Dayle Haddon spoke candidly on ageism in the fashion industry in her final appearance before her sudden death.
The former supermodel, who died Friday from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at age 76, posted a clip of her appearance on Claudia Mahler’s “Shift Happens” podcast, to Instagram on Dec.19 — just eight days before her death.
In the caption, Haddon wrote it was a “pleasure” to join the host and discuss “aging gracefully, tuning into the gifts every age offers [and] knowing your worth and your values” on the podcast.
“We as women, and the girls, have to be sovereign and own our life that every age has gifts to give us. Every age has secrets,” she shared on the podcast.
“And if we desperately hold on to the prior age, afraid to blossom into the other ages, we will never hear what those ages have to offer us.”
Haddon was found dead in a second-floor bedroom of a detached in-law suite at a home on the 6900 block of Phillips Mill Road in Solebury Township, Pa on Friday.
The million-dollar home is owned by her daughter, Ryan Haddon, and son-in-law Hallmark actor Marc Blucas, according to 6ABC News.
First responders were called to the property just after 6:30 a.m. Friday after receiving reports of a 76-year-old man lying unconscious on the first floor of the suite, the Solebury Township Police Department said.
The unidentified man was removed from the building and brought to a nearby hospital before rescuers learned that the woman, later identified as Haddon, was still inside.
The model was discovered inside and pronounced dead at the scene.
Blucas and Ryan Haddon purchased the “old farmhouse” in 2012 for $1 million, and completely restored the property that dated back to 1711, Blucas told Wide Open Country.
The New Hope Eagle Volunteer Fire Company detected a “high level of carbon monoxide” on the property.
Two medics were hospitalized due to exposure to the poisonous gas and a police officer was treated at the scene for injuries with all three in stable condition, the police department said.
No one in the main home was injured, with police believing a heating unit malfunctioned causing the high levels of carbon monoxide, CBS reported.
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