Paige Young and Bill Cosby 1970 (and before). El Paso, Malibu, Sunset Strip. 2/10/2023

Tamara Green’s account of her interaction with Paige Young and Bill Cosby, was published in the Dailymail.com December of 2014, quoted below. Tamara Green during modeling days, late 1960s. Photo found on Dailymail.com “One of Cosby’s victims, attorney Tamara Green, knew Paige from modeling circles and recalls seeing the pair together. Tamara Green recalls that she ran into Paige while in El Paso, Texas…

LAPD Report Paige Young Suicide. Updated 5/26/2023

I obtained a copy of the LAPD report on Paige Young’s suicide, I have transcribed below. The report is difficult to read; it looks like a copy of a copy of a copy, several words are faded almost beyond recognition. Someone familiar with police codes and reports may understand it better. When I was interviewed for the docu-series Secrets of Playboy; the crew filmed…

PART 2: Richard Sample Interview

Close up of a small copy: Richard Sample as painted by Paige Young. To open our interview, I promised Richard on our 2nd day interview, we would end after one hour. It end up being two. I asked Richard if Paige ever used LSD, the drug that inspired the label “the Psychedelic Era.” Richard said no, not that he ever witnessed or heard. (Melanie…

Meet Artist & Paige Young Friend Richard Sample. 1964-1969. Malibu. Venice. Celebrity Connections. Cult Characters. PART 1. Updated 2/5/2023

UPDATE: Richard L. Sample passed away on August 10, 2021. Recently, I interviewed Richard Sample, Paige’s ex-boyfriend and friend, painter, sculptor, collage-maker, furniture-maker. He now lives in the Coachella Valley area of California. Richard Sample was still living in Sun Valley, Idaho when he was interviewed by Daily Mail reporter Ryan Parry in 2014. He says he doesn’t know who gave his name to…

Paige Young Images Used In Art and Merchandise. Paintings By Paige Young. (Updated 04/21/23) Previously Unseen Images. (Some NSFW)

I found on the next 4 slides on ebay. The seller had purchased them through an auction. They were labelled only as “Peter Gowland slides” and I happened to recognize Paige in a few of them. Outtake from Playmate photo shoot by Peter Gowland. (The stone pattern of Gowland’s pool was seen in numerous of his published photography instruction books over the decades. LA…

What happened to Paige’s family, ex Husband Mark F. Segal, Desmond Guinness and Marvin M. Mitchelson And More. Updated 1/28/2023

Paige’s grandmother Virginia Young LaRocca died in August of 1976 in the Studio City Convalescent Hospital located at 11429 Ventura Blvd.    She was a 1st Reader for the Church of Christ Science for 35 years according to her death certificate. Virginia was cremated and her ashes were scattered in the ocean near the Santa Monica shoreline, just like granddaughter Paige’s ashes two years…

1974 #2. Paige. The Shanes Of Beverly Hills. Huston & Hefner.

Melanie from the Daily Mail article told me that the “brother of Cici Huston” had Paige’s “sex tape” in his possession and would not hand it over to Paige, despite her repeated requests. And that Paige frequently expressed the serious mental anguish this was causing her. The Daily Mail didn’t publish this as David “wasn’t a big enough name.” …..fearful of a “sex tape”…

1973 #2: Santa Barbara. Meet the Hon. Desmond Guinness. Diana Mitford. Oswald Mosley. 1969 Flashback. Suzy Knickerbocker.

What you see above, is the only mention of Paige Young in this article, besides her photo. Hard to believe Paige had only 6 more months to live after this article appeared. I e-mailed with Beverley Jackson who is pictured to the left of Mrs. Louis-Dreyfuss above. Jackson was the new society writer for the Santa Barbara paper at that time. She remembered Desmond…

1970/1 Pasadena Art Museum With Warhol Wearing A Rudi Gernreich Dress. Artist DeWain Valentine. Venice Beach Studio. Art Scene LA. Updated 5/11/23

DeWain Valentine exhibit 1970 Pasadena Art Museum

Updated 03/07/23. Playboy January 1969. Playmate of the Year Contest. Winner: Connie Kreski. Anthony Newley. James Caan.

Paige Young had at least 2 images published in the mass media in 1970. Connie Kreski is another Playmate with a sad end after a hopeful start.