Actress and model Dayle Haddon has died and another person has been hospitalized after a carbon monoxide leak in a Pennsylvania home, authorities said.
Haddon modeled for brands including Estée Lauder and L’Oreal, and appeared on the front of magazines including Sports Illustrated and Vogue Paris in the 1970s.
Police said they received a call at 06:31 local time (01:31 GMT) on Friday reporting that a 76-year-old man had died on the first floor of a detached house in Bucks County.
A 76-year-old woman, later identified as Haddon, was found dead in a second-floor basement.
The man – whom police described as in critical condition at a hospital in New Jersey – has been identified as Walter J. Blucas, Haddon’s son and daughter.
Records show that the home belongs to Haddon’s daughter, former journalist Ryan Haddon, and her husband, actor Marc Blucas, according to the BBC’s US partner, CBS News.
A preliminary investigation found that there was a leak in the endosi pipe working in the building’s heating system, police said.
They added that the high level of carbon monoxide in the area affected emergency services, two doctors were hospitalized due to carbon monoxide and a police officer was treated at the scene.
Dayle Haddon was born and raised in Quebec, Canada, and began her career as a ballerina.
She moved to the US to pursue a career in modeling, and later worked in film, starring in films including The World’s Greatest Athlete, released in 1973, and North Dallas Forty, released in 1979.
He pays tribute to his mother, Ryan Haddon he wrote on Instagram that Dayle had a “pure heart” and a “good life”.
“She was a woman in her power, yet gentle and attentive to everyone. Deeply intelligent and curious, gifted with beauty inside and out. Always kind and considerate,” he said.
“He was a spiritual person with a high heart who placed importance on the evolution of his soul, so I know that his journey here at this stage must have ended.”
