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Christina Carlin-Kraft - The former Playboy model was found strangled to death at her apartment on August 23 in Pennsylvania. Police have yet to make any arrests.

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Dorothy Stratten - Dorothy Stratten was only 17 when she submitted nude photos to Playboy magazine with the help of 26-year-old pimp Paul Snider. The two fell into a romance that she could’ve never anticipated ending so badly.

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Dorothy Stratten - After becoming a bunny, she had an affair with another man and Snider, enraged, shot her in the face, defiled her dead body, and then shot himself. The 1980 violent death will not soon be forgotten.

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Jasmine Fiore - This Playmate’s body was found on August 15, 2009, strangled and stuffed in a suitcase in a dumpster, with all her identification (fingers, teeth) removed—except for her breast implant serial numbers.

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Jasmine Fiore - It’s believed she was in contact with her former lover at the time, which upset her husband and quickly made him a prime suspect.

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Jasmine Fiore - Her husband, reality TV contestant Ryan Jenkins, was formally charged with the 28-year-old’s murder, and just days later hung himself in a motel room.

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Anna Nicole Smith - The Playboy Playmate, reality TV star, and media darling was found unresponsive in her room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on February 8, 2007.

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Anna Nicole Smith - It was an overdose on reportedly at least nine prescription drugs, and happened about a year after Smith’s own son died from drug-related causes.

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Anna Nicole Smith - Much like her idol Marilyn Monroe, the wake of her death left much controversy, including paternity claims over her recently born daughter and million dollar lawsuits.

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Anna Nicole Smith - Though the cause of death is well-known, the reason remains a mystery.

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Stephanie Adams -

The November 1992 Playboy Playmate was a business owner, author, CEO, and she was the first Playmate to come out as a lesbian. All signs were pointing up, until they weren’t.

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Stephanie Adams - On May 18, 2018, Adams committed suicide by jumping out the window of a New York City hotel. Even worse, she brought her 7-year-old son down with her. Reports suggest the murder-suicide was due to a strenuous custody battle with her ex.

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Yvette Vickers - The Playmate and B-movie actress, photographed by Russ Meyer for her first Playboy spread, was found dead in her home at age 82, in a mummified state.

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Yvette Vickers - A neighbor had noticed her overflowing mailbox, and went inside to find her body dry and shriveled up, on the floor. Reports indicate Vickers might’ve been there for almost a year, meaning she would have died in 2010.

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Jayne Mansfield - One of the original blonde bombshells of Hollywood, Mansfield was honored as Playboy Playmate of the Month and appeared nude in the magazine several times.

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Jayne Mansfield - She was known for her publicity stunts involving wardrobe malfunctions, but her death stirred many more people than an exposed breast.

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Jayne Mansfield - On June 28, 1967, she, along with her boyfriend, driver, and children, crashed into a tractor-trailer and somehow went underneath it, removing the entire top of the car.

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Jayne Mansfield - The strangest part of all might be people’s obsession with the idea that Mansfield had been decapitated, perhaps emphasizing the symbolism of her blonde hair.

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Star Stowe - Ellen Louise "Star" Stowe gained fame as Playmate of the Month and as Gene Simmons’s girlfriend. But she later descended into drugs, sex work, and alcohol.

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Star Stowe - On March 16, 1997, days before her 41st birthday, Stowe was found partially clothed, strangled, and dumped in some bushes in what investigators believed was part of a string of serial murders targeting sex workers.

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Marilyn Monroe - The world’s biggest sex symbol in the ‘50s and ‘60s was the cover model for the very first Playboy issue in December 1953.

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Marilyn Monroe - Despite her looks, her career, and her relationships—or perhaps because of them—she grew dependent on alcohol and prescription medications.

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Marilyn Monroe - On August 5, 1962, Monroe was found dead in her bedroom at her California home, with investigators torn over whether it was an overdose or murder.

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Marilyn Monroe - She was naked, lying face-down on her bed, reaching for the phone. There were prescription bottles, but no evidence of capsules in her body. Her death remains a mystery, wrapped in several conspiracy theories, and national despair.

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