Bettie Page Is In The Hospital

Well, this fucking sucks. Icon Bettie Page is in the intensive care unit of a Los Angeles hospital after she suffered a heart attack on Tuesday. Bettie's agent said she was hospitalized three weeks ago with pneumonia and she was about to be released when she had a heart attack. 85-year-old Bettie was transferred to another hospital on Friday. She's listed as "critically ill."

A friend of Bettie's family told AP that she's currently in a coma. Her agent wouldn't confirm it, but said, "I would not deny that."

I have the urge to call my rockabilly chola cousin to see how she's coping with this. I don't want to bother her though, because I'm sure she's holding a candle vigil in front of her Bettie Page shrine. I'm not joking. She really has a Bettie Page mini-shrine.

Good thoughts to Bettie.

Image VIA TheBettiePage.com

Posted by: Michael K

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Sadness

Submitted by madam s. on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 1:56pm.

Awww... sad news. I'm happy though that recently she's come to know the extent of her fan base and influence. She had a rough time of it for many years, but now knows she's widely adored I think.

Submitted by NaNoop on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 1:54pm.

Betty had "it" and was such a sexy bitch. Good luck, Betty.

Submitted by Hekki on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 1:51pm.

Submitted by Madam Pince: "If it's time for her to depart this life, I hope she does so peacefully & painlessly."

Well said. It's all we can hope for, for any of us.

Submitted by Pearl_Necklace on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 1:49pm.

@ Hekki:

On the beach AND re-enacting that From Here To Eternity scene ;D

Submitted by Madam Pince on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 1:48pm.

Like MK says, good thoughts to Bettie. If it's time for her to depart this life, I hope she does so peacefully & painlessly.

If a woman today is as shapely as Bettie is in that photo, she's considered fat. Which is totally fucked-up.

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Submitted by Pearl_Necklace on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 1:45pm.

oh NO :(

Dita von Teese should be at her bedside; w/out Ms. Paige she'd be nothing, and I love me some Dita.

Submitted by Hekki on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 1:43pm.

Hot stuff. As gyeah says, she is old. I always say I'd rather die from a heart attack than most anything else once I'm old. How awful is it to wither away and break a hip and languish in a nursing home. I hope I have a heart attack on the beach or something.