True condolences to my friend and occasional employer Marty Krofft on the passing of his wife, Christa. She passed last week of natural causes at the age of 70.
Christa was Playboy's Playmate of the Year for 1962. That was a little early for me to have a crush on her but when I went to work for the Kroffts, all my male friends who were about four years older kept asking me, "Have you met Christa? How does she look?" The answer was, yes, I'd met her and she was still a stunning beauty. The last time I saw her she was just pushing sixty and the answer was the same. I'm sure that did not change and it also applied to their three daughters, Deanna, Kristina and Kendra. Everyone told Marty he was lucky his kids took after her mother instead of him and he enthusiastically agreed.
She was Christa Speck when she first appeared in the magazine and became one of their most popular models. She became Christa Krofft when she and Marty were married in 1965. She remains a wonderful memory and an iconic symbol of pure, natural beauty.