Trailblazing model Dayle Haddon dies at age 76

An actor and activist, she died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning due to 'faulty exhaust pipe of a gas-heating system'

Dayle Haddon, an actor, activist and trailblazing former Sports Illustrated model who pushed back against age discrimination by reentering the industry as a widow, has died in a Pennsylvania home from what authorities believe was carbon monoxide poisoning.

Authorities in Bucks County found Haddon, 76, dead in a second-floor bedroom Friday morning after emergency dispatchers were notified about a person unconscious at the Solebury Township home. A 76-year-old man police later identified as Walter J Blucas of Erie was hospitalized in critical condition.