After Tawny Kitaen’s death in May 2021, her face was suddenly all over the Internet. But if it weren’t for her unforeseen demise, not many people would be thinking about her (besides, obviously, her friends and family). As sad as it is for her to have lost her life suddenly at the age of 59 (to which there is still no official cause of death), it does, however, give us an opportunity to look back at who she was and how she contributed to the music scene in the 1980s.
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Kitaen was known for her role in the 1984 movie Bachelor Party (alongside Tom Hanks), but it was her iconic roles in music videos for the band Whitesnake that turned her into an ’80s sex symbol. Being married to the band’s frontman gave her a pretty good foot in the door.