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