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{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
| name = Gloria Root
| name = Gloria Root
| issue = December 1969
| issue = December 1969
| birthname =
| birth_name =
| birthplace = Chicago [[Illinois]], United States
| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], United States
| birthdate = {{birth date|1948|5|28|mf=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|5|28|mf=y}}
| deathdate = {{death date and age|2006|1|8|1948|5|28|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|1|8|1948|5|28|mf=y}}<ref name=wekinglypigs />
| deathplace = [[San Francisco, California]], United States
| death_place = [[San Francisco, California]], United States
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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=2}}<ref name=wekinglypigs />
| bust = 34"
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| preceded = [[Claudia Jennings]]
| waist = 23"
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| succeeded = [[Jill Taylor (model)|Jill Taylor]]
| hips = 34"
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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=2}}
| weight = {{convert|105|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on}}
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| preceded = [[Claudia Jennings]]
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| succeeded = [[Jill Taylor (model)|Jill Taylor]]
| website =
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'''Gloria Root''' (May 28, 1948 in Chicago &mdash; January 8, 2006 in [[San Francisco]]) was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playmate of the Month]] for the December 1969 issue. Her [[centerfold]] was photographed by [[Pompeo Posar]].
'''Gloria Root''' (May 28, 1948 &ndash; January 8, 2006)<ref name=wekinglypigs>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=root%2C+gloria&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=January 29, 2010}}</ref> was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for the December 1969 issue. Her [[centerfold]] was photographed by [[Pompeo Posar]].<ref name=wekinglypigs />


==Biography==
==Biography==
Before her Playboy appearance she worked as a telephone company service
representative in Chicago.

===Education===
===Education===
Root started her higher education at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]], but later transferred to [[Northwestern University]], to major in political science. She graduated from [[Rhode Island School of Design]] with degrees in fine arts and architecture. She then took a Master's Degree in City Planning and Architecture at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].
Root started her higher education at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]], but later transferred to [[Northwestern University]], to major in political science. She graduated from [[Rhode Island School of Design]] with degrees in fine arts and architecture. She then took a master's degree in City Planning and a Master's of Architecture at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref name=sanfranchron>{{cite news
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|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/22/MNROOTGLOR36.DTL

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|publisher=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]
===Drug offense===
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|date=2006-01-22
With the money from Playboy she decided to tour Europe.
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|title=Gloria M. Root
Root went to [[Afghanistan]], traveled to [[Turkey]], and then to
|access-date=2006-10-27}}</ref>
Greece. In January 1970, Root was detained in a Greek jail on a charge of [[marijuana]] [[smuggling]]. She was arrested with her boyfriend, Cory Parker, in a [[Volkswagen]] loaded with 17.5 kilos of [[hashish]], then valued at $50,000. She was sentenced to eighteen months in jail. Parker received a term of five years.

Both appealed their sentences. While imprisoned in [[Corfu, Greece]] the Playmate was interviewed by journalist [[Georgie Anne Geyer]]. Root denied knowing about the hashish, which was beneath the car seat. She disclosed that her boyfriend knew it was there. She told Geyer that even if she had known about it, "I wouldn't have done anything about it. I'm not sorry we did it but I'm sorry we got caught."

Geyer talked with Root's parents who lived in [[Flossmoor, Illinois]]. They were worried that their daughter was sick. Root said she was all right but had run out of [[combined oral contraceptive pill|birth control pills]] shortly after her arrest, and feared she might become pregnant because she was upset. In jail she was occasionally allowed to walk outside in a small courtyard. She claimed to have funds on hand from her Playmate fee. Root believed her problems began when she worked with the telephone company. "I was bored to death. I couldn't stand it. Then one day I tried [[methadrine]], and I just never went back to work again."


===Career===
===Career===
In 1980, she opened her own planning firm, Planning Analysis and Development, in San Francisco. She headed the firm until 1998, when she relocated to New York. While in New York, Root headed the strategic planning services division of [[Skidmore, Owings and Merrill]]. She returned to San Francisco in 2002 to a job as a project manager for Auberge Resorts. She later took a senior position with RBF Consulting.
In 1980, she opened her own planning firm, Planning Analysis and Development, in San Francisco. She headed the firm until 1998, when she relocated to New York. While in New York, Root headed the strategic planning services division of [[Skidmore, Owings and Merrill]]. She returned to San Francisco in 2002 to a job as a project manager for Auberge Resorts. She later took a senior position with RBF Consulting.<ref name=sanfranchron /> From 1990 to 1998, Root was a board member of San Francisco Urban Planning + Research Association, a public-policy think-tank promoting good government and sustainable urban planning.<ref name=sanfranchron />

From 1990 to 1998, Root was a board member of San Francisco Urban Planning + Research Association, a public-policy think-tank promoting good government and sustainable urban planning.


===Private life===
===Private life===
In 1970 she was arrested in Greece, convicted of [[smuggling]] 38 pounds (17 Kilos) of [[hashish]] across the border from Turkey, and received a prison sentence of 10 months.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904284-2,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427043221/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904284-2,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 27, 2010 | magazine=Time | title=Americans Abroad: The Jail Scene | date=April 13, 1970}}</ref> She was married to Richard Dodson in 1984; they were divorced at the time of her death. Her daughter, Francesca, was born in 1986.<ref name=sanfranchron /> Root died from cancer in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=gloria-m-root&pid=16408416|title = Gloria M. Root Obituary (2006) San Francisco Chronicle| website=[[Legacy.com]] }}</ref>
She was married to Richard Dodson in 1984; they were divorced at the time of her death. Her daughter, Francesca, was born in 1986.


===Death===
==See also==
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* [[List of people in Playboy 1960–1969]]
Gloria Root died of cancer in 2006.


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
* {{cite news
* {{cite news
|publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]]
|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]
|title=Playmate Tells of Life in Greek Jail
|title=Playmate Tells of Life in Greek Jail
|date=1970-01-18
|date=1970-01-18
|page=A7}}
|page=A7}}

* {{cite web
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|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/22/MNROOTGLOR36.DTL
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|publisher=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]
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|date=2006-01-22
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|title=Gloria M. Root
|accessdate=2006-10-27}}<br>Gloria Root's Obituary in the [[San Francisco Chronicle]]

==See also==
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* [[List of people in Playboy 1960-1969]]


==External links==
==External links==
* {{playmate|1969|12}}
* {{playmate|gloria-root|Gloria Root}}
* [http://www.spur.org San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association]
* [http://www.spur.org San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association]


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[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Chicago, Illinois]]
[[Category:Models from Chicago]]
[[Category:American female adult models]]
[[Category:1960s Playboy Playmates]]
[[Category:Playboy Playmates from 1960-1969]]
[[Category:Rhode Island School of Design alumni]]
[[Category:Cancer deaths in California]]
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in California]]

Latest revision as of 03:40, 23 July 2023

Gloria Root
Playboy centerfold appearance
December 1969
Preceded byClaudia Jennings
Succeeded byJill Taylor
Personal details
Born(1948-05-28)May 28, 1948
Chicago, Illinois, United States
DiedJanuary 8, 2006(2006-01-08) (aged 57)[1]
San Francisco, California, United States
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[1]

Gloria Root (May 28, 1948 – January 8, 2006)[1] was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the December 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.[1]

Biography

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Root started her higher education at the University of Illinois, but later transferred to Northwestern University, to major in political science. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with degrees in fine arts and architecture. She then took a master's degree in City Planning and a Master's of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley.[2]

Career

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In 1980, she opened her own planning firm, Planning Analysis and Development, in San Francisco. She headed the firm until 1998, when she relocated to New York. While in New York, Root headed the strategic planning services division of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. She returned to San Francisco in 2002 to a job as a project manager for Auberge Resorts. She later took a senior position with RBF Consulting.[2] From 1990 to 1998, Root was a board member of San Francisco Urban Planning + Research Association, a public-policy think-tank promoting good government and sustainable urban planning.[2]

Private life

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In 1970 she was arrested in Greece, convicted of smuggling 38 pounds (17 Kilos) of hashish across the border from Turkey, and received a prison sentence of 10 months.[3] She was married to Richard Dodson in 1984; they were divorced at the time of her death. Her daughter, Francesca, was born in 1986.[2] Root died from cancer in 2006.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved January 29, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d "Gloria M. Root". San Francisco Chronicle. 2006-01-22. Retrieved 2006-10-27.
  3. ^ "Americans Abroad: The Jail Scene". Time. April 13, 1970. Archived from the original on April 27, 2010.
  4. ^ "Gloria M. Root Obituary (2006) San Francisco Chronicle". Legacy.com.
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