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Talitha Getty

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The Resume

    (October 18, 1940-July 14, 1971)
    Born in Bali, Indonesia
    Second wife of oil heir Paul Getty
    Died by heroin overdose at 30

Why she might be annoying:

    She abused drugs.
    She named her son 'Tara Gabriel Galaxy Gramophone.'
    Her film career flopped.
    Claus Von Bulow introduced her to Paul Getty.
    In 1966, she married Getty in a mink-trimmed mini-skirt.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She and her mother were briefly held in an internment camp.
    She was famed for her magnetic beauty.
    She became a 1960s fashion icon.
    She turned a gay man, Rudolf Nureyev, straight--momentarily.

Credit: Black Chic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 20 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 21 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 61 Votes: 65.57% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 92 Votes: 65.22% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 35 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 46 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 98 Votes: 69.39% Annoying