THE PLAYBOY CURSE CONTINUES; FORMER PLAYBOY CENTERFOLD FOUND DEAD

One-time Playboy centerfold Jennifer Lyn Jackson-Thompson, was found dead Friday at her trailer home in Ohio.

Jackson, 40, was Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the month in April of  1989.

Westlake Lt. Larry Stephens said the Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Office would determine her cause of death, but noted there were no obvious signs of foul play. Police said because she had a history of drug abuse, toxicology tests would be performed.

“Her husband called us and officers found her in her trailer in Schneider’s Trailer Park on Center Ridge Road,” said Stephens. “When someone drops dead at 40, it’s unusual.”

In late July 2007, she was cited for disorderly conduct while intoxicated after she and her husband caused a disturbance at their home. Police also arrested her husband, James Thompson.

According to court records, in 2005, she was also charged with receiving stolen property by Westlake police, but that case was dropped in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court when the victim failed to appear in court.