05/03/2026
Norwich, GB 3 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

JOAN ANDERSON, aged 101

A model and pin-up girl from Australia, she became a GI Bride. She introduced a popular pastime to the USA but was cheated out of all credit and reward.

MARA CORDAY, aged 95

A model and actress from California, she was the most photographed woman in the world, a star of sci-fi films and had her career ruined by her husband.

KATHY MARLOWE, aged 87

A model and actress, she was the least successful of the three Blonde Bombshells of Hollywood, yet still managed to make a successful career for herself.

ROSALINA NERI, aged 96

An actress and singer who looked similar to Marilyn Monroe, she attracted lots of attention and fame, forging a very successful career in her own right.

JO-CARROLL DENNISON, aged 97

Brought up in a travelling show she went on to be a beauty queen winning Miss America. A wartime pin-up and actress she started to fight for women’s rights.

NOREEN NASH, aged 99

From apple blossom queen to Hollywood star, she was an actress in many B-Movies, but occasionally played alongside superstars.

BEPPE PIRODDI, aged 82

An Italian playboy in the 1960s he was part of a group known as The Four Musketeers. He had affairs with rich women and had celebrity friends, as long as connections with royals and the Mafia.

Tempest Storm

TEMPEST STORM, aged 93

Born Annie Blanche Banks in Eastman, Georgia she became the first millionaire stripper, changing her name to Tempest Storm, and retiring aged 67.