Model dies in suspected carbon monoxide leak

Actress and model Dayle Haddon died and another person was hospitalized due to a carbon monoxide leak at a home in Pennsylvania, authorities said.

Haddon modeled for brands such as Estée Lauder and L’Oreal, and appeared on the cover of magazines such as 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 passed out on the first floor of a detached building at a home in Bucks County.

A 76-year-old woman, later identified as Haddon, was found dead in a second-floor bedroom.

The man, who police described as being in critical condition at a New Jersey hospital, was identified as Walter J. Blucas, whose son is married to Haddon’s daughter.

Records show the house is owned by 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 a defective exhaust pipe in the building’s heating system caused the leak, police said.

They added that high levels of carbon monoxide at the property had affected emergency services, with two doctors hospitalized for carbon monoxide exposure and a police officer treated at the scene.

Dayle Haddon was born and raised in Quebec, Canada, and began her career as a dancer.

She moved to the US to pursue a modeling career and later worked in film, appearing in films such as The World’s Greatest Athlete, released in 1973, and North Dallas Forty, released in 1979.

Paying tribute to his mother, Ryan Haddon wrote on Instagram that Dayle had “a pure heart” and “a life well lived.”

“She was a woman in her power, but soft and attentive to everyone. Deeply creative and curious, endowed with beauty inside and out. Always kind and considerate,” he said.

“She was a big-hearted spiritual being who valued the evolution of her soul, so I know that her journey here in this dimension must have been complete.”