Playboy Playmate 1959 dies

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/05/early-playboy-playmate-and-b-movie-acress-yvette-vickers-found-dead-in-benedict-canyon.html

http://img.ffffound.com/static-data/assets/6/55853b646cf23ed095d7ff007d1297dbd315f225_m.jpg

is this her groovin' to Howard Rumsey Lighthouse allstars vol. 6 & Buddy Collette Jazz Loves paris which i still only have on 1980s cassette reissue? google puts this pic up like 3 times on a search of her...

[Rooster_Ties]

First and foremost, RIP Ms. Vickers.

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HERE's a much bigger image similar to the one you posted Chewy(cropped slightly) -- but one can almost pick out all the titles.

The ones that I can read are (Left to right), Chet Baker, Bud Shank, Chico Hamilton, "Jazz Loves Paris". Can't make out the rest. What's the one that says "Zen" in faux Chinese characters?

And of course, the real question is, would Chewy have forgiven her for the glass on the LP cover by her knee?

Edited May 3, 2011 by Rooster_Ties

[brownie]

What a sad way to finish one's life...

I'll forgive her for not taking care of her albums. These show quite an interesting taste.

The zen album is this one:

[Jazzmoose]

-- but one can almost pick out all the titles.

Not in that position!

Oh; my mistake...

[Dave James]

Let's not get too carried away imagining Ms. VIckers firing up the hi-fi for a late-night cool jazz listening session. It's about a 99.99% lock that this photograph, like so many others, was just ginned up by Hef and his crew to reflect the lifestyle they were trying to convey to Playboy aficionados. Chances are she wouldn't have known Fred Katz from the neighbor cats. That being said, it's a sad and depressing ending to what, at one point, must've seemed like an absolutely idyllic life.

[Mark Stryker]

Let's not get too carried away imagining Ms. VIckers firing up the hi-fi for a late-night cool jazz listening session. It's about a 99.99% lock that this photograph, like so many others, was just ginned up by Hef and his crew to reflect the lifestyle they were trying to convey to Playboy aficionados. Chances are she wouldn't have known Fred Katz from the neighbor cats. That being said, it's a sad and depressing ending to what, at one point, must've seemed like an absolutely idyllic life.

Actually, while there's no doubt that the hi-fi and jazz were integral to the Playboy Philosophy in those days, Vickers may well have been hip. According to her Wiki bio, she was the daughter of a jazz musician and late in life apparently recorded an album as a jazz singer in tribute to her parents:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvette_Vickers

Edited May 3, 2011 by Mark Stryker

[Chuck Nessa]

It also says she was married to Don Prell in the mid '50s.

[papsrus]

Just to make an entirely sexist observation having nothing to do with this woman's demise, playmates sure seemed a lot more appealing back in the day, compared to the bleach blond barbie doll look-a-likes that Heff seems to surround himself with these days.

Not that I'm an expert or anything, but ...

[Free For All]

HERE's a much bigger image similar to the one you posted Chewy(cropped slightly) -- but one can almost pick out all the titles.

RIP. A sad ending to her life.

I do love the "1959-ness" of this photo.

[BillF]

I do love the "1959-ness" of this photo.

It's a very old pose, though

[papsrus]

for good reason ...

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

i cant stop thinking at least she did it alone, that is noble, i just am so sad no one was there to check on her, and have contact with her

i actually didnt put 2 + 2 together about the jazz connection until after i initially posted, but yea.....wow....she was the ultimate w.c.j. chick