Linda Christian was famous as the first Bond Girl—but her infamy came from a single photograph, taken just before her lover died during an auto race.

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Linda Christian was famous as the first Bond Girl—but her infamy came from a single photograph, taken just before her lover died during an auto race.

Linda Christian was famous as the first Bond Girl—but her infamy came from a single photograph, taken just before her lover died during an auto race.

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Linda Christian was famous as the first Bond Girl—but her infamy came from a single photograph, taken just before her lover died during an auto race.

Linda Christian was famous as the first Bond Girl—but her infamy came from a single photograph, taken just before her lover died during an auto race.

READ MORE

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The Beach Boy With A Dark Side

1970s Songs That Were More Famous Than The Musicians Who Sang Them.

Famous Singers Who Spent Years As Backup Vocalists Before Getting Their Own Hit

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