Coroner says 1959 Playmate died from heart disease
The badly decomposed body found in a dilapidated hillside home overlooking Beverly Hills was former B-movie actress and 1959 Playboy Playmate Yvette Vickers and an autopsy showed she died from heart disease, authorities said Friday.
Vickers, 82, was found April 27 by a neighbor in her Benedict Canyon house. While foul play wasn't suspected, her death captured headlines after authorities estimated her remains could have been there from a few months to a year.