Patricia Kara Cameron, sometimes rollin’ as JoAnna Cameron, was born September 20, 1948, and passed October 15, 2021. She was an American actress and model who made waves playin’ the lead in the 1970s TV series Isis, later aired as The Secrets of Isis. That role put her on the map big time.
Sarah Jean Burke (September 3, 1982 – January 19, 2012) was a Canadian freestyle skier who was a pioneer of the superpipe event. She was a four-time Winter X Games gold medallist, and won the world championship in the halfpipe in 2005. She successfully lobbied the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to have the event added to the Olympic program for the 2014 Winter Olympics. She was considered a medal favourite in the event. Burke died following a training accident in Utah.
Meet Nikki Fritz, born Nikki Goldstein on April 7, 1964, an American actress and model from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Los Angeles, California, who passed away on February 25, 2020, after a long fight with leukemia.
She crushed it with 30 covers, 5 photosets, and 25 vids before hangin’ it up in 2004. Known as a porn star and actress, she popped up in Cinemax TV shows and movies, plus Femme Fatales mag and Danni’s Hard Drive website.
Meet June Cochran, born February 20, 1942, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and passed May 21, 2004, in Wisconsin. She was an American model and beauty queen who snagged the Miss Indiana USA crown in 1960, though she didn’t place at nationals.
June crushed it as Playboy’s Playmate of the Month for December 1962, shot by Don Bronstein, and was named Playmate of the Year in 1963. She also worked as a Playboy Bunny at the Chicago club. Her second husband and two of her sons were racin’ drivers, and June made history as the first woman in the pits at the Indianapolis 500.
Meet Donna Michelle, born Donna Michelle Fick on December 8, 1945, in Los Angeles, California, and passed away April 11, 2004, in Ukiah, California.
She was an American model, actress, and photographer who went by the adopted name Donna M. Ronne. Her mom’s maiden name was Baron. She crushed it as Playboy’s December 1963 Playmate of the Month and snagged 1964 Playmate of the Year, with centerfold pics shot by Pompeo Posar and Edmund Leja. She tied the knot with David M. Ronne at 17 on February 2, 1963, in Los Angeles, and they split in April 1967 in the same city, meanin’ she was married when she landed the December ’63 Playmate gig.
Meet Barbara Rudnik, a German actress who crushed it in theater and film. Born July 27, 1958, in Kassel, Germany, she passed away May 23, 2009, in Munich.
Growin’ up in Kassel, she worked as a book club agent after high school. While on the job in Munich, she linked up with students from the Academy of Film and Theater and kicked off her actin’ career.
Meet Lynda Ann Wiesmeier (May 30, 1963 – December 16, 2012), an American model and actress who kicked things off with her first flick, American Pop. She nabbed the cover and Playmate of the Month spot for Playboy’s July 1982 issue, with her centerfold snapped by Richard Fegley.
Lynda popped up in a bunch of Playboy’s newsstand specials and vids, keepin’ busy with the mag for over five years. She started as a nude glamour and pin-up chick, then moved to promo gigs and reporting for the Playboy Channel. Sadly, she passed in December 2012 from a brain tumor.
Meet Mariangela Melato (September 19, 1941 – January 11, 2013), an Italian actress who crushed it in cinema and theater. She started hittin’ the stage in the 1960s, then jumped into films with her debut in Thomas e gli indemoniati (1969), directed by Pupi Avati.
The 1970s were her prime time, starrin’ in bangers like Between Miracles (1971), The Seduction of Mimi (1972), Love and Anarchy (1973), Nada (1974), Todo modo (1976), and Il gatto (1978). She also popped up in some American flicks. Sadly, she passed away from pancreatic cancer at 71.
Meet Jill Dorothy Ireland (April 24, 1936 – May 18, 1990), an English actress and singer, best known for rockin’ tons of flicks with her second hubs, Charles Bronson.
Check out Veronica Echegui’s spicy photos and screenshots with nude and steamy scenes. She passed away in Madrid on August 24, 2025 at age 42. She’d been in the hospital since late July for cancer treatment. R.I.P.
Meet Eleonora Salvatore González, born October 1, 1975, in Rome, known as Bimba Bosé, an Italian-born Spanish model, actress, and singer. She passed away January 23, 2017.
In 2007, she dropped “Como un Lobo” with her uncle Miguel Bosé. Bimba strutted the runway in London, Paris, NYC, and Milan for big names like Miguel Adrover, John Galliano, and Yohji Yamamoto. Her grandma was Lucia Bosè. Sadly, Bimba lost her battle with breast cancer in Madrid at age 41.
Mary Farrah Leni Fawcett (February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009) was an American actress and artist. A four-time Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she posed for her iconic red swimsuit poster – which became the best selling pin-up poster in history – and starred as private investigator Jill Munroe in the first season of the television series Charlie’s Angels (1976–77). In 1996, she was ranked No. 26 on TV Guide’s “50 Greatest TV stars of All-Time”.
Fawcett began her career in 1968 in commercials and guest roles on television. During the 1970s, she appeared in numerous television series, including recurring roles on Harry O (1974–76), and The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–78) with then husband, film and television star Lee Majors. Her breakthrough role came in 1976, when she was cast as Jill Munroe in the ABC series Charlie’s Angels, alongside Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith. The show propelled all three to stardom, but especially Fawcett (then billed as Farrah Fawcett-Majors). After appearing in only the first season, Fawcett decided to leave the show which led to legal disputes. Eventually she signed a contract requiring her to make six guest appearances in the show’s third and fourth seasons (1978–80). For her role in Charlie’s Angels she received her first Golden Globe nomination.
In 1983, Fawcett received positive reviews for her performance in the Off-Broadway play Extremities. She was subsequently cast in the 1986 film version and received a Golden Globe nomination. She received two Emmy Award nominations for her roles in TV movies, as a battered wife in the 1984 film The Burning Bed and as real-life murderer Diane Downs in the 1989 film Small Sacrifices. Her 1980s work in TV movies also earned her four additional Golden Globe nominations.
In 1997, she gained some negative press for a rambling appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, but also garnered strong reviews for her role in the film The Apostle with Robert Duvall. She continued in numerous TV series, including recurring roles in the sitcom Spin City (2001) and the drama The Guardian (2002–03). For the latter, she received her third Emmy nomination. Her film roles include, Love Is a Funny Thing (1969), Myra Breckinridge (1970), Logan’s Run (1976), Sunburn (1979), Saturn 3 (1980), The Cannonball Run (1981), Extremities (1986), The Apostle (1997), and Dr. T & the Women (2000).
Fawcett was diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006; the 2009 NBC documentary Farrah’s Story chronicled her battle with the disease. She posthumously earned her fourth Emmy nomination for her work as a producer on the documentary.
