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Post #524080 by JOHN-O on Thu, Apr 15, 2010 9:25 AM

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Great pic although I don't think that MM in hula attire is particularly Exotic or Tiki. MM is significant in that she was a major sex symbol during the peak of Tiki during the early 1960's.

I consider this her most iconic performance when she sang "Happy Birthday" to JFK (when she wasn't "blowing out his candles" in private).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqolSvoWNck&feature=related

Was her suspicious death somehow connected to her affairs with both Kennedy brothers?

That remains a great mystery (conspiracy?) during that golden age of Tiki.