DeDe Lind (born Diane Gayle Lind) was an American glamour model famous for her appearance in Playboy magazine as the Playmate of the Month for August 1967.
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| Born | Diane Gayle Lind April 15, 1947 | ||||||||||||
| Died | February 4, 2020 (aged 72)[citation needed][2] Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | model | ||||||||||||
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Biography edit
Playboy edit
Lind's photographer friend, Leon, talked her into testing for Playboy. At 19, she was selected to be the Playboy Playmate for August 1967. The photography was done by Mario Casilli. Lind received more fan mail than any other Playboy Playmate in history.[3][4]
Lind's color likeness traveled to space.[5] The November 1969 Playboy calendar photo of Lind was on Apollo XII. The ground crew for the mission stashed the photo, which they labeled "MAP OF A HEAVENLY BODY" inside a locker aboard the command module Yankee Clipper.[6] Astronaut Richard Gordon, the commander of the Yankee Clipper, put the photo up for auction in 2011[7] for a minimum bid of US$1000 (equivalent to $1,354 in 2023).[8] The winning bid was for US$21,013.20 (equivalent to $28,461 in 2023).[9]
Later career edit
Lind appeared in the December 1979 issue of Playmates Forever and, in the early 1980s, in the first "Playmate Playoffs" special issue. Her video appearances for Playboy included Race Horses and a frontal-nudity appearance on a sailing yacht. She was also the subject for "Playmates Revisited" in the March 1996 issue.[citation needed]
As of 1999, Lind resided in Boca Raton, Florida.[10]
Death edit
DeDe died February 4, 2020, from ovarian cancer in Boca Raton, Florida, at the age of 72.[11]
Filmography edit
- Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates (2004) (V)
- Playboy: The Party Continues (2000) (TV)
- Video Centerfold: Sherry Arnett (1985) (V)
- Playboy After Dark (First Episode) (1968) (TV)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Playmate data". Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206829506/diane-gayle-lind
- ^ Joan Acocella (March 20, 2006). "The Girls Next Door". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
- ^ The Thought Experiment (2010-06-16). "The Girls of Summer: DeDe Lind, Miss August 1967". Retrieved on 2011-01-04 from http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/the-girls-of-summer-dede-lind-miss-august-1967/.
- ^ Auction May Hold Piece Of Final Frontier For Space Buffs, www.space-travel.com, 4 January 2011
- ^ "Playmate News". Playboy. 56. Playboy Inc.: 166–167 December 2009.
- ^ RRAuction Marketing Department. "RR Auction: Bidtracker Item Detail". Preview.rrauction.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
- ^ "Playmate Photo From Apollo 12 Up For Auction - Slashdot". Science.slashdot.org. 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
- ^ RR Auction (2011). "Item 271 - Richard Gordon Catalog 366 (Jan 2011)". Retrieved on 2021-03-04 from https://rrauction.com/PastAuctionItem/3223557.
- ^ Roger Ruthhrt (4 July 1999). "DeDe Lind". Sun Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
- ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206829506/diane-gayle-lind
External links edit
- "Official Website of Playboy Playmate DeDe Lind". Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2006-10-27.
- DeDe Lind at IMDb
- Interview with DeDe Lind
- "Delicate DeDe". GlamourCon.com. Retrieved 2006-11-06.
- "Official MySpace Page of DeDe Lind".