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The King, McQueen and the Love Machine

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Contains 55 pictures! From 1970 to 1972, Barbara Leigh and Elvis Presley embarked on a torrid love affair from the moment they locked eyes. At the time, Leigh was a world-class model and actress whose looks and beauty embodied the naturalistic seventie

332 pages, Hardcover

First published June 28, 2002

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Barbara Leigh (born Barbara Ann Kish, November 16, 1946) is a former American actress and fashion model. Her breakthrough role came in 1972 with the film Junior Bonner, which she starred alongside her then-boyfriend Steve McQueen. She later became the first model to wear the Vampirella costume on the cover of the original Warren Vampirella magazine.

In 2002, she published a memoir titled The King, McQueen, and The Love Machine, which accounts her romances with McQueen, Elvis Presley, and Jim Aubrey in the early 1970s.

In January 2014, Barbara Leigh retired from Playboy Enterprises Inc. after working with the company for almost 17 years.

Leigh developed hyperthyroidism (Graves' disease) and has been spokeswoman for the National Graves' Disease Foundation

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July 14, 2009
What a Woman Barbara Leigh is. I felt like I rode her roller coaster life with her. This book draws you in with it's incredibly sexy and alluring true story. A girls fairy tale with all the raw and honesty that we often wish to forget...
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