Bunny Yeager, a photographer of pinup models and a former model herself, died this weekend at age 85. Yeager was truly a hot piece of tail, let’s not let that go unsaid. Or unshown:
For all her pinup work, she will probably be remembered for a couple related things. One was her connection to Bettie Page — Yeager shot some jungle-themed pictures of Bettie that are iconic, as well as the famous Christmas picture of a winking Bettie that became the January, 1955 centerfold in Playboy magazine. Bunny went on to shoot a handful of other Playmate pictorials.
Bunny shot pictures for many other publications, but Playboy is the mammoth name brand and, because it has endured, it’s one of the only places you’ll find high-resolution pictures by Bunny. You can go to plenty of blogs and message boards where you’ll find scans from long-dead magazines, but you have to join Playboy.com for the best stuff.
Here’s a favorite Playmate pictorial by Bunny — Lisa Winters, Miss December 1956. Rest in peace, Bunny.
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