Rest in Peace, Pat Ast

[Otto]

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Pat Ast, a model and actress who appeared in Andy Warhol films, died Oct. 2. She was 59.

Born in New York, Ast worked as a receptionist and clerk in a box factory when she met Warhol and starred in his 1972 movie, ``Heat,’’ with Joe Dallesandro and Sylvia Miles.

After meeting fashion designer Roy Halston, Ast worked as a model in his Madison Avenue store, although she weighed 210 pounds.

Ast moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s and appeared in several films, including Reform School Girls,'' The Incredible Shrinking Woman’’ and the Chevy Chase-Goldie Hawn comedy, ``Foul Play.’’

In your memory, I shall bring something to wipe my shoe.

[Liberal]

Oh, no! Thanks for sharing that, Otto.