DeDe Lind

DeDe Lind (born Diane Gayle Lind) was an American glamour model famous for her appearance in Playboy magazine as the Playmate of the Month for August 1967.

Biography

Playboy

Lind's photographer friend, Leon, talked her into testing for Playboy. At 19, she was selected to be the Playboy Playmate for August 1967. The photography was done by Mario Casilli. Lind received more fan mail than any other Playboy Playmate in history.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="thought">The Thought Experiment (2010-06-16). "The Girls of Summer: DeDe Lind, Miss August 1967". Retrieved on 2011-01-04 from https://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/the-girls-of-summer-dede-lind-miss-august-1967/.</ref>

Lind's color likeness traveled to space.<ref>Auction May Hold Piece Of Final Frontier For Space Buffs, www.space-travel.com, 4 January 2011</ref> The November 1969 Playboy calendar photo of Lind was on Apollo XII. The ground crew for the mission stashed the photo, which they labeled "MAP OF A HEAVENLY BODY" inside a locker aboard the command module Yankee Clipper.<ref name=playboydec>Template:Cite journal</ref> Astronaut Richard Gordon, the commander of the Yankee Clipper, put the photo up for auction in 2011<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> for a minimum bid of US$1000 (Template:Inflation).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The winning bid was for US$21,013.20 (Template:Inflation).<ref name="rrpast">RR Auction (2011). "Item 271 - Richard Gordon Catalog 366 (Jan 2011)". Retrieved on 2021-03-04 from https://rrauction.com/PastAuctionItem/3223557.</ref>

Later career

Lind appeared in the December 1979 issue of Playmates Forever and, in the early 1980s, in the first "Playmate Playoffs" special issue. Her video appearances for Playboy included Race Horses and a frontal-nudity appearance on a sailing yacht. She was also the subject for "Playmates Revisited" in the March 1996 issue.Template:Fact

As of 1999, Lind resided in Boca Raton, Florida.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Death

DeDe died February 4, 2020, from ovarian cancer in Boca Raton, Florida, at the age of 72.

Filmography

• Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates (2004) (V)
• Playboy: The Party Continues (2000) (TV)
• Video Centerfold: Sherry Arnett (1985) (V)
• Playboy After Dark (First Episode) (1968) (TV)

See also

• List of people in Playboy 1960–1969

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