Melodye Prentiss

Melodye Prentiss
Playboy centerfold appearance
July 1968
Preceded by	Britt Fredriksen
Succeeded by	Gale Olson
Personal details
Born	December 14, 1944(1944-12-14) Chicago, Illinois[1]
Died	March 3, 2009(2009-03-03) (aged 64)[1]
Measurements	Bust: 34"[1] Waist: 23" Hips: 34"
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1]
Weight	100 lb (45 kg; 7.1 st)

Melodye Prentiss (December 14, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois – March 3, 2009 in California)^[1] was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1968 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.^[1]

Melodye was working in the Playboy editorial library when she was "discovered" by the magazine as Playmate material.^[2] She studied fine art and painting at both the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Chicago.

Prentiss died on March 3, 2009 after taking medications that made her unable to breathe following knee surgery and other illnesses.

See also

• List of people in Playboy 1960–1969

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Playmate data". http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=prentiss%2C+melodye&limit=0. Retrieved February 7, 2010. 
2. ^ "Playmate News". Playboy (Playboy) 56: 116–117. June 2009. 

External links

• Melodye Prentiss at Playboy.com

Persondata
Name	Prentiss, Melodye
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 14, 1944
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Date of death	March 3, 2009
Place of death