Betty Page Dies at 85 : Long Live The Queen
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For those who haven’t heard the horrible news, Betty Page has died at age 85 in Los Angeles where she passed away after a heart attack last Thursday. Funeral services were held on Tuesday and she was laid to rest near Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn never had it so good!
More here: SFGate Article
And an article about the service here: LA Times Article
I am sick and gutted at the same time. She was the inspiration for an entire ‘look’ that the girls of the kustom kulture world have adopted, transformed and made their own. The very fact that this site exists at all is because of her and her influence. Hell, half the women I’ve ever chased have looked like her, because of her!
We have lost the greatest pin-up icon of all time… and I’m lost for words.
~ Irish
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I love you Betty.
I speak with the present tense as for me you will never die.Eternal as only goddess can be.
Barbar!na
Comment by barbar!na — December 17, 2008 @ 4:58 am
the world has just made a step backwords! I have only one word to say “SAD” we all have lost a great one. Life is not fair but in Betty we all could find a brave heart! Thanks for the post!
Comment by vernon allen — December 17, 2008 @ 11:23 am
Our Hearts and Souls will always be with you bettie Thankyou for wot you have done for pin up kulture.. You where.. THE QUEEN of Pin up and always will.. You will be Sadly missed… J Kustom.
Comment by J Kustom — December 17, 2008 @ 1:28 pm
If it wasn’t for your rebel heart Bettie, there wouldn’t be a place for the rest of us rebels. Even a touch of her spirit in our lives is empowering. Innocent & Naughty. she knew how to live! God rest her restless soul.
XX, AR
Comment by Ambur — December 17, 2008 @ 2:51 pm
When I found out i was devastated! But i know she’s in a better place. She was one of my biggest inspiration and one of the reasons I wanted to be a pin-up artist. She was and will always be The Pin-up Queen!! I wish i could tell her how much she inspired me and my life.
To Bettie Page with love..
Atomico
Comment by Cero Atomico — December 17, 2008 @ 7:18 pm
Oh, Bettie. Irish, I think that for many ladies on this site with those trademark ‘Bettie bangs’, doing their hair everyday will become a more poignanant ritual. Why, just the other day I could barely break out the styling brush and Cedel hairspray without shedding a tear.
It sounds silly, but I think Bettie will live on in all of us in some small way… a cheeky grin, a startled pout, and of course, The Hair.
Comment by Glamourbeastie — December 19, 2008 @ 10:39 pm