Dayle Haddon is dead. The model was the face of a popular cosmetics company and was poisoned by carbon monoxide

Local police said authorities discovered Dayle Haddon's body around 6:30 a.m. on December 27 in the bedroom of her daughter's home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 76-year-old Walter Blucas, her daughter's father-in-law, was also found unconscious and fighting for his life in the hospital.

High levels of carbon monoxide, or carbon monoxide, were detected in the building, and three rescuers were treated for exposure to this highly poisonous gas. Authorities said the leak was likely caused by a faulty flue and pipe in the gas heating system.

Canadian-born Dayle Haddon was a top model of the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. “Her vivid blue eyes, thick black hair and painted red lips graced the covers of top fashion and beauty magazines such as Vogue Paris,” Cosmopolitan”, “Elle”, “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit” and “Bazaar” – the “New York Times” wrote about her. At the age of 30, she moved to Paris with her husband and daughter, she started trying her hand at acting.

But when she turned 38, she was told – like many women in the fashion industry – that she was “too old” to be a model, she admitted in a 2003 interview with the NYT. But Haddon was determined to prove the industry wrong. So she continued her modeling work, but – as she explained in one of the conversations – “in a different way”. “I became a spokeswoman for my age,” she emphasized.

She signed a long-term contract with the popular cosmetics company L'Oréal Paris and replaced swimsuits with elegant clothes, becoming the face of chic brands. As “NYT” reminds, she continued to appear on the covers of publications such as “Zoomer Magazine” and “Total Health Magazine”.

Later, Haddon wrote books about aging with dignity and became a UNICEF ambassador. She also ran the charity WomenOne, which focuses on the education of young girls.

The Government Center for Safety reminds that in the event of carbon monoxide poisoning, concentration disorders, dizziness and headache, weakness, vomiting, convulsions, slow breathing and heart rate disturbances may occur. If you suspect poisoning, call for medical help as soon as possible.