Jayne Mansfield - Close to Home

Rusty has this book called, "Amazing but False." I think he got for Christmas. It's all these "facts" you might have thought were true but are not. It has an explanation for each as well. It's really cool if you ask me.

I read this one and thought, "How did I not know this?" (I think I sorta did, but never paid that much attention until now.)
Jayne Mansfield is that close to home? I mean New Orleans... but even closer to that...Slidell. (...that's my hometown.)
...and what's even "funnier on the side" or maybe "scarier on the side" is that my mom grew up on a street called Mansfield.

What's even stranger is that the book that might have perpetuated the rumor that Jayne was decapitated, I randomly picked up last week. I mean randomly. I saw a title of "Hollywood Babylon" and thought, "That's right up my alley." I had just started to read it but had not read about her yet. CRAZY!
Now I read this - WEIRD! (It makes me nervous.)

She died in a car crash when she rear ended a truck that slowed because of a mosqito fogger. If you don't live in New Orleans you might not even know about the crazy trucks. ...that's too much.

You can find out more about this fierce woman at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Mansfield and on a website that is managed by the "business representative of the Estate of Jayne Mansfield." at http://www.jaynemansfield.com/.
This was a pretty detailed website I found. http://www.walkerpub.com/radio_jaynemansfield.html

I am loving Hollywood. ...and the scandals. It seems right now, I am on a kick for the 20's to the 40's. I am fascinated with Hollywood and that era.
When it collies with my true heart in New Orleans, I can't get enough.
She's my new favorite Hollywood blonde icon.