RIP Bettie Page. What a sad day for all of us.

[NolaChick™ {Madam}]

"I was not trying to be shocking, or to be a pioneer. I wasn't trying to change society, or to be ahead of my time. I didn't think of myself as liberated, and I don't believe that I did anything important. I was just myself. I didn't know any other way to be, or any other way to live."- Bettie Page 1923-2008


http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997269.html?categoryId=25&...

Bettie Page dies at 85

Bettie Page, the legendary 1950s pin-up queen with a shoulder-length pageboy hairdo and kitschy bangs whose saucy photos helped usher in the sexual revolution of the 1960s, has died, the L.A Times is reporting. She was 85.
She suffered a heart attack one week ago and never regained consciousness.

Page, whose later life was marked by depression, violent mood swings and several years in a state mental institution, died at a Los Angeles hospital where she had been on life support since she had a heart attack on Dec. 2, according to her agent, Mark Roesler.

Her popularity as an underground, guilty pleasures phenomenon has continued to soar despite the fact that the reclusive Page disappeared almost a half century ago. A cult-culture figure, Page was most famous for the estimated 20,000 4-by-5-inch black-and-white glossy photographs taken by amateur shutterbugs from 1949 and to 1957.

[Taffeta Darling]

John said:

The ancient Egyptians had a phrase that was often inscribed on their funeral stele
"Speak my name that I may live"

They held a belief that as long as someone remembers you
whispers your name to the winds
remembers them
that they would live forever and be immortal

The people on this site, and those like it, are the legacy of Bettie Page
and thru the work of the pinups, the photographers, the hair and makeup artists, those who draw
and the fans
she will be immortal
and live on

so true and what a wonderful thing to post.

[Jeremy Brotherton]

Can we have a moment of silence... This is just sad...

[Cherry Club Inc.]

There are no words......
Bettie will live forever in the hearts of those she has inspired to go for their dreams!!

[Flathead Fotos]

She was the best, RIP Bettie Page, Miss World Pin Up.

[Vintage Box 1947]

It brings a tear to my eye because she inspired me in so many ways. She was the image of a true woman. She knew what she wanted and wasn't affraid to go for it, she was intelligent and she knew how to use her body to get what she wanted! That is a killer combonation that all of us woman thrive to have yet fail.

She brought something that most woman can not and she will always be remembered as the "Amazing Bettie Mae Page".

Your body may be gone but you will always live in my heart. May you rest in peace and thank for the amazing ride you gave us.

[Samantha Valentine]

R.I.P
You were a true beauty & such an inspiration.
Thank-you!
XoXoX

[koolgirliestuff]

This is a very sad day indeed for me :(

She`s the main reason I started shooting Retro PinUp and Fetish Photography in the first place, as I was introduced to her images in Germany (mostly bondage fetish) back in the 1980`s

I can just imagine now that the GREATEST , bondage photoshoot of all time in the AFTERLIFE is happening this weekend (notice I didn`t say Heaven becuase I don`t think John Willie made it there! ~ Bettie`sin Heaven they just made an exception to let John Willie out of purgatory this weekend!) ~ Irving Klaw and his sister Paula and John Willie will be tying up Bettie again and having the time of their lives!
(and let`s not forget Little John can watch again) ~
Paula`s SpeedGraphic and John Willie`s Leica will be working overtime once more.....

Thank you Bettie for all the inspiration your photos have given me!

God Bless You Bettie may you rest in peace

Tom Eitnier
KoolGirlieStuff Photography
Winter Haven, Florida USA

ps:I`ve been having computer probs folks, I`ll be fixing up my page here at PLN soon!

[Ashley Nicole]

Bettie is an inspriation for all of us who wish just really to be ourselves. She will be missed greatly. She was for me the ultimate pin-up girl, the ultimate model, the one who made me look at life more freely!

There is a premise that, in Heaven, we there will look as we did when we were 30. Well, Heaven just got a lot more beautiful and a bit spicier. Bettie loves God and God loves Bettie. We may be sad, but Bettie is happy in a way we will not know yet!

God Bless Bettie Page!

[Daemous Oblivious]

bettie page!

one of the most beautiful women who lived throughout this century
im still in shock that she passed away,shes truley an inspiration.
i couldnt believe it.......but yet her soul will always remain an icon


in memory of bettie page 1923-2008
we all love you

[foxyfairies]

The world is a bit less shiny now that she has gone, but the skies are brighter for her star.
I just know there's a leopard print chaise lounge with her name on it in sex goddess heaven.
x

[Retrodolls Pinup Photography]

:(

[Hong Kong Glue]

She was an inspiration and beauty to us all.

RIP Bettie Page. May the stars shine as bright as you wherever you may be <3