Kymberly Herrin obit

Kymberly Herrin, Playboy Playmate From 'Ghostbusters', Dead at 65

 

She was not on the list.

Kimberly Herrin, the former Playboy Playmate who appeared in an infamous sex scene in the classic movie Ghostbusters, has died at the age of 65, according to the Santa Barbara News-Press.

 The outlet reported on Tuesday that Herrin passed away peacefully on October 28 in Santa Barbara, California. A cause of death has not been publicly revealed.

 On October 28, Herrin's niece, Theresa Ramirez, took to Facebook to share a photo of the model and actress with her two late sisters posing together on a beach.

 Herrin had shared the same image on her own Facebook page back in October 2014.

Captioning the image, Ramirez wrote: "They are all together now. [Broken heart emoji.] Aunt Kymberly Herrin. I love you [heart emoji]."

 The post sparked a flood of condolences and tributes from family friends, one of whom wrote of Herrin: "She was so special to so many people, I am not sure she knew how many people loved and adored her. Her humor and her sensitivity towards others always touched me. Words are not enough. Heartache."

 California native Herrin, who resided in Santa Barbara up until her death, according to the paper's obituary, graced the covers of several magazines, and appeared in the video for 1983 ZZ Top track "Legs."

 Herrin also made appearances in such enduring classic 1980s movies as Romancing the Stone and the original Ghostbusters.

 In Ghostbusters, which was released in 1984, Herrin appeared as a ghost who had a suggested tryst with Dan Aykroyd's character Ray Stantz.

While Stanz dreamed, the alluring apparition was seen hovering above his bed before undoing his belt buckle. The scene suggested that the ghost had performed a sex act on Stantz.

 During an interview with Polygon in 2021, Aykroyd recounted the sequence as he remembered working with Herrin.

 "Yes, I remember the woman who played that. Her name was Kym Herrin, and she was a Playboy Playmate. She played the ghost. Like, I wish they'd let that scene go a little longer," he said.

 Aykroyd went on to state that such a scenario is not particularly far-fetched.

"Sexual encounters with spirits are very, very common," he added. "And there are some people that I know that have a house that have a presence and they don't try to purge it. They say, You know what, I'm going to stay with it and I'll live with it." However anyone with a brain knows they are demonic and lead to despair and depression.

 Per the News-Press, Herrin is survived by her mother Billie Dodson and brother Mark Herrin, as well as nieces and nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews.

 The family has requested donations in Herrin's memory to the American Cancer Society to aid further research into preventing and treating breast cancer.

 Kymberly Ellen Herrin was born on October 2, 1957, in Santa Barbara County, California. She's of mixed French-Swedish-Filipino descent. Herrin graduated from Santa Barbara Senior High School in 1975. She was the Playmate of the Month in the March 1981 issue of "Playboy." She graced the covers of both the September 1982 and September 1983 issues of "Playboy." Herrin posed for a handful of "Playboy" special editions and was featured in a couple of "Playboy" videos. In addition, she modeled for other clients such as Ralph Lauren and "FIT" magazine (she also did fitness and swimwear ads for this particular magazine). Herrin has acted in a few movies: she played Angelina in the prologue for Romancing the Stone (1984), had a memorably sexy bit as a sensuous specter Dan Aykroyd has an erotic dream about in Ghostbusters (1984) and was appropriately cast as a Playboy Playmate in Beverly Hills Cop II (1987).

 Even more memorably, Kymberly was the blonde woman in red in the music video for "Legs" by ZZ Top and even made a guest appearance on an episode of the TV series Matt Houston (1982). Herrin attended Santa Barbara City College from 1991 to 1994. She still lives in Santa Barbara, California.

 

Actress

Squanderers (1996)

Squanderers

Linda (as Kimberly Herrin)

1996

 

Sim Sadler, Rich Uber, and Gary Buonanno in ZZ Top: Greatest Hits (1992)

ZZ Top: Greatest Hits

Blonde ZZ Top Girl in Red ('Legs")

Video

1992

 

Patrick Swayze and Kelly Lynch in Road House (1989)

Road House

Party Girl

1989

 

Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

Beverly Hills Cop II

Playboy Playmate

1987

 

Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Bruce Kulick, Eric Carr, and KISS in Kiss: X-treme Close-Up (1992)

KISS: eXposed

Bikini Babe

Video

1987

 

Moving Violations (1985)

Moving Violations

Queen (as Kym Herrin)

1985

 

Denzel Washington, Ed Begley Jr., David Morse, Howie Mandel, Cynthia Sikes, Ellen Bry, William Daniels, and Ed Flanders in St. Elsewhere (1982)

St. Elsewhere

Hawkins' dream

TV Series

1984

1 episode

 

Advance, 1 Sheet

Ghostbusters

Dream Ghost (as Kym Herrin)

1984

 

Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and ZZ Top in ZZ Top: Legs (1984)

ZZ Top: Legs

Eliminator Girl

Music Video

1984

 

Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone (1984)

Romancing the Stone

Angelina (as Kym Herrin)

1984

 

Lee Horsley in Matt Houston (1982)

Matt Houston

Model

TV Series

1984

1 episode

 

Frank Beard, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and ZZ Top in ZZ Top: Sharp Dressed Man (1983)

ZZ Top: Sharp Dressed Man

Eliminator Girl

Music Video

1983

 

ZZ Top: Gimme All Your Lovin' (1983)

ZZ Top: Gimme All Your Lovin'

Eliminator Girl

Music Video

1983