Carol Vitale (born November 14, 1947 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, died July 23, 2008 in Aventura, Florida) was an American model and television program hostess/personality. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1974 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by David Chan.
In all, she appeared in three Playboy pictorials, as well as the cover of the August 1972 issue wearing a white bikini and floating on a rabbit head shaped innertube in the ocean, nearly a year before she was a Playmate. She came to Playboy's attention while working as a Bunny at the Miami Playboy Club.
In the early 1980s, Vitale became interested in broadcasting, and learned the ropes at KIIS-FM, a Los Angeles radio station. This led to her getting her very own talk show, The Carol Vitale Show. Additionally, she designed lingerie for Frederick's of Hollywood.
Vitale died on July 23, 2008 at her condo in Aventura, Florida as a result of complications from lupus, scleroderma, and osteoporosis, from which she had been suffering in recent years.
Playboy's Playmate of the Month Titles:
Playboy USA - July 1974
Playboy France - July 1974
Playboy Germany - July 1974
Playboy Italy - July 1974
