Saying good-bye to a pin-up icon

The 1950's pin-up model, Betty Page, died on Thursday, December 11. Many will agree with me when I suggest that she was one of the best pin-up models ever, and definitely helped to popularize pin-up culture with her now famous story and her beauty. At the Betty Page website there is a memorial splash-page with the following statement:

"With deep personal sadness I must announce that my dear friend and client Bettie Page passed away at 6:41pm PST this evening in a Los Angles hospital. She died peacefully but had never regained consciousness after suffering a heart attack nine days ago. She captured the imagination of a generation of men and women with her free spirit and unabashed sensuality. She is the embodiment of beauty."
Mark Roesler

A stumble friend, Paleryder, sent me this great article from CNN which announces Betty's passing and summarizes her amazing life that was exciting, heart warming and tragic. She will be buried at Westwood Cemetery in Los Angeles, just a few feet away from Monroe, which is highly appropriate in my opinion. One of my favorite pictures of Betty is posted below.