Bettie Page, whose trademark raven hair and risque lingerie and bondage pin-up photos made her a cult favorite, died Thursday night at a Los Angeles hospital nine days after suffering a heart attack. She was 85.

Page was born Betty Mae Page in Nashville, Tennessee on April 22, 1923. Smart and ambitious as a teenager, she was the salutatorian of her high school graduation class and was voted "Most Likely to Succeed." She earned a scholarship to attend George Peabody College, where she studied acting.

(Charlie's note: She probably should have been voted "Girl Most Likely To."

I probably shouldn't tell this, but Bettie caused me to do things that my mother told me would make me go blind, so I just did it until I needed glasses.

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In an interview in "Outre" magazine when he was playing with Los Straitjackets, Jimmy Lester mentioned that his mom went to school with Bettie.