{"id":291190,"date":"2020-04-20T15:07:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T21:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1142808"},"modified":"2020-04-20T15:07:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T21:07:02","slug":"playboy-playmate-ashley-mattingly-dead-at-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/playboy-playmate-ashley-mattingly-dead-at-33\/","title":{"rendered":"Playboy Playmate Ashley Mattingly Dead at 33"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2020320\/rs_600x600-200420130138-600-Ashley-Mattingly--rip.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"41.332436069987\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"22.907133243607\">\n<p>Former&nbsp;<em>Playboy&nbsp;<\/em>Playmate&nbsp;<strong>Ashley Mattingly<\/strong>&nbsp;is dead at the age of 33, E! News has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The Travis County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office in Austin, Tex. confirmed the news, but have not yet reached an official cause of death. Mattingly&#8217;s family, however, told&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/04\/20\/playmate-ashley-mattingly-dead-dies-suicide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TMZ<\/a> that she died of an apparent suicide on Wednesday, April 15.<\/p>\n<p>According to the outlet, a friend of Mattingly contacted authorities to conduct a wellness check after they were unable to get in contact with her. Mattingly was found unresponsive at her home two days later on Friday, April 17.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The model found fame as&nbsp;<em>Playboy<\/em>&#8216;s Miss March in 2011.&nbsp;In the years since, Mattingly mostly shied away from the spotlight, but clearly maintained a close relationship with her loved ones.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"54.083333333333\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"7.3333333333333\">\n<p>Her twin brother,&nbsp;<strong>Billy Mattingly<\/strong>, mourned the tragic loss on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BillyCalifornia.SkyWalker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, remembering Ashley as a &#8220;rockstar&#8221; and &#8220;beauty queen.&#8221; He also shared several photos of the late star through the years, including one with&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/hugh_hefner\">Hugh Hefner<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"59\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"8\">\n<p>Mattingly&#8217;s sister, <strong>Christy DeWeese<\/strong>, also wrote on Facebook, &#8220;Because I can&#8217;t find the words to say I will just leave this here. I love you and will miss you every day. Fly high sister, I know you are the most gorgeous angel in heaven!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"34\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">If you or someone you know needs help, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1142808\/playboy-playmate-ashley-mattingly-dead-at-33?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former&nbsp;Playboy&nbsp;Playmate&nbsp;Ashley Mattingly&nbsp;is dead at the age of 33, E! News has learned. The Travis County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office in Austin, Tex. confirmed the news, but have not yet reached an official cause of death. Mattingly&#8217;s family, however, told&nbsp;TMZ that she died of an apparent suicide on Wednesday, April 15. 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