ACTRESS TAWNY KITAEN DEAD AT 59

[Garion_55]

Source: https://www.tmz.com/

5/8/2021 6:34 AM PT



Tawny Kitaen, the actress who starred in "Bachelor Party" and whose personal life was filled with radical ups and downs, has died ... TMZ has learned.

Tawny started out on a game show back in 1976 -- "To Tell the Truth." She migrated into movies and achieved some success with her roles, especially "Bachelor Party."

And, Tawny famously was featured in some music videos, notably Whitesnake's "Is This Love," and "Here I Go Again."

Read more: https://www.tmz.com/2021/05/08/tawny-kitaen-dead-dies/

[soothsayer]

1. RIP

[Omaha Steve]

2. The coroner has yet to determine cause of death

[Blasphemer]

3. I mostly remember her because of OJ Simpson and the Howard Stern Show...

Apparently she has two kids. They're probably in their late teens or early twenties. I wish them well. It's hard to lose parents when you are young and expect them to be around for awhile.

[Shermann]

4. That's a shame

That was probably the most memorable of the 80's hair metal videos (and songs).

[turbinetree]

5. Dr. Von Nostron

[Cozmo]

7. I'm Cozmo

[turbinetree]

15. Yes you are...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. How sad

Yes that was one of my favorite music videos back in the day.

[groundloop]

8. She had some dark times in her life.... was arrested for spousal abuse in 2002

She was married to Cleveland Indians pitcher Chuck Finley (who is the father of her children). They'd had an argument and she attacked him and left quite a few bruises.

[maxsolomon]

16. I told my GenX daughter about that just now and she shrugged.

Doesn't carry the same weight, I guess - but it was enough for Finley.

I hope the cause was natural. RIP.

[cinematicdiversions]

24. If you had a Gen X son... he would remember. NT

[AverageOldGuy]

9. "Tawny Kitean"???

Sound like someone Trump would be interested in . . . any evidence she was at Mar-A-Largo??

[Blasphemer]

10. No, but she did attend his wedding to Marla Maples in NYC... nt

[maxsolomon]

17. Yeah, don't besmirch her over her name.

Show some respect.

[CaptainTruth]

11. RIP. I remember her from the Whitesnake videos, back in my hair metal days.

I still like metal, but I no longer have hair, I inherited my dad's chrome dome.

RIP...

[sdfernando]

28. You got that from you mother not your father

the gene for baldness is passed from mother to son.

If you want to know you should look at the uncles on your mother's side.

[peppertree]

12. So long.

[Midnight Writer]

13. I remember her as the wife of Hercules in the Raimi-Tappert production

[csziggy]

14. She was married to one of the band members

I never really noticed that song until it was featured on the show The Magicians:

[TexasBushwhacker]

19. Yeah, David Coverdale. Also got caught with 15 grams

of cocaine in 2006. She got to go to rehab for 6 months instead of prison. That's a lot of coke.

[quaint]

18. I remember her from Hercules and Santa Barbara.

Always thought it was weird casting.
R.I.P.

[Lord Ludd]

20. She played a role similar to Loni Anderson's in the WKRP in Cincinnati reboot

in the early 90s.

[Archae]

21. I remember her from "America's Funniest People..."

The follow up to the 1980's "Funniest Home Videos."

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

22. She starred in "The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak"

For some reason her performance was overlooked by the Academy.

[radicalleft]

25. That gave me a chuckle

That was a goofy movie, but a fun watch

[Ilsa]

23. Her face in her later years reminds me of Caitlyn Jenner's. nt

[radicalleft]

26. She was my celebrity crush

growing up in the 80's and being a hair metal junkie...

RIP Tawny...

[obamanut2012]

27. Oh! She helped me realize I liked girls, not guys

RIP.