Willy Rey (born Wilhelmina Rietveld, 25 August 1949 – 19 August 1973)
was a Dutch-Canadian model. She was ''
Playboy'' magazine's
Playmate of the Month
A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOTM). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, along with a pictorial biography and the "Playm ...
for its February 1971 issue. Her
centerfold was photographed by
Mario Casilli.
When she was six years old, her family moved from the Netherlands to Canada.
Willy Rey's nude likeness adorned the
stock certificate of
Playboy Enterprises at the time of its
initial public offering on 3 November 1971.
She died of an
overdose of barbiturates
Barbiturate overdose is poisoning due to excessive doses of barbiturates. Symptoms typically include difficulty thinking, poor coordination, decreased level of consciousness, and a decreased effort to breathe (respiratory depression). Complicati ...
(sleeping pills) in Vancouver on 19 August 1973.
See also
*
List of people in Playboy 1970–1979
References
External links
*
1949 births
1973 suicides
Dutch emigrants to Canada
1970s Playboy Playmates
Suicides in British Columbia
Drug-related suicides in Canada
Barbiturates-related deaths
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