# Rest in Peace, Pat Ast

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-pat-ast/89870>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 26, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-pat-ast/89870 "2001-10-26T22:03:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-pat-ast/89870/1 "2001-10-26T22:03:32Z")

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> WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Pat Ast, a model and actress who appeared in Andy Warhol films, died Oct. 2. She was 59.
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> 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.
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> After meeting fashion designer Roy Halston, Ast worked as a model in his Madison Avenue store, although she weighed 210 pounds.
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> 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.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-pat-ast/89870/2 "2001-10-26T23:23:06Z")

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Oh, no! ☹ Thanks for sharing that, Otto.