Dead Playmates
The following is a list of Playboy playmates that have died in the chronological order of their centerfold month.
Note: If playmate appeared as centerfold in more than one month, only the first appearance is listed.
Month |
Name |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Age |
Cause of Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec. 1953 |
Marilyn Monroe |
6/1/1926 |
8/5/1962 |
36 |
Alleged [...] overdose |
Feb. 1954 |
Marilyn Waltz |
11/5/1931 |
12/23/2006 |
75 |
Unknown |
Sept. 1954 |
Jackie Rainbow |
6/6/1933 |
6/15/1988 |
55 |
Unknown |
Jan. 1955 |
Bettie Page |
4/22/1923 |
12/11/2008 |
85 |
Heart attack |
Feb. 1955 |
Jayne Mansfield |
4/19/1933 |
6/29/1967 |
34 |
Automobile accident |
May 1955 |
Marguerite Empey |
7/29/1932 |
8/19/2008 |
76 |
Colon cancer |
June 1955 |
Eve Meyer |
12/13/1928 |
3/27/1977 |
48 |
Plane crash |
Nov. 1956 |
Betty Blue |
8/14/1931 |
8/23/2000 |
69 |
Heart failure |
Feb. 1958 |
Cheryl Kubert |
Unknown |
4/25/1989 |
?? |
Alleged [...] |
July 1958 |
Linne Ahlstrand |
7/1/1936 |
1/18/1967 |
30 |
Cancer |
Oct. 1958 |
Pat Sheehan |
9/7/1931 |
1/14/2006 |
74 |
Heart attack |
Nov. 1960 |
Joni Mattis |
11/28/1938 |
9/4/1999 |
60 |
Cancer |
Mar. 1961 |
Tonya Crews |
2/2/1938 |
8/7/1966 |
28 |
Automobile accident |
Oct. 1961 |
Jean Cannon |
10/5/1941 |
11/17/2005 |
64 |
Cancer |
Jan. 1962 |
Merle Pertile |
11/23/1941 |
2/28/1997 |
55 |
Complications during heart surgery |
Oct. 1962 |
Laura Young |
5/22/1938 |
11/27/1999 |
61 |
Cancer |
Dec. 1962 |
June Cochran |
2/20/1942 |
5/21/2004 |
62 |
Unknown |
Aug. 1963 |
Phyllis Sherwood |
9/30/1937 |
4/16/2007 |
69 |
Lung cancer |
Nov. 1963 |
Terre Tucker |
10/9/1944 |
10/16/1990 |
46 |
Cancer |
Dec. 1963 |
Donna Michelle |
12/8/1945 |
4/9/2004 |
58 |
Heart attack |
Apr. 1965 |
Sue Williams |
11/14/1945 |
9/2/1969 |
23 |
[...] |
Aug. 1965 |
Lannie Balcom |
3/17/1941 |
4/25/1991 |
50 |
Unknown |
Jan. 1968 |
Connie Kreski |
11/19/1946 |
3/21/1995 |
48 |
Lung cancer |
July 1968 |
Melodye Prentiss |
12/14/1944 |
3/3/2009 |
64 |
Complications following knee surgery and other illnesses |
Nov. 1968 |
Paige Young |
3/16/1944 |
7/13/1974 |
30 |
Overdose of sleeping pills |
Nov. 1969 |
Claudia Jennings |
12/20/1949 |
10/3/1979 |
29 |
Automobile accident |
Dec. 1969 |
Gloria Root |
5/28/1948 |
1/8/2006 |
57 |
Cancer |
July 1970 |
Carol Willis |
4/17/1951 |
11/24/1971 |
20 |
Automobile accident |
Feb. 1971 |
Willy Rey |
8/29/1949 |
8/13/1973 |
23 |
Overdose of sleeping pills |
July 1974 |
Carol Vitale |
11/14/1947 |
7/23/2008 |
60 |
lupus and scleroderma |
Feb. 1977 |
Star Stowe |
3/19/1956 |
3/16/1997 |
40 |
Strangled ([...]) |
June 1978 |
Gail Stanton |
3/19/1954 |
11/21/1996 |
42 |
Colon blockage |
Apr. 1979 |
Missy Cleveland |
12/25/1959 |
8/14/2001 |
41 |
Adverse reaction to prescription medication |
Aug. 1979 |
Dorothy Stratten |
2/28/1960 |
8/14/1980 |
20 |
Shot ([...]) |
June 1981 |
Cathy Larmouth |
7/15/1953 |
1/4/2007 |
53 |
Heart attack |
Aug. 1981 |
Debbie Boostrom |
6/23/1955 |
7/29/2008 |
53 |
[...] |
Apr. 1989 |
Jennifer Lyn Jackson |
3/21/1969 |
1/22/2010 |
40 |
[...] overdose |
May 1992 |
Anna Nicole Smith |
11/28/1967 |
2/8/2007 |
39 |
[...] overdose |
Oct. 1992 |
Tiffany Sloan |
5/29/1973 |
11/1/2008 |
35 |
[...] |
Dec. 1994 |
Elisa Bridges |
5/24/1973 |
2/7/2002 |
28 |
[...] overdose |
References
(1) http://www.rightcelebrity.com/?p=382.html
(2) http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/l_pmom.asp.html