June Cochran


June Cochran was an American model and beauty queen.

Biography

Cochran was born in East Tennessee and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana after her sophomore year in high school. She won the Miss Indiana USA pageant in 1960, but was unplaced at the national competition. She was also Miss Indiana World 1962, but unplaced at Miss USA World 1962. She later was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1962 issue, and Playmate of the Year for 1963. Her original pictorial was photographed by Don Bronstein. She was also a Playboy Bunny at the Chicago club.
Cochran died in Madison, Wisconsin, at the age of 61. She is survived by her children, Jay and Gary Bedell and Lorena Engelhart; sisters Dana and Diana; grandchildren, Ethan Schluter, Jay, Joshua, Makayla and Melissa Bedell.