Dede Lind (born Diane Gayle Lind) was a glamour model famous for her appearance in Playboy Magazine as the Playmate of the Month for August 1967. She was discovered when she was 14 years old. She married her high school sweetheart. They had one son. Dede received more fan mail than any other Playmate in history. The November 1969 Playboy calendar photo of her was on Apollo Xll.
Gorgeous, buxom and curvaceous blonde knockout DeDe Lind was born Diane Gayle Lind on April 15, 1947 in Los Angeles, California. Lind won the Better Baby Beauty Contest at age one. She grew up with her older sister in Burbank, California. In 1961 DeDe was discovered at a local pool in Burbank by photographer Leon Beauchemin; she was only fourteen at the time. Lind graced the covers of two issues of "Teen" magazine. She subsequently modeled for other teen and movie magazines, did a few TV commercials, and had small roles on episodes of the TV programs "Leave It to Beaver" and "The Donna Reed Show." DeDe married her high school sweetheart after graduating from high school at age 17; the couple had a son prior to eventually divorcing. Lind was the Playmate of the Month in the August, 1967 issue of "Playboy." Her centerfold garnered more fan mail than any other 60s Playmate and thus confirmed DeDe's status as one of the single most popular and beloved Playmates from that particular era. Lind went on to model for several European magazines and did additional follow-up pictorials for "Playboy" in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. DeDe participated in the first Playmate Olympics in 1980. She moved with her second husband to Florida in the mid 80s. Lind continued to appear as a featured guest at Glamourcon events on a regular basis. DeDe Lind died in Boco Raton, Florida. DeDe was predeceased by her parents, Jill B. Perry and Jack Olof Lind. She leaves a sister and a son.