<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dayle Haddon, an actor, activist and trailblazing former </span><em><span>Sports Illustrated </span></em><span>model who pushed back against age discrimination by reentering the industry as a widow, has died in a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="" title="US"><span>US</span></a><span> home from what authorities believe was carbon monoxide poisoning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Authorities in Bucks County, Pennsylvania found Haddon, 76, dead in a second-floor bedroom on Friday morning after emergency dispatchers were notified about a person unconscious at the Solebury Township home. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 76-year-old man police later identified as Walter J. Blucas of Erie was hospitalised in critical condition.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/newly-released-pictures-show-joe-biden-meeting-hunter-bidens-chinese-business-partners/e808ca1f-c802-4322-9094-f46eb0e3adf7"><strong><span>Newly released pictures show Joe Biden meeting Hunter Biden's Chinese business partners</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Responders detected a high level of carbon monoxide in the property and township police said Saturday that investigators determined that “a faulty flue and exhaust pipe on a gas heating system caused the carbon monoxide leak”. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two paramedics were taken to a hospital for carbon monoxide exposure and a police officer was treated at the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As a model, Haddon appeared on the covers of </span><em><span>Vogue</span></em><span>, </span><em><span>Cosmopolitan</span></em><span>, </span><em><span>Elle </span></em><span>and </span><em><span>Esquire </span></em><span>in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as the 1973 </span><em><span>Sports Illustrated</span></em><span> swimsuit issue. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/trailblazing-model-dayle-haddon-dies-from-suspected-carbon-monoxide-poisoning/6a70f34f-d50e-4e2f-8433-b1796eb26681" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She also appeared in about two dozen films from the 1970s to 1990s, according to IMDb.com, including 1994’s </span><em><span>Bullets Over Broadway</span></em><span>, starring John Cusack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Haddon left modelling after giving birth to her daughter, Ryan, in the mid-1970s, but then had to reenter the workforce after her husband's 1991 death. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This time she found the modeling industry far less friendly: “They said to me, ‘At 38, you’re not viable,’” Haddon told </span><em><span>The New York Times</span></em><span> in 2003.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Working a menial job at an advertising agency, Haddon began reaching out to cosmetic companies, telling them there was a growing market to sell beauty products to aging baby boomers. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She eventually landed a contract with Clairol, followed by Estée Lauder and then L’Oreal, for which she promoted the company's anti-aging products for more than a decade. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She also hosted beauty segments for CBS’s </span><em><span>The Early Show</span></em><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I kept modelling, but in a different way," she told </span><em><span>The Times</span></em><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> “I became a spokesperson for my age.”</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/vladimir-putin-apologises-to-azerbaijani-leader-for-tragic-incident-involving-crashed-azerbaijani-plane/0d0f23ff-81d4-4f84-bef4-d45a5f2b87ab"><strong><span>Putin apologises for 'tragic incident' but doesn't say Azerbaijani plane shot down</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In 2008, Haddon founded WomenOne, an organisation aimed at advancing educational opportunities for girls and women in marginalised communities, including Rwanda, Haiti and Jordan.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Haddon was born in Toronto and began modelling as a teenager to pay for ballet classes — she began her career with the Canadian ballet company Les Grands Ballet Canadiens, according to her website.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Haddon's daughter, Ryan, said in a social media post that her mother was “everyone’s greatest champion. An inspiration to many.”</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“A pure heart. A rich inner life. Touching so many lives. A life well lived. Rest in Light, Mom,” she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><strong><span>Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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