Tawny Kitaen dies: 1980s rock music video star, VH1 reality star and Seinfeld vet was 59

Los Angeles Times

Kitaen, whose cause of death hasn't been announced, became an icon of 1980s rock music videos on MTV with appearances in Whitesnake's “Still of the Night,” “Is This Love,” “The Deeper the Love” and “Here I Go Again." She went on to star in the NBC soap opera Santa Barbara and The New WKRP in Cincinnati. In 1991, she guest-starred on Seinfeld's "The Nose Job" episode, playing a woman whom Jerry finds sexually attractive but dumb and irritating. She also guest-starred on Married with Children and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. In the 2000s, Kitaen starred in two VH1 celebreality shows: The Surreal Life in 2006 and Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew in 2008.