered in the late nineteen eighties .
She would occasionally make public appearances to sign photographs of herself as popular interest in her suddenly took off again .
To her astonishment , Ms Page has recently attained cult status .
Madonna , Uma Thurman and Demi Moore are among contemporary stars who have at some time adopted Bettie Page poses , while in 2006 a movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , featured Gretchen Mol in the title role .
Ms Page had been admitted to hospital originally for treatment for pneumonia and was set to be released and sent home on 2 December when she suffered her heart attack .
A representative said she never recovered consciousness and died late on Thursday .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' her agent , Mark Roesler , said yesterday .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Even though she conceded to the occasional public event , she never agreed to having her photograph taken again .
`` 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 . ''
After her early career peaked , Ms Page became exhibit number one in a congressional hearing into so-called immoral activities in Washington .
The controversy prompted her disappearance from public view .
It was while living in Florida that she had her born-again experience and committed herself to the church and to the ministry of the Rev Billy Graham .
In her later years , she defended the trade she pioneered .
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It was better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day , which gets monotonous , '' she told Playboy in 1998 .
As for being featured undressed , that seemed fine too .
`` God approves of nudity , '' she said .
`` Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . '' |
4_2ecb.xml_17 | train | evt | 4_2ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | 16 | 16 | 103 | 113 | titillated | 10000001010 | titillate | ['bettie', 'page', 'raven-haired', 'pin-up', 'naughty-but-nice', 'romp', 'whip', 'garter', 'high', 'heel', 'titillate', 'generation', 'young', 'man', 'post-war', 'year', 'die', 'age', '85', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'early', 'month', 'slip', 'coma'] | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels <m> titillated </m> a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels <m> titillated </m> a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma .
Her career , which some claim laid the foundations for the sexual revolution that swept America in the 1960s , started almost by accident after she discovered that posing for amateur photographers in provocative poses and risque attire made her more money than secretarial work .
Ms Page 's fame was set after she was adopted by Irving Klaw and his sister , Paula , in 1951 .
The couple ran a Manhattan mail order business offering dirty pictures .
Later , she was featured by Playboy as a centrefold , including a 1955 image of her winking under a Santa hat .
`` Bettie was one of the magazine 's early Playmates , and became an iconic figure , influencing notions of beauty and fashion , '' Hugh Hefner , the magazine 's founder , said on hearing of her death .
`` Her passing is very sad . ''
Ms Page disappeared for decades at the end of the Fifties , suffering serial broken marriages and devoting herself to Christianity .
Even in her twilight years she suffered bouts of depression and ill health but was rediscovered in the late nineteen eighties .
She would occasionally make public appearances to sign photographs of herself as popular interest in her suddenly took off again .
To her astonishment , Ms Page has recently attained cult status .
Madonna , Uma Thurman and Demi Moore are among contemporary stars who have at some time adopted Bettie Page poses , while in 2006 a movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , featured Gretchen Mol in the title role .
Ms Page had been admitted to hospital originally for treatment for pneumonia and was set to be released and sent home on 2 December when she suffered her heart attack .
A representative said she never recovered consciousness and died late on Thursday .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' her agent , Mark Roesler , said yesterday .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Even though she conceded to the occasional public event , she never agreed to having her photograph taken again .
`` 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 . ''
After her early career peaked , Ms Page became exhibit number one in a congressional hearing into so-called immoral activities in Washington .
The controversy prompted her disappearance from public view .
It was while living in Florida that she had her born-again experience and committed herself to the church and to the ministry of the Rev Billy Graham .
In her later years , she defended the trade she pioneered .
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It was better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day , which gets monotonous , '' she told Playboy in 1998 .
As for being featured undressed , that seemed fine too .
`` God approves of nudity , '' she said .
`` Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . '' |
4_2ecb.xml_18 | train | evt | 4_2ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | 35 | 35 | 196 | 205 | suffering | ACT17394598357871441 | suffer | ['bettie', 'page', 'raven-haired', 'pin-up', 'naughty-but-nice', 'romp', 'whip', 'garter', 'high', 'heel', 'titillate', 'generation', 'young', 'man', 'post-war', 'year', 'die', 'age', '85', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'early', 'month', 'slip', 'coma'] | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after <m> suffering </m> a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after <m> suffering </m> a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma .
Her career , which some claim laid the foundations for the sexual revolution that swept America in the 1960s , started almost by accident after she discovered that posing for amateur photographers in provocative poses and risque attire made her more money than secretarial work .
Ms Page 's fame was set after she was adopted by Irving Klaw and his sister , Paula , in 1951 .
The couple ran a Manhattan mail order business offering dirty pictures .
Later , she was featured by Playboy as a centrefold , including a 1955 image of her winking under a Santa hat .
`` Bettie was one of the magazine 's early Playmates , and became an iconic figure , influencing notions of beauty and fashion , '' Hugh Hefner , the magazine 's founder , said on hearing of her death .
`` Her passing is very sad . ''
Ms Page disappeared for decades at the end of the Fifties , suffering serial broken marriages and devoting herself to Christianity .
Even in her twilight years she suffered bouts of depression and ill health but was rediscovered in the late nineteen eighties .
She would occasionally make public appearances to sign photographs of herself as popular interest in her suddenly took off again .
To her astonishment , Ms Page has recently attained cult status .
Madonna , Uma Thurman and Demi Moore are among contemporary stars who have at some time adopted Bettie Page poses , while in 2006 a movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , featured Gretchen Mol in the title role .
Ms Page had been admitted to hospital originally for treatment for pneumonia and was set to be released and sent home on 2 December when she suffered her heart attack .
A representative said she never recovered consciousness and died late on Thursday .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' her agent , Mark Roesler , said yesterday .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Even though she conceded to the occasional public event , she never agreed to having her photograph taken again .
`` 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 . ''
After her early career peaked , Ms Page became exhibit number one in a congressional hearing into so-called immoral activities in Washington .
The controversy prompted her disappearance from public view .
It was while living in Florida that she had her born-again experience and committed herself to the church and to the ministry of the Rev Billy Graham .
In her later years , she defended the trade she pioneered .
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It was better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day , which gets monotonous , '' she told Playboy in 1998 .
As for being featured undressed , that seemed fine too .
`` God approves of nudity , '' she said .
`` Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . '' |
4_2ecb.xml_19 | train | evt | 4_2ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | 43 | 43 | 244 | 252 | slipping | 10000001011 | slip | ['bettie', 'page', 'raven-haired', 'pin-up', 'naughty-but-nice', 'romp', 'whip', 'garter', 'high', 'heel', 'titillate', 'generation', 'young', 'man', 'post-war', 'year', 'die', 'age', '85', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'early', 'month', 'slip', 'coma'] | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and <m> slipping </m> into a coma . | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and <m> slipping </m> into a coma .
Her career , which some claim laid the foundations for the sexual revolution that swept America in the 1960s , started almost by accident after she discovered that posing for amateur photographers in provocative poses and risque attire made her more money than secretarial work .
Ms Page 's fame was set after she was adopted by Irving Klaw and his sister , Paula , in 1951 .
The couple ran a Manhattan mail order business offering dirty pictures .
Later , she was featured by Playboy as a centrefold , including a 1955 image of her winking under a Santa hat .
`` Bettie was one of the magazine 's early Playmates , and became an iconic figure , influencing notions of beauty and fashion , '' Hugh Hefner , the magazine 's founder , said on hearing of her death .
`` Her passing is very sad . ''
Ms Page disappeared for decades at the end of the Fifties , suffering serial broken marriages and devoting herself to Christianity .
Even in her twilight years she suffered bouts of depression and ill health but was rediscovered in the late nineteen eighties .
She would occasionally make public appearances to sign photographs of herself as popular interest in her suddenly took off again .
To her astonishment , Ms Page has recently attained cult status .
Madonna , Uma Thurman and Demi Moore are among contemporary stars who have at some time adopted Bettie Page poses , while in 2006 a movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , featured Gretchen Mol in the title role .
Ms Page had been admitted to hospital originally for treatment for pneumonia and was set to be released and sent home on 2 December when she suffered her heart attack .
A representative said she never recovered consciousness and died late on Thursday .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' her agent , Mark Roesler , said yesterday .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Even though she conceded to the occasional public event , she never agreed to having her photograph taken again .
`` 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 . ''
After her early career peaked , Ms Page became exhibit number one in a congressional hearing into so-called immoral activities in Washington .
The controversy prompted her disappearance from public view .
It was while living in Florida that she had her born-again experience and committed herself to the church and to the ministry of the Rev Billy Graham .
In her later years , she defended the trade she pioneered .
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It was better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day , which gets monotonous , '' she told Playboy in 1998 .
As for being featured undressed , that seemed fine too .
`` God approves of nudity , '' she said .
`` Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . '' |
4_2ecb.xml_20 | train | evt | 4_2ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | 28 | 28 | 168 | 172 | died | ACT16369833899538926 | die | ['bettie', 'page', 'raven-haired', 'pin-up', 'naughty-but-nice', 'romp', 'whip', 'garter', 'high', 'heel', 'titillate', 'generation', 'young', 'man', 'post-war', 'year', 'die', 'age', '85', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'early', 'month', 'slip', 'coma'] | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has <m> died </m> at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has <m> died </m> at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma .
Her career , which some claim laid the foundations for the sexual revolution that swept America in the 1960s , started almost by accident after she discovered that posing for amateur photographers in provocative poses and risque attire made her more money than secretarial work .
Ms Page 's fame was set after she was adopted by Irving Klaw and his sister , Paula , in 1951 .
The couple ran a Manhattan mail order business offering dirty pictures .
Later , she was featured by Playboy as a centrefold , including a 1955 image of her winking under a Santa hat .
`` Bettie was one of the magazine 's early Playmates , and became an iconic figure , influencing notions of beauty and fashion , '' Hugh Hefner , the magazine 's founder , said on hearing of her death .
`` Her passing is very sad . ''
Ms Page disappeared for decades at the end of the Fifties , suffering serial broken marriages and devoting herself to Christianity .
Even in her twilight years she suffered bouts of depression and ill health but was rediscovered in the late nineteen eighties .
She would occasionally make public appearances to sign photographs of herself as popular interest in her suddenly took off again .
To her astonishment , Ms Page has recently attained cult status .
Madonna , Uma Thurman and Demi Moore are among contemporary stars who have at some time adopted Bettie Page poses , while in 2006 a movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , featured Gretchen Mol in the title role .
Ms Page had been admitted to hospital originally for treatment for pneumonia and was set to be released and sent home on 2 December when she suffered her heart attack .
A representative said she never recovered consciousness and died late on Thursday .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' her agent , Mark Roesler , said yesterday .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Even though she conceded to the occasional public event , she never agreed to having her photograph taken again .
`` 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 . ''
After her early career peaked , Ms Page became exhibit number one in a congressional hearing into so-called immoral activities in Washington .
The controversy prompted her disappearance from public view .
It was while living in Florida that she had her born-again experience and committed herself to the church and to the ministry of the Rev Billy Graham .
In her later years , she defended the trade she pioneered .
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It was better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day , which gets monotonous , '' she told Playboy in 1998 .
As for being featured undressed , that seemed fine too .
`` God approves of nudity , '' she said .
`` Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . '' |
4_2ecb.xml_21 | train | evt | 4_2ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | 37 | 38 | 208 | 220 | heart attack | ACT16370025610067695 | attack | ['bettie', 'page', 'raven-haired', 'pin-up', 'naughty-but-nice', 'romp', 'whip', 'garter', 'high', 'heel', 'titillate', 'generation', 'young', 'man', 'post-war', 'year', 'die', 'age', '85', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'early', 'month', 'slip', 'coma'] | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a <m> heart attack </m> earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a <m> heart attack </m> earlier this month and slipping into a coma .
Her career , which some claim laid the foundations for the sexual revolution that swept America in the 1960s , started almost by accident after she discovered that posing for amateur photographers in provocative poses and risque attire made her more money than secretarial work .
Ms Page 's fame was set after she was adopted by Irving Klaw and his sister , Paula , in 1951 .
The couple ran a Manhattan mail order business offering dirty pictures .
Later , she was featured by Playboy as a centrefold , including a 1955 image of her winking under a Santa hat .
`` Bettie was one of the magazine 's early Playmates , and became an iconic figure , influencing notions of beauty and fashion , '' Hugh Hefner , the magazine 's founder , said on hearing of her death .
`` Her passing is very sad . ''
Ms Page disappeared for decades at the end of the Fifties , suffering serial broken marriages and devoting herself to Christianity .
Even in her twilight years she suffered bouts of depression and ill health but was rediscovered in the late nineteen eighties .
She would occasionally make public appearances to sign photographs of herself as popular interest in her suddenly took off again .
To her astonishment , Ms Page has recently attained cult status .
Madonna , Uma Thurman and Demi Moore are among contemporary stars who have at some time adopted Bettie Page poses , while in 2006 a movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , featured Gretchen Mol in the title role .
Ms Page had been admitted to hospital originally for treatment for pneumonia and was set to be released and sent home on 2 December when she suffered her heart attack .
A representative said she never recovered consciousness and died late on Thursday .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' her agent , Mark Roesler , said yesterday .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Even though she conceded to the occasional public event , she never agreed to having her photograph taken again .
`` 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 . ''
After her early career peaked , Ms Page became exhibit number one in a congressional hearing into so-called immoral activities in Washington .
The controversy prompted her disappearance from public view .
It was while living in Florida that she had her born-again experience and committed herself to the church and to the ministry of the Rev Billy Graham .
In her later years , she defended the trade she pioneered .
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It was better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day , which gets monotonous , '' she told Playboy in 1998 .
As for being featured undressed , that seemed fine too .
`` God approves of nudity , '' she said .
`` Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . '' |
4_2ecb.xml_27 | train | evt | 4_2ecb.xml | 0 | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a coma . | 46 | 46 | 260 | 264 | coma | ACT17394751298438673 | coma | ['bettie', 'page', 'raven-haired', 'pin-up', 'naughty-but-nice', 'romp', 'whip', 'garter', 'high', 'heel', 'titillate', 'generation', 'young', 'man', 'post-war', 'year', 'die', 'age', '85', 'suffer', 'heart', 'attack', 'early', 'month', 'slip', 'coma'] | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a <m> coma </m> . | Bettie Page , the raven-haired pin-up whose naughty-but-nice romps with whips , garters and high heels titillated a generation of young men in the post-war years , has died at the age of 85 after suffering a heart attack earlier this month and slipping into a <m> coma </m> .
Her career , which some claim laid the foundations for the sexual revolution that swept America in the 1960s , started almost by accident after she discovered that posing for amateur photographers in provocative poses and risque attire made her more money than secretarial work .
Ms Page 's fame was set after she was adopted by Irving Klaw and his sister , Paula , in 1951 .
The couple ran a Manhattan mail order business offering dirty pictures .
Later , she was featured by Playboy as a centrefold , including a 1955 image of her winking under a Santa hat .
`` Bettie was one of the magazine 's early Playmates , and became an iconic figure , influencing notions of beauty and fashion , '' Hugh Hefner , the magazine 's founder , said on hearing of her death .
`` Her passing is very sad . ''
Ms Page disappeared for decades at the end of the Fifties , suffering serial broken marriages and devoting herself to Christianity .
Even in her twilight years she suffered bouts of depression and ill health but was rediscovered in the late nineteen eighties .
She would occasionally make public appearances to sign photographs of herself as popular interest in her suddenly took off again .
To her astonishment , Ms Page has recently attained cult status .
Madonna , Uma Thurman and Demi Moore are among contemporary stars who have at some time adopted Bettie Page poses , while in 2006 a movie , The Notorious Bettie Page , featured Gretchen Mol in the title role .
Ms Page had been admitted to hospital originally for treatment for pneumonia and was set to be released and sent home on 2 December when she suffered her heart attack .
A representative said she never recovered consciousness and died late on Thursday .
`` She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality , '' her agent , Mark Roesler , said yesterday .
`` She is the embodiment of beauty . ''
Even though she conceded to the occasional public event , she never agreed to having her photograph taken again .
`` 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 . ''
After her early career peaked , Ms Page became exhibit number one in a congressional hearing into so-called immoral activities in Washington .
The controversy prompted her disappearance from public view .
It was while living in Florida that she had her born-again experience and committed herself to the church and to the ministry of the Rev Billy Graham .
In her later years , she defended the trade she pioneered .
`` I never thought it was shameful .
I felt normal .
It was better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day , which gets monotonous , '' she told Playboy in 1998 .
As for being featured undressed , that seemed fine too .
`` God approves of nudity , '' she said .
`` Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , they were naked as jaybirds . '' |
4_11ecbplus.xml_45 | train | ent | 4_11ecbplus.xml | 6 | Williams' publicist , Harlan Boll , confirmed her death to the Associated Press on Thursday . | 11 | 12 | 63 | 79 | Associated Press | 10000001012 | Associated | ["williams'", 'publicist', 'harlan', 'boll', 'confirm', 'her', 'death', 'associated', 'press', 'thursday'] | Williams' publicist , Harlan Boll , confirmed her death to the <m> Associated Press </m> on Thursday . | http : / / www . starpulse . com / news / Kevin _ Blair / 2013 / 06 / 06 / legendary _ aquatic _ musical _ star _ esther _
Legendary Aquatic Musical Star Esther Williams Dies At 91
June 6th , 2013 7 : 38pm EDT
Championship swimmer - turned - legendary Hollywood actress Esther Williams has died .
The star of such MGM movie hits as “ Take Me Out to the Ball Game , ” "Jupiter's Darling" and "Million Dollar Mermaid , " passed away in Beverly Hills , Calif . , on Thursday at the age of 91 .
The California native , who once held the record in the 100 meter freestyle , was promoted as "the girl you will dream about ! " in the film that made her a household name , "Bathing Beauty , " which was released shortly after D - Day in 1944 , making her one of the top pin - up girls of U . S . servicemen serving in World War II .
Williams' publicist , Harlan Boll , confirmed her death to the <m> Associated Press </m> on Thursday . |
4_11ecbplus.xml_9 | train | ent | 4_11ecbplus.xml | 6 | Williams' publicist , Harlan Boll , confirmed her death to the Associated Press on Thursday . | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Williams' | HUM16195623414690294 | Williams' | ["williams'", 'publicist', 'harlan', 'boll', 'confirm', 'her', 'death', 'associated', 'press', 'thursday'] | <m> Williams' </m> publicist , Harlan Boll , confirmed her death to the Associated Press on Thursday . | http : / / www . starpulse . com / news / Kevin _ Blair / 2013 / 06 / 06 / legendary _ aquatic _ musical _ star _ esther _
Legendary Aquatic Musical Star Esther Williams Dies At 91
June 6th , 2013 7 : 38pm EDT
Championship swimmer - turned - legendary Hollywood actress Esther Williams has died .
The star of such MGM movie hits as “ Take Me Out to the Ball Game , ” "Jupiter's Darling" and "Million Dollar Mermaid , " passed away in Beverly Hills , Calif . , on Thursday at the age of 91 .
The California native , who once held the record in the 100 meter freestyle , was promoted as "the girl you will dream about ! " in the film that made her a household name , "Bathing Beauty , " which was released shortly after D - Day in 1944 , making her one of the top pin - up girls of U . S . servicemen serving in World War II .
<m> Williams' </m> publicist , Harlan Boll , confirmed her death to the Associated Press on Thursday . |
4_11ecbplus.xml_10 | train | ent | 4_11ecbplus.xml | 6 | Williams' publicist , Harlan Boll , confirmed her death to the Associated Press on Thursday . | 3 | 4 | 22 | 33 | Harlan Boll | HUM16195083065387541 | Harlan | ["williams'", 'publicist', 'harlan', 'boll', 'confirm', 'her', 'death', 'associated', 'press', 'thursday'] | Williams' publicist , <m> Harlan Boll </m> , confirmed her death to the Associated Press on Thursday . | http : / / www . starpulse . com / news / Kevin _ Blair / 2013 / 06 / 06 / legendary _ aquatic _ musical _ star _ esther _
Legendary Aquatic Musical Star Esther Williams Dies At 91
June 6th , 2013 7 : 38pm EDT
Championship swimmer - turned - legendary Hollywood actress Esther Williams has died .
The star of such MGM movie hits as “ Take Me Out to the Ball Game , ” "Jupiter's Darling" and "Million Dollar Mermaid , " passed away in Beverly Hills , Calif . , on Thursday at the age of 91 .
The California native , who once held the record in the 100 meter freestyle , was promoted as "the girl you will dream about ! " in the film that made her a household name , "Bathing Beauty , " which was released shortly after D - Day in 1944 , making her one of the top pin - up girls of U . S . servicemen serving in World War II .
Williams' publicist , <m> Harlan Boll </m> , confirmed her death to the Associated Press on Thursday . |
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Legendary Aquatic Musical <m> Star </m> Esther Williams Dies At 91
June 6th , 2013 7 : 38pm EDT
Championship swimmer - turned - legendary Hollywood actress Esther Williams has died .
The star of such MGM movie hits as “ Take Me Out to the Ball Game , ” "Jupiter's Darling" and "Million Dollar Mermaid , " passed away in Beverly Hills , Calif . , on Thursday at the age of 91 .
The California native , who once held the record in the 100 meter freestyle , was promoted as "the girl you will dream about ! " in the film that made her a household name , "Bathing Beauty , " which was released shortly after D - Day in 1944 , making her one of the top pin - up girls of U . S . servicemen serving in World War II .
Williams' publicist , Harlan Boll , confirmed her death to the Associated Press on Thursday . |
4_11ecbplus.xml_28 | train | ent | 4_11ecbplus.xml | 3 | Championship swimmer - turned - legendary Hollywood actress Esther Williams has died . | 1 | 1 | 13 | 20 | swimmer | HUM16195623414690294 | swimmer | ['championship', 'swimmer', 'turn', 'legendary', 'hollywood', 'actress', 'esther', 'williams', 'die'] | Championship <m> swimmer </m> - turned - legendary Hollywood actress Esther Williams has died . | http : / / www . starpulse . com / news / Kevin _ Blair / 2013 / 06 / 06 / legendary _ aquatic _ musical _ star _ esther _
Legendary Aquatic Musical Star Esther Williams Dies At 91
June 6th , 2013 7 : 38pm EDT
Championship <m> swimmer </m> - turned - legendary Hollywood actress Esther Williams has died .
The star of such MGM movie hits as “ Take Me Out to the Ball Game , ” "Jupiter's Darling" and "Million Dollar Mermaid , " passed away in Beverly Hills , Calif . , on Thursday at the age of 91 .
The California native , who once held the record in the 100 meter freestyle , was promoted as "the girl you will dream about ! " in the film that made her a household name , "Bathing Beauty , " which was released shortly after D - Day in 1944 , making her one of the top pin - up girls of U . S . servicemen serving in World War II .
Williams' publicist , Harlan Boll , confirmed her death to the Associated Press on Thursday . |
4_11ecbplus.xml_29 | train | ent | 4_11ecbplus.xml | 3 | Championship swimmer - turned - legendary Hollywood actress Esther Williams has died . | 7 | 7 | 52 | 59 | actress | HUM16195623414690294 | actress | ['championship', 'swimmer', 'turn', 'legendary', 'hollywood', 'actress', 'esther', 'williams', 'die'] | Championship swimmer - turned - legendary Hollywood <m> actress </m> Esther Williams has died . | http : / / www . starpulse . com / news / Kevin _ Blair / 2013 / 06 / 06 / legendary _ aquatic _ musical _ star _ esther _
Legendary Aquatic Musical Star Esther Williams Dies At 91
June 6th , 2013 7 : 38pm EDT
Championship swimmer - turned - legendary Hollywood <m> actress </m> Esther Williams has died .
The star of such MGM movie hits as “ Take Me Out to the Ball Game , ” "Jupiter's Darling" and "Million Dollar Mermaid , " passed away in Beverly Hills , Calif . , on Thursday at the age of 91 .
The California native , who once held the record in the 100 meter freestyle , was promoted as "the girl you will dream about ! " in the film that made her a household name , "Bathing Beauty , " which was released shortly after D - Day in 1944 , making her one of the top pin - up girls of U . S . servicemen serving in World War II .
Williams' publicist , Harlan Boll , confirmed her death to the Associated Press on Thursday . |
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Legendary Aquatic Musical Star <m> Esther Williams </m> Dies At 91
June 6th , 2013 7 : 38pm EDT
Championship swimmer - turned - legendary Hollywood actress Esther Williams has died .
The star of such MGM movie hits as “ Take Me Out to the Ball Game , ” "Jupiter's Darling" and "Million Dollar Mermaid , " passed away in Beverly Hills , Calif . , on Thursday at the age of 91 .
The California native , who once held the record in the 100 meter freestyle , was promoted as "the girl you will dream about ! " in the film that made her a household name , "Bathing Beauty , " which was released shortly after D - Day in 1944 , making her one of the top pin - up girls of U . S . servicemen serving in World War II .
Williams' publicist , Harlan Boll , confirmed her death to the Associated Press on Thursday . |
4_11ecbplus.xml_2 | train | ent | 4_11ecbplus.xml | 3 | Championship swimmer - turned - legendary Hollywood actress Esther Williams has died . | 8 | 9 | 60 | 75 | Esther Williams | HUM16195623414690294 | Williams | ['championship', 'swimmer', 'turn', 'legendary', 'hollywood', 'actress', 'esther', 'williams', 'die'] | Championship swimmer - turned - legendary Hollywood actress <m> Esther Williams </m> has died . | http : / / www . starpulse . com / news / Kevin _ Blair / 2013 / 06 / 06 / legendary _ aquatic _ musical _ star _ esther _
Legendary Aquatic Musical Star Esther Williams Dies At 91
June 6th , 2013 7 : 38pm EDT
Championship swimmer - turned - legendary Hollywood actress <m> Esther Williams </m> has died .
The star of such MGM movie hits as “ Take Me Out to the Ball Game , ” "Jupiter's Darling" and "Million Dollar Mermaid , " passed away in Beverly Hills , Calif . , on Thursday at the age of 91 .
The California native , who once held the record in the 100 meter freestyle , was promoted as "the girl you will dream about ! " in the film that made her a household name , "Bathing Beauty , " which was released shortly after D - Day in 1944 , making her one of the top pin - up girls of U . S . servicemen serving in World War II .
Williams' publicist , Harlan Boll , confirmed her death to the Associated Press on Thursday . |
4_11ecbplus.xml_46 | train | ent | 4_11ecbplus.xml | 6 | Williams' publicist , Harlan Boll , confirmed her death to the Associated Press on Thursday . | 13 | 14 | 80 | 91 | on Thursday | TIM16195893828310568 | Thursday | ["williams'", 'publicist', 'harlan', 'boll', 'confirm', 'her', 'death', 'associated', 'press', 'thursday'] | Williams' publicist , Harlan Boll , confirmed her death to the Associated Press <m> on Thursday </m> . | http : / / www . starpulse . com / news / Kevin _ Blair / 2013 / 06 / 06 / legendary _ aquatic _ musical _ star _ esther _
Legendary Aquatic Musical Star Esther Williams Dies At 91
June 6th , 2013 7 : 38pm EDT
Championship swimmer - turned - legendary Hollywood actress Esther Williams has died .
The star of such MGM movie hits as “ Take Me Out to the Ball Game , ” "Jupiter's Darling" and "Million Dollar Mermaid , " passed away in Beverly Hills , Calif . , on Thursday at the age of 91 .
The California native , who once held the record in the 100 meter freestyle , was promoted as "the girl you will dream about ! " in the film that made her a household name , "Bathing Beauty , " which was released shortly after D - Day in 1944 , making her one of the top pin - up girls of U . S . servicemen serving in World War II .
Williams' publicist , Harlan Boll , confirmed her death to the Associated Press <m> on Thursday </m> . |
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