Betty Page Dead at 85

“The origins of what captures the imagination and creates a particular celebrity are sometimes difficult to define,” Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner Bettie Page, a 1950s secretary-turned-model, died Thursday. Betty Page’s controversial photographs in skimpy attire-or none at all-helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution. She was 85. Betty Page’s photos included a centerfold in the January 1955 issue of then-fledgling Playboy magazine, as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses. The real Bettie Page found Jesus and moved to Florida, but the make believe Betty Page is alive and well. A quick stop by DeviantART finds a little over…

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