Killing a Thing of Beauty: The Death of Rising Star Dorothy Stratten

Vancouver native Dorothy Stratten very nearly had it all — small town girl makes good in Hollywood — living the dream before her estranged husband took it all away.

Dorothy was discovered at the age of eighteen by Playboy, who had received nude photos of the beauty sent by her then-boyfriend Paul Snider. Snider had found the blonde Dorothy working at a Dairy Queen and, always looking for an angle, the former pimp decided her star potential would allow him to ride her coattails to success.