Connie Kreski was born Constance Joanne Kornacki.
10 Facts About Connie Kreski
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In January 1968, Kreski posed in the centerfold as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month.
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Connie Kreski subsequently won Playmate of the Year honors for 1969.
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Connie Kreski was Miss January 1969 in the Playboy calendar for that year and featured again in the 1970 calendar.
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Connie Kreski briefly worked as a psychiatric care assistant at a hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan before being discovered at a University of Michigan football game by a Playboy scout [1].
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In Europe, Connie Kreski got a name for being photographed by Frank Habicht.
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Connie Kreski was a member of the murdered actress's social circle, and considered Sharon Tate, who was quite similar in physical appearance, a very close friend.
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Connie Kreski was among those invited to the mansion Tate shared with her husband, director Roman Polanski, on the fatal night of August 9,1969.
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Connie Kreski penned an article for the Detroit Free Press discussing her immediate reaction to the death of Tate roughly a week after the incident.
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Connie Kreski died of a blocked carotid artery on March 21,1995, in Beverly Hills, California.