By JAMES BELTRAN, Associated Press Writer James Beltran, Associated Press Writer – 5 mins ago

LOS ANGELES – Bettie Page, whose magazine photographs in bikinis and see-through lingerie helped her become one of the most notable models of the 20th century, was hospitalized in intensive care after suffering a heart attack, her agent said Friday.

"She's critically ill," Mark Roesler of the Curtis Management Group told The Associated Press.

He said she had the heart attack on Tuesday and was hospitalized Friday in the Los Angeles area.

A family friend, Todd Mueller, said Page was in a coma. When asked to confirm, Roesler said, "I would not deny that," but he would not comment further on her condition.

Page, a secretary turned model, is credited with helping set the stage for the sexual revolution of the rebellious 1960s. She attracted national attention with magazine photographs of her sensuous figure that were tacked up on walls across the country.

Her photos included a centerfold in the January 1955 issue of then-fledgling Playboy magazine, as well as controversial sadomasochistic poses.

Page later spent decades away from the public eye, and during that time battled mental illness and became a born-again Christian.

After resurfacing in the 1990s, she occasionally granted interviews but refused to allow her picture to be taken.

Mueller credits his business dealings with Page for bringing her out of seclusion. He said he first met her in 1989 when he offered her "a bunch of money" to show up at autograph signings.

"I probably sold 3,000 of her autographs, usually for $200 to $300," he said. "Eleanor Roosevelt, we got $40-$50. ... Bettie Page outsells them all."

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I love her, hope she gets better.

Bettie Page and Marilyn Monroe are my all time favorite pin-up girls.

I have a DVD of the movies "Varietease" and "Teasearama", both featuring Bettie Page burlesque dancing.

I have Bettie on my computer's desktop.


There will always be a place in my heart for Bettie Page, and I hope she gets better. She wants to live to be 100.

I have long been a follower and fan of Bettie Page. I have an extensive collection of her photos and think she's possibly the most beautiful woman that ever existed. Next to my Mama that is.

My thoughts are with her and while I hope she recovers, as a nurse, I know her recovery, may be within her final breath. My hopes for her are that she is pain free.

She was a revolutionary, a hero to thousands of women, and one of the greatest women of all time.

I see your point about recovery.......my eyes are welling up with tears at the thought of Bettie Page possibly being gone from us soon, but my hopes for her are the same as yours - that she will be pain-free........

I didn't know she was still alive O_O

I do pray for her recovery tho