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Sharry Konopski

Died
August 25, 2017
Age
49 years
Cause
pneumonia

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Sharry Konopski, 49, American model and actress, pneumonia.

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Sharry Lynn Konopski (married name DeBolt; December 2, 1967 – August 25, 2017) was an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in August 1987 and appeared in numerous Playboy videos. She posed nude again for Playboy in the March 1997 issue, despite being paralyzed.

Early life

Konopski was born on December 2, 1967, in Longview, Washington. Her father worked there in logging. After graduation, she remained in her hometown, working as a waitress at Bruno's Pizzeria.

Career

Playboy magazine selected Konopski as Playmate of the Month for their August 1987 issue, with her centerfold photographed by Stephen Wayda. The following year, Playboy featured her, along with four other Playmates, in a pictorial by Arny Freytag. She reappeared in a photo shoot by Freytag for Playboy's March 1997 issue.

She also appeared on The Sally Jessy Raphael Show to discuss her injuries.[citation needed]

Personal life

On April 1, 1995, as she was driving home from work on the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway, three deer ran into the road, and she rolled her Ford Mustang. Her spinal injuries left her paralyzed from the waist down.

DeBolt died in Silver Lake, Washington, on August 25, 2017, aged 49, of complications from pneumonia and lung cancer. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Randall, and two children from her first marriage to Mark DeBolt, Spencer and Siera.

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