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Famous groupie Cynthia Plaster Caster has left her mortal coil.
Cynthia Albritton, aka Cynthia Plaster Caster, the superfan famed for making molds of the private parts of rock musicians, died Thursday in Chicago, according to a friend, musician Babette Novak, and the funeral organization handling her arrangements.
The longtime Lincoln Park resident would have turned 75 next month, Novak said.
Ms. Albritton called herself “a reformed groupie.” But, to many, she was an avant-garde artist.
She got the idea for her plaster casts from her art teacher at the University of Illinois Chicago and made them using Jeltrate dental mold, plaster and water, she said in a 2010 interview with the Chicago Sun-Times.
Ms. Albritton was featured in documentaries including “Plaster Caster” and “Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies.”
Her molds — which she referred to as her “sweet babies” — included Jimi Hendrix, his bassist Noel Redding, Eric Burdon of the Animals, Wayne Kramer of the MC5 and singer-songwriter Anthony Newley.
Cynthia Albritton, aka Cynthia Plaster Caster, the superfan famed for making molds of the private parts of rock musicians, died Thursday in Chicago, according to a friend, musician Babette Novak, and the funeral organization handling her arrangements.
The longtime Lincoln Park resident would have turned 75 next month, Novak said.
Ms. Albritton called herself “a reformed groupie.” But, to many, she was an avant-garde artist.
She got the idea for her plaster casts from her art teacher at the University of Illinois Chicago and made them using Jeltrate dental mold, plaster and water, she said in a 2010 interview with the Chicago Sun-Times.
Ms. Albritton was featured in documentaries including “Plaster Caster” and “Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies.”
Her molds — which she referred to as her “sweet babies” — included Jimi Hendrix, his bassist Noel Redding, Eric Burdon of the Animals, Wayne Kramer of the MC5 and singer-songwriter Anthony Newley.
Cynthia Albritton, aka Cynthia Plaster Caster, superfan famed for making molds of rock stars’ private parts, dead at 74
She got the idea for her plaster casts from her art teacher at the University of Illinois Chicago and made them using Jeltrate dental mold, plaster and water.
chicago.suntimes.com