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Melodye Prentiss
Playboy centerfold appearance
July 1968
Preceded by	Britt Fredriksen
Succeeded by	Gale Olson
Personal details
Born	December 14, 1944(1944-12-14) Chicago, Illinois
Died	March 3, 2009 (aged 64)
Measurements	Bust: 34 Waist: 23 Hips: 34
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight	100 lb (45 kg; 7.1 st)

Melodye Prentiss (née Panchesin, December 14, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois – March 3, 2009 in California) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1968 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.

Melodye was working in the Playboy editorial library when she was "discovered" by the magazine as Playmate material. She studied fine art and painting at both the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Chicago.

Prentiss died on March 3, 2009 after taking medications that made her unable to breathe following knee surgery and other illnesses.

[edit] See also

• List of people in Playboy 1960-1969

[edit] External links

• Melodye Prentiss at Playboy.com

• "Photo of Melodye Prentiss at GlamourCon 15, Los Angeles 1999". http://www.munitions.com/jgreely/glamourcon/gc15/s/g15s5-17.html. Retrieved 2006-10-27. 

• "Photo of Melodye Prentiss at GlamourCon27, Los Angeles 2001". http://www.celeborama.com/glamourcon011103/image63.htm. Retrieved 2006-10-27. 

• "Photo of Melodye Prentiss at GlamourCon28, Los Angeles 2002". http://www.celeborama.com/glamourcon020504/image59.htm. Retrieved 2006-10-27. 

• "Photo of Melodye Prentiss at GlamourCon29". http://www.fobpro.com/photos/gc29/gc29f2550.php. Retrieved 2006-10-27. 

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