Actress Tawny Kitaen passed away yesterday. No cause of death has been announced. She was 59.
Kitaen co-starred with a young Tom Hanks in Bachelor Party. She would achieve her greatest fame in the late 1980's appearing in several videos for the band Whitesnake including their biggest hits "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love?". Kitaen was married to Whitesnake lead singer David Coverdale. Previously, she had appeared in music video and album covers for the heavy metal group Ratt and dated the group's guitarist Robinn Crosby. In 1991, Kitaen appeared in the classic Seinfeld episode "The Nose Job" and would be part of the cast of the syndicated The New WKRP in Cincinnati.
Unfortunately, Kitaen got headlines for alcohol, drug abuse and domestic violence - the latter of which end her second marriage to former MLB pitcher Chuck Finley. In the mid to late 2000's, Kitaen would appear on reality shows like The Surreal Life and Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.
Still, she was part of a lot of people's childhoods including my Facebook and Twitter Laura Axelrod who tweeted her remembrances of Kitaen and the tweet just blew up.
Whatever her troubles and what role they might have played in her demise, 59 is still a far too young an age to depart the world and leave daughters behind. R.I.P.
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