80s music video vixen Tawny Kitaen dead at 59

Julie E. "Tawny" Kitaen (left), who famously appeared in several music videos for the rock group Whitesnake in the '80s, has died.

Julie E. "Tawny" Kitaen, who famously appeared in several music videos for the rock group Whitesnake in the '80s, has died. The Orange County, Calif. coroner's office, which listed her as Tawny Finley, stated that she died at her home in Newport Beach on Friday morning, but a cause of death has not been revealed. She was 59.

Born in San Diego. California, Kitaen's first introduction to the rock world came in 1983 when she appeared on the cover of back-to-back albums by heavy metal band RATT, including the band's self-titled 1983 debut and the triple-platinum Out of the Cellar, in 1984. Kitaen was dating RATT guitarist Robbin Crosby at the time.