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Just three days later, at age 39, the woman who forged stardom out of her uniquely American, stuff-of-soap-operas journey – from Texas-bred teenage mother to Playboy Playmate to billionaire's widow and beyond – met a prematurend similar to that of her idol Marilyn Monroe. Now, the sad fate of the woman who was born Vickie Lynn Hogan has led to myriad mysteries, in which her secrets are peddled for money and her loved ones (and those who claim to be) wage brutal battle over what was hers.
JOSH & FERGIE: ROCKED BY SCANDAL
Did he cheat with a stripper?
Married less than a year, the couple denies an Atlanta woman’s claims that she and Josh had a fling
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