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Bettie Page, legendary pinup queen, dies at 85

Dec 12, 2008, 08:30 AM | by Mike Bruno

Categories: In Memoriam

Bettiepage2_l Bettie Page, the 1950s pinup credited with helping to spark the next decade's sexual revolution, died in Los Angeles yesterday from pneumonia. She was 85. In honor of the passing of this treasure from a bygone era, an excerpt from EW critic Owen Gleiberman's review of the 2006 biopic, The Notorious Bettie Page:

"It has often been said that Bettie Page, the legendary '50s pinup with the pert features framed by those famously severe black bangs, was the rare American sex goddess who was equally at home projecting the image of a good girl or a bad girl. Frolicking, naked, in the ocean foam, her leg extended with playful pleasure, she was all dazzle and sunshine: the girl next door who said yes yes yes. In her scandalous underground bondage photos, where she posed as a dominatrix with a whip held high, or as a masochist with a ball in her mouth, she vamped like a pussycat from hell, her eyes narrowing with mean delight โ€” or widening in mock terror. Yet the mysterious alchemy of Bettie Page isn't just that she could turn on a dime from light to dark, saint to sinner, virgin to vixen. It's that she was somehow able to project both qualities at once. In the bondage photos, so shocking for their time, her warm, spirited, peekaboo vibrance doesn't disappear; it's there just beneath the surface aggression of her poses. As for her all-American cheesecake shots, they have a quality of delirious, laughing abandon, as though she were winking at the she-devil inside. What Bettie Page conjured โ€” always โ€” was the promise of pleasure without limits. She was a one-woman orgy in centerfold form."

Good night, Bettie. Although it's a cliche, there really is no truer summation than to say, they just don't make 'em like they used to.

More Bettie Page:
Movie review: The Notorious Bettie Page
Book review: The Real Bettie Page: The Truth About the Queen of the Pinups
Bettie Page weighs in on Notorious biopic


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John Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:46 PM EST

My God, I am amazed at the comments on both sides of the religious floor from the evangelical born again fanatic, to the non believer. This article is about a woman who, suffered through the break down of 3 marriages, did have mental stresses, sexual abuse as a child. But it is also a story of human triumph. A woman in the 50's did not have many options, she did make money from her physical image, she was not a slut or a whore, she was not taken advantage of by the men who took her picture. She offered a service and got paid, I have never seen any hard core pictures of her. Many of today's ladies in hollywood have been much more revealing. As for Heff, leave him out to. For those non believers keep your thoughts to yourself, to the religious fanatics do the same. As for me, Bettie your pics have given me pleasure, RIP and may you be in the grace of the lord forever.
Farewell Bettie Paige

rusty Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 07:26 PM EST

RIP Miss Bettie Page. She's truly a legend though and will live on in alot of ways.

The Riddler Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 03:03 PM EST

Riddle: What is buried in the backyard at Hugh Hefner's place????

eye in the sky Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 02:26 PM EST

Superdouche. You sound like Hugh's top whore, Holly Madison. I predict that my razor blade lasts longer than your career in prime time. I predict that you have serious health problems caused by your female reproductive organs. I predict you are charged with a California DUI. I predict that you take a look around and realize that your are broke and no one values your desire to marry and have children. I predict that Louis Vuitton Corporation asks you to stop promoting their products by carrying fake luggage. You are a tough broad without your wigs and make-up, Holly. And that goes triple for the two other low-class dykes who prostitute themselves for that maggot who pimps you. He was racist until the black athletes started making so much money. Then he realized you were sitting on his gold mine! Kendra.

fieldmouse Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 02:12 PM EST

CitizenLand. You use the exact logic that I hear repeatedly from American males who enjoy the sex tours in the child brothels of East Asia.

CitizenLand Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 10:35 PM EST

these comments are a perfect example of just how warped american society is about sex. If it isn't the mewling/whining finger wagging of the religious freaks pointing out how horrible sex and our nude bodies are, its the militant womens studies inttelectuals applying their own ridiculous arguments on how woman are victims even if they voluntarily work in any kind of sex industry. We've gotten to the point where a major FCC investigation costing millions gets launched over a bare nipple and companies get sued over a split second frame in an animated movie where people see erections popping out from a characters waist. I truly hope a meteor hits the US mainland and wipes out every one of you parochial a-holes. You do NOT deserve to live in a free society.

Bnanapuddin Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 01:09 PM EST

badmammajedi: that passage said it all to those how have passed judgment. Also, if you dont have anything nice to say, then please keep it to yourself. Bettie was the true embodiment of beauty and class. She may have passed but will always be remembered and idolized. This way, she will live on. Rest in Peace Betty, your the "cats meow"!

Marty Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 03:39 AM EST

Nothing I write would be any better than some of the tributes already posted here, so I'll keep it short. My sister had corresponded with her for a short time and she was a one of a kind lady. She had her troubles and her mistakes, but who hasn't? The world is a bit worse off without her in it.

I'm gay for Tina Fey Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:54 AM EST

OMG, I am reading the comments below and damn, there are some nasty haters here. I read her biography (do any of you people actually do that? READ, I mean?) Yes, she was naive. Naive to the point where even I was sometimes frustrated with her. But she was not a slut, nor was she a whore. She was a beautiful upstart who was proud of her body. She knew she was beautiful, and didn't see what the big deal was regarding her photos. Although I am an atheist, I respect that not only did she find religion, she stuck to it. She was adamant on not having her post-cheesecake photos, nor her post-cheesecake life, shared with the public. She acknowledged that the time of her stardom had passed, and although she was a Christian, she didn't regret what she did; she saw it as a life lesson. You religious zealots need to get a life. God created you to be beautiful, and that's what Bettie was - beautiful. Give the woman a moment's peace, she deserves it. I only wish you had the grace that she did.

I'm gay for Tina Fey Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:39 AM EST

What a lovely tribute. I loved you Bettie, and I will miss you greatly. You were a goddess among women. They don't make 'em like you anymore. Rest in Peace.

badmammajedi Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 09:31 PM EST

some of you seem to be forgetting a certain Bible passage..."judge ye not,lest ye be judged"Bettie page was a human being.sometimes we do things that aren't right in the eyes of some people.like you guys are so perfect.get over yourselves!RIP Ms. Page.

Vixie Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 09:20 PM EST

Sorry, venomhed, but you won't be "agnostic" forever. Just till you die! Boo-hoo for you then!! haahaa

nittfox Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 09:14 PM EST

for all of you pseudo-christians. Your savior showed more respect for actual prostitutes than you have shown for a model. I believe your sins far outweigh anything that Bettie Page could have done. May she rest in peace, and may you see the errors of your ways.

AL inDallas Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 08:07 PM EST

Poggle, do you not understand that tales of the afterlife cause the human animal to walk through its mortality reaching out to others in defiance of instinct and Hobbsian violence, rather than taking from others? A reward is taught for giving, for peace, and for love toward others. Without religion we would simply trample on each other to our deaths for nothing that can withstand time. Religion anchors the conscience and culture through moral guidance, even creating stability in markets and in customs. There would be no dignity or mercy, no right and wrong, and no resolution for death. This animal called mankind walks with higher dignity, upright, and a little more graciously into the pool of oblivion our remaining loved ones call our "death". I don't attend church but I believe in every religion. Each one has something that rings true. And I know no one is right either. It's OK to believe in something, sweetie.

nuttsack Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 07:49 PM EST

rip bettie....you were without a doubt 1 of the most beautiful woman ever shot on film...2 bad the ignorant morons of the 50's ran you down like they did and cheated us out of yrs of film...you are an icon and a treasure of beauty....rest in peace bettie heaven has a gorgeous angel

Poggle Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 07:45 PM EST

Bettie Page is an American Icon which shall live forever. Her life was very sad, mostly because she was guilted by Christians into feeling bad about the pictures she made. Quit hating on those of us who find the naked body glorious and quit trying to make people fell that there is a god. There is not one, nobody is out there to take your "Soul", there is only the final black out and nothingness as your body reverts to worm food.
Bye Bettie, you were awesome and i will always have your great and funny nudies in my mind.

Venomhed Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 07:41 PM EST

Oh please, enough with the Holy Roller BS! Sex and sexuality are not a sin, only in religous eyes. She was hot, every straight male wanted her in every position imaginable, but oh no, not God, eegads, fear, the horror.

Get off your high horse and kiss a girl (or guy) for once. Live life, deal with god, if there is one, later. You can't be accountable for everything that happens on earth.

Agnostic forever.

Shaboobie Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 07:38 PM EST

Bettie Page was a model for several years. She took beautiful photographs and was proud of her physique, and had no qualms about nudity. No man made her do it. No woman made her do it. She simply enjoyed it and made some money. No one could have foreseen what a cult phenomena she would become. End of story.

Why must some people take it all so seriously? Rest in Peace, dear Bettie. Thank you for sharing your beauty with us.

Tomas Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 07:24 PM EST

Thankfully Betty turned from a life of sin and became a born again christian. The wages of sin are death. Now she has eternal life with God in heaven.

Enufs Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 07:16 PM EST

NotKiddingEither - Well said. There are more women than you think involved in the business. I think it is destructive & disgusting. I agree that men put all of this into action. There are those of us who would never do what they have done. Please don't hate men for it, blame the individuals involved. Happy Holidays.

Ed

NotKiddingEither Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 07:10 PM EST

Ok Enufs. Before I sign off I'll say this. Her photos make me sad for the life she had around them. I'm sorry for her passing and if there is a God I am certain she is in God's forgiving hands. I directly blame male sex attitudes for the social disease that erodes us like a cancer, resulting from the seedy human flesh trade.Hugh Hefner is NOT a glamorous symbol of modern sexuality. His selling pitch is for prostitution. His org pimps across the country and he is shaping into what looks like organized crime in many cities. When he dies he will be debated ferociously and women like Bettie will be case studies for the argument. Barbi Benton is another example of his control over women's destinies with his values and dictates. Hugh ripped her off and cheated her out of her children.A serial killer/photog killed another model of Hefner's. When he dies the mythical dogs of Hell are waiting at the gates to chew his ass off and drag him around by his nuts!That could happen to him in Islam too

Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 07:00 PM EST

Hey "To Enufs",
Life is just fine for me. It's called a discussion. Great contribution on your part.

BAM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 06:59 PM EST

I'll miss you bettie :-* Stay classy!

Enufs Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 06:48 PM EST

NotKiddingEither, don't you understand? I agree with you on most of what you say. We should continue to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves. Women need to see themselves as different, but as strong as men and NOT as victims all the time.
My problem with what you wrote originally was with your delivery. Why didn't you just put it this way in the first place? You sounded disgusting, like a spoiled and angry 14 year old. You're better than that, as you have proven. I encourage you, as I do myself to positively set great examples in your life. Action = Power to Change.

Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 06:48 PM EST

NotKiddingEither, don't you understand? I agree with you on most of what you say. We should continue to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves. Women need to see themselves as different, but as strong as men and NOT as victims all the time.
My problem with what you wrote originally was with your delivery. Why didn't you just put it this way in the first place? You sounded disgusting, like a spoiled and angry 14 year old. You're better than that, as you have proven. I encourage you, as I do myself to positively set great examples in your life. Action = Power to Change.

NotKiddingEither Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 06:45 PM EST

Honest true: What happened to castastone? He must have been cast-a-rated.

Em Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 06:43 PM EST

Think what you want about what she did, but don't attack the woman herself. Ever heard of "don't speak ill of the dead"?

To Enufs Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 06:36 PM EST

Dude get a life or maybe mix it up on another topic.

NotKiddingEither Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 06:32 PM EST

Enufs,there is tremendous self-determination in asserting self without compromise for the female. Yo call it anger but it's a stern, challenging, will to govern self that you detect. Women who do not assert that in education and employment are targeted too often for a variety of injustices and abuse. She will get no where in the world without continuously asserting her limits and capacities to the males around her( still very true for those of us who remember the males, age 48 and up). Girls who are not assertive become vulnerable and are often repeatedly "marked and circled" by males like pimps, identity thieves, sex predators, womanizers, and serial killers. I'm simply showing you why Bettie was NOT an example of health and beauty, of female empowerment or feminine liberation , of financial planning, legal representation, or even someone who was "loved", aside from meaningless lust-heated, mis-spelled condolences from men she never met who never even bought her so much as a hot meal!

JayCee Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 06:17 PM EST

Most of you should try reading about someone before making all your inane comments. Bettie did not die homeless and in poverty. She resided in California in a comfortable, not palatial home. She did interviews up until about 3 years ago. She did not allow her photo to be taken as she wanted her fans to remember the pin-up girl and not some old woman. Her brother is still alive and well. It's sad that after her "glory days" passed that she was used - her movies, her images and her name - by unscrupulous people who had no permission to do so. They made huge sums of money but she received none of it. An amazing, wonderful person through her entire life.

Hi Dad! Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 06:13 PM EST

Bettie had few fair choices Tink! She didn't get a level playing field so she had to sell her body.

tink Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 06:11 PM EST

oh and you condemn women for doing excatly what you men and so called wholesome women expect of them.Using thie femine wilds to their advantage,isn't marriage in fact legal prostition. a way that families found a way to get rid of unwanted daughters,for sons were more revered.though we have the power of creation.A girl gets married at 16 because she found a legal way to have sex with her bf.A wife recieves her husbands income for services rendered.cooking cleaning and monthly chores to say the least and then when she no longer gets attention because she has "let herself go" you wonder why she cheated.why she left you and why you are all alone.Now this is shot taking in its finest.

Enufs Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 06:07 PM EST

NotKiddingEither,
Oops. Thought you were a man, the way you were talking. Wow, fleabag! Pick up a book and read sometime. Maybe you'll learn how to talk to and about people. If you are as angry as you seem, maybe you should change your path. You sound like a used up sad person to me. I wish you the best in life.

Hi Dad! Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 06:07 PM EST

Superdouche, you are scum. I'll bet you have a pimp named "Hef" too. No one will "eat" any bullets, but I'm sure you eat lots and lots of &*cks for $$$, and I'll bet you do need a superdouche. You are a Maggot eating away at our social culture. OUR social culture. Not yours.

tink Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 06:03 PM EST

I thought this was a tribute page to a woman who made a choice with her life and was atoned for the mistakes.lived her life.made a difference.You guys are spending all you rtime knocking each other.religion and horrible things that happened to someone.That isn't humanity in its finest.when you are trash talking others this way.do you find that you live in a glass house.Leave this womans life alone.play nice with each other and grow up a little.If you wanna attack someone,take a good look in the mirror and leave others lives to be judged in their time.I'm agostic and I don't take shots at religions.a woman and don't shoot down men and a daughter who doesn't trash mouth her father or mother.no lives are perfect,far from it.say what you want about yourselves or someone who you know has done you wrong.but say it to their face and don't disrepect others for your own self lacking.I'm ashamed of all of you for what you've done here.

Broke in Boca Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 05:46 PM EST

Bettie ended up in a mental hospital and homeless because the American male abused her sexually all her life, and when she began to physically age they dumped her. Like countless others who allow their public sexual exploitation, her life was left in dysfunction. She seemed aware of it when she was found years later living quietly in Florida where she said she was happy and wasn't eager to re-open her history. Remember? Her history tells about the double standard of the older American male Whore/Madonna complex and for that she is more important than for anything else! Raped by her own father, strangers ardently studied each prurient detail of her image, bought, sold, discarded. That is always the ending for the myth of the whore. The male has no obligation or punishment making her destiny to be crazy and homeless. I don't like organized religion but I am very glad she found an organization that offered unconditional love and acceptance to an injured spirit.

Hi Dad! Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 05:28 PM EST

Josie. A "widget" is a term for the specific service or product offered by a legitimate business, something Bettie Page was not. Legitimate. Something you and your perverted photog hubby are not.

NotKiddingEither Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 05:21 PM EST

I am a woman! Fleabag, Enufs. Do you know what you are?

Hi Dad! Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 05:18 PM EST

Josie, you know nothing about art! You know about trash. I assure you there is nothing rare about clicking a shutter that renders an image, then capable of endless duplication. I'd like to see you and your husband's 'rare art' girlie pics copied onto toilet paper. You know what I would use them for? And it makes you trash.

Enufs Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 05:12 PM EST

That's highly unlikely NotKiddingEither. I think you'll pretty much stick to being the same foul person you are, who thinks he is making people laugh. Cheer up, man. Get your slammin' skills ready because when Hef dies, there are another 10 million or so in this country willing to take his place. Ok, back to work I go.

Real person Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 05:10 PM EST

Pimps aren't trolling the shelters looking for victims, Religions are. As pointed out, Betty was down on her luck and "found"...religion. Wonder if her church accepted tiths from her that came from royalties for "porn". You betcha. People need to remember that the worst wars this world has seen are over theology. Don't let it happen again.

NotKiddingEither Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 05:01 PM EST

When Hugh is dead I'm going to slam him for a full month and I hope someone pisses on his nasty, smelly corpse. Oh! Kendra does that every Saturday night..

Enufs Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:58 PM EST

Thanks Mutant Professora! All the same to you. Big smile here. Need more clean debate like this, Eh? The next comment is not for you but for the others who don't know any better:
The blame game wouldn't happen nearly as much if people would exercise PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. Think about it kids.

Mutant Professora Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:52 PM EST

Enufs. Then you are tops in my book and someone is very fortunate to find you. Much happiness and pleasure in your life..

Enufs Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:50 PM EST

Sorry, the last comment was brought to you by Enufs.

Hi Dad! Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:49 PM EST

Josie honey, you would never get through the 1079 pages that Rand was quoted from. Stick to reading the cereal box and be proud of the sleazy scratch-n-sniff pictures your perverted husband likes to show everyone.

Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:48 PM EST

Mutant Professora, you have the right today under current law to sue for anything. Fortunately, I take care of myself, don't sleep around & am one less "bad man" to worry about giving anyone anything. Don't forget that a great percentage of woman pull the same shite on men, but your subject was HPV. All I can say is find the right guy or girl, and your problem is solved. It's just common sense, friend.

Hi Dad! Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:44 PM EST

I'll bet you "touch people" in many ways, Josie! How often do you wash your hands? Charlie Sheen likes for prostitutes to poop in his hand. I'll bet you'd dig him too. Do you do prostrate massages???

Mutant Professora Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:42 PM EST

Enufs. Then I want the right to sue you for everything from your lug-nuts to your 401k in civil court for not telling me you are carrying something transmittable and lethal to me--only to me. Don't you know Hefner carries a few strains!

Hi Dad! Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:39 PM EST

Josie, I hate to pop your bubble but I am agnostic and do not attend church at all. Are you unstable? You make a reference to church and send "peace and love" in your comment. Are you nuts? Of course you are! We females who pursued higher education prefer to be valued by society for our very powerful thoughts. DO you know why? No. Because as our bodies age, our knowledge and wisdom ( problem solving skills)increase we are still more valued. When your breasts sag (if you can keep both of them)and you no longer produce children your sexual value to the male dies, although you are left walking around in your aging body. Do you see why a mind is better than "a tight spinner body" for a female? Or are you that stupid?

honest true Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:32 PM EST

far from a ass clown so I take it you like your ass played with ?? I bet your the type that hides in the dark and must keep are kids from huh ?? get the hint :) what I am calling you have a nice week end

Enufs Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:32 PM EST

Mutant Professora,
HPV can be prevented for the most part by avoiding these behaviors:young age at first intercourse & having multiple sexual partners. If men are behaving irresponsibly, it is time for women to be quite a bit more selective & have their partners tested for warts, etc. Sorry fancy free people, but we are in a new age.
You cannot blame men for everything that goes wrong in your lives and with your bodies. Takes two to tango.

castastone Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:28 PM EST

2 pervs a croward and a pompouts, self-righteous, bigoted, hypocritical ass-clown (by the way, that's you ht...in case you couldn't figure that out).

Josie Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:27 PM EST

"Love is the ultimate form of recognition." -Ayn Rand You "love" her? Wow. (Do you know what love is? Do you not believe it's possible to love someone from afar? Do you not think that she can be loved because she had the balls to stand up to people like you?) She got a really shallow deal from the American male. (Again with this American Male Crap. Shallow deal? She loved her life and everything she did, she loved her work. She was touching people in many ways which made her happy. That's all that ever matters.)
So, she was also stupid. (Stupid? I don't think so. I think you are an insult to the human race a bigot and a fascist pig!) RIP<--kill yourself

Jim F. Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:27 PM EST

The thing that made Bettie so popular can be condensed into one word...adorable. But the woman who's image kept me in the bathroom so much back in the 50's was Lily "The Cat Girl" Christine! It's a crime that her "Voodoo Priestess" dance act was never put on film.

Hi Dad! Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:26 PM EST

Josie. Read your stats, honey. Bettie Page was a diagnosed schizophrenic, committed for extended inpatient treatment in San Bernadino, Ca. She was also homeless before her conversion to Christianity. I'm glad for her she found something to believe in. Those two things alone provoke most males to label her a "nut" and a "slut", but not before laying her first, and that is the whole issue everyone on this site is arguing about. Pimps comb the shelters looking for her personality defect. Bettie was America's trash. You see it in her pictures, her family history of incest, you see in in her unstable married life. It wasn't her fault. It was the fault of the American males who ogled her, photographed her at the expense of her social acceptance afterward, and left her homeless, sleeping on a sea wall for being allowed to exploit her! No one can tell me she liked it. Her life was too miserable and frightening for anyone normal.

Tim Estiloz Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:26 PM EST

In 1996 - I was honored to have had the opportunity... to be the only TV reporter to ever be granted a lengthy "In-Depth" interview by Bettie Page about her life.

On the surface - she was a 50's pin-up icon who's image is admired and revered to this day. She was the epitome of naughty and nice in her photos.... and the inspiration for a major motion picture on her life titled, "The Notorious Bettie Page".

But there was nothing remotely "notorious" about Bettie. She was truly a sweet southern gal - that was undeniably sexy. Her interview can be seen on YouTube under the title: REAL Bettie Page Interview: Her Life In Her Own Words.

Thank you Bettie for your trust.
Tim Estiloz

YouTube link to Bettie Page TV interview at FilmFanTV is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Ynlp7sxZs&feature=channel_page

honest true Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:24 PM EST

so 2 perv's and a skank in the croward wow

Josie Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:21 PM EST

As well as: "And you get off by copping looks from old photos taken by a pervert (It's called art in its rarest form. Romans did it before you Christian God came around kiddo) (photogs are ALWAYS pervs (my husband is not a pig or a perv and neither am I, in fact wouldn't do the same type of photos' as her if it weren't for her. Which enterprises the both of us a lot of money))who programmed her to have some pride in spite of a widget as lowly and base as erotica (programmed? You mean like your church does to force you to give them money and sacrifice your life and freedom to them? Isn't a widget a place holder for a door?) , so that he could make a lousy buck on her. (First off in the days that she actually started modeling her first photographer was black. I don't know if you know your history, sounds unlikely to me, but a black man taking pictures of a white bomb shell didn't go over very well. I highly doubt. No I guarantee he made NO MONEY on them at all.)"

honest true Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:21 PM EST

ic we have a dirt ball in the croward

castastone Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:20 PM EST

honest true....too bad the best part of you ran down the whore that is your mother's leg

honest true Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:17 PM EST

so from this we learn she was a out of her mind hoe who like to be whipped and make cheap porn for dirt balls to yak to what does this teach us ?? any one ??

SuperDouche Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:16 PM EST

It's good to know when someone dies then you can crap all over them. She passed, she was and will always be loved and if you can't deal with it - please just eat a bullet.

honest true Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:12 PM EST

I guess whipping some ass and making cheap porn is way of us life style

Mutant Professora Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:11 PM EST

HolyCow, I agree with you. We are in brisk social decline which historically precedes a society's disintegration. Examples of hedonism and violent culture can be seen in the vanished Mayans' remains, and in ancient Rome before its overthrow also. Our men were systematically demoralized by social activities that undermined or attacked (as you see right now on this Comment space) womens' relative dominance, and were insensitive to objectification and health risks for women incidental to male sexual pleasure. I think spreading the killer virus HPV should be punishable by law because it kills so many women. Knowingly spreading AIDS can get someone 99 years in prison. HPV kills only women so there is no punishment.

Enufs Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:10 PM EST

honest true, you will die angry and alone in a pool of your own waste. At least Bettie did something with her life. Go find happiness somehow!

honest true Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:08 PM EST

sorry she is a gimpy hoe

Josie Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:06 PM EST

Furthermore: Hi Dad! Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 03:18 PM EST "Bettie was a certified nut, handicapped. (now isn't that insulting to the truly mentally/physically handicapped? Bigot..no such evidence has arisen stating anything of the sort as to her being mentally impaired. And why is that because she liked to be naked?) Bettie was a slut (as far as that a slut requires having multiple partners out of wedlock..not being voyeuristic), made into the label by uncaring males who found her attractive. (Females straight/gay/bi find her to be a beautiful icon does that make us dirty pigs?) Bettie was an ex-wife, three times. (What does that have to do with anything? In this day and age 16 yr old girls are mothers never marrying the 14 yr old boys that shoot innocent children. Military men/women are divorcee's. Many Christians have been married&divorced time and time again. Every icon of every child in the United States has been married and divorced at least once if not four to five times.)

Enufs Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 04:06 PM EST

And the nasty comments continue. Hey, free speech is great for exposing jealous, ignorant people who live their lives miserably. And you fascist folks knocking religion are just so smart too. Read the 1st Amendment and understand that this is our Country, not just yours. Just because you don't believe in anything other than what you can touch, doesn't mean you have all the answers. I'll bet on your death bed you'll be pretty damn curious.

honest true Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 03:59 PM EST

skank simple and easy every dirt ball dream

bryan Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 03:58 PM EST

She wasn't a hoe, she just wanted to experience http://hotboxsports.com/

Marco Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 03:56 PM EST

B.Page helped paved the way for M. Monroe, Madonna, Spears etc. She was an entertainer who used what she could to make a living...period. May she r.i.p.

Daskleiben Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 03:56 PM EST

Another one bites the dust....

RIP..

Love Das

Enufs Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 03:55 PM EST

WOW PEOPLE!! What is going on in this country that an article about a cool woman forces us to rip at each other. Grow up! She was a cool human being. She's dead now. She had a great life & left an impression. That is a good thing. So leave politics out of it!! Both the Repubs & the Dems are to blame for this mess. Barney Frank, more than most. They are forcing us apart instead of uniting us. If you are so upset, shut up and do something about it. Vote for a third party. It's the only option. You think Obama is about change, look at his administration. Look familiar? Hmmm. I love you all!! Thank you..Goodnight!!

Lorelei Mission Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 03:53 PM EST

She had a troubled childhood, she did office work, she posed naked, she had bad luck in marriage, she had difficulties with mental illness. These are all things that have happened to tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands, of people throughout history. She wasn't "evil", folks -- she was a regular human being. My sense here is there's got to be something wrong with organized religion these days if it's churning out such nasty, judgmental people who write junk in online forums.

honest true Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 03:52 PM EST

I for got today she would of been a hoe nothing less nothing more

bryan Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 03:51 PM EST

she was 85 she lived a long life...

I just hope she had a chance to experience the fantasy sports revolution @ http://hotboxsports.com/

HolyCow Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 03:48 PM EST

It is a great shame upon us all that a woman would be glamorized in this way when what she needed was help and protection from predatory males. In her world she had no value except for the sexulity of her body. We should be ashamed of ourselves as a people that we can no longer recognize something so simple. God forgive us.

honest true Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 03:46 PM EST

she was a plain slut who made cheap porn call it was it is :)


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