# Bettie Page Is In A Coma **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948 "2008-12-06T04:01:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/21 "2008-12-06T19:01:51Z")
Oh how I love that Bettie Page hairdo. Get well, Bettie. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/22 "2008-12-06T19:28:10Z")
> [@spoke-](#): > > Oh how I love that Bettie Page hairdo. Get well, Bettie. Yeah, I totally dig that (now-retro) style. I googled Bettie Page a couple/few months ago after I saw someone with the hair style. I hadn’t know she was still alive. Odetta, 4SJ, and soon Bettie Page. Each made significant contributions to our culture in their time. Odetta, during the Folk Music and Civil Rights eras; Ackerman, for SF fandom; and Page, as a sex symbol and counterpoint to the ‘blonde bombshells’ of her era. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/23 "2008-12-06T19:33:04Z")
> [@freekalette](#): > > Not mocking the ill is self-righteous? No, coming in here and saying “Wow, you guys do realize that this is a PERSON we are talking about, yeah? Forget it; the “cool kids” don’t give a shit about anything but lame jokes” is self-righteous. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/24 "2008-12-06T19:38:11Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > (Excuse me, my pants have caught on fire…) Ha! Expect to hear this again except out of my mouth. That’s great. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/25 "2008-12-06T20:31:07Z")
There is a relatively recent photo of her [on this page](http://ghouldaddy.deviantart.com/journal/17488246/). Still gorgeous at 82. Godspeed, Bettie. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/26 "2008-12-06T22:23:14Z")
Damn, Bettie looked fantastic at 82! I hope I look that good when I’m 82 (not bloody likely). ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/27 "2008-12-06T22:45:47Z")
> [@freekalette](#): > > Not mocking the ill is self-righteous? Who’s mocking her? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/28 "2008-12-06T22:56:54Z")
It seems that she will not be with us much longer, but may she have a peaceful death. I, too, thought she had passed on long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/29 "2008-12-06T23:05:03Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > may she have a peaceful death Sorry for putting a joke here, but this reminded me and I didn’t want to start a new thread for an ‘Oh, that reminds me’ post. Cartoon of a guy slumped in a chair, with a Fairy Godmother hovering over him. ‘OK, a quick and painless death. Now what do you want for your _second_ wish?’ ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/30 "2008-12-07T00:12:12Z")
This is a sad coincidence. If you had asked me this morning, I would have guessed that both Bettie Page and Sunny Von Bulow had died years ago. Tonight I learned that Bettie Page is in a coma, and Sunny Von Bulow’s finally been released from hers. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/31 "2008-12-12T04:05:42Z")
[So long, Ms. Page.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_en_ce/obit_bettie_page) > [@](#): > > Bettie Page, the 1950s secretary-turned-model whose controverisal photographs in skimpy attire or none at all helped set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution, died Thursday. She was 85. > > Page suffered a heart attack last week in Los Angeles and never regained consciousness, her agent Mark Roesler said. Before the heart attack, Page had been hospitalized for three weeks with pneumonia. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/32 "2008-12-12T04:13:14Z")
My girlfriend dressed up like Bettie Page for Halloween this year- and if that’s all there was to Ms. Page, she’d still deserve perpetual blessings. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/33 "2008-12-12T04:42:40Z")
There’s snow on the campuses at Hume-Fogg and Peabody tonight – not terribly common in Nashville. So all the streets are quiet. I wonder what Bettie was like when she was a school girl in these places. Peace and merriment and goodnight ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/34 "2008-12-12T05:05:21Z")
Ms. Page has passed away this evening, at age 85. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465846,00.html](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465846,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/35 "2008-12-12T05:16:08Z")
So sad :(. She was just my kinda icon. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/36 "2008-12-12T05:34:25Z")
This is truly a loss. Go well, Ms. Page. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ellef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8dc957/32.png) [@Ellef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellef)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/37 "2008-12-12T07:30:55Z")
CNN has nothing about Bettie Page’s death at the moment, as far as I can see. Why would that be, is she considered too porny in the US for mainstream media? ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/38 "2008-12-12T07:38:00Z")
> [@Ellef](#): > > CNN has nothing about Bettie Page’s death at the moment, as far as I can see. Why would that be, is she considered too porny in the US for mainstream media? TIME, Associated Press, Bloomberg, and E! Online all have stories about her passing. Ms. Page is a cultural icon; I really doubt she’s considered “too porny.” ---
**Author:** ![Ellef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8dc957/32.png) [@Ellef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellef)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/39 "2008-12-12T11:22:32Z")
The news is on CNN now, so maybe I was just looking at the website too early. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948/40 "2008-12-12T11:25:16Z")
> [@Uvula\_Donor](#): > > TIME, Associated Press, Bloomberg, and E! Online all have stories about her passing. Ms. Page is a cultural icon; I really doubt she’s considered “too porny.” I woulda hit it, back in the day. That’s my way of saying, she was one of the hottest of the hotties, ever. RIP [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bettie-page-is-in-a-coma/475948.md?page=3)