Dayle Haddon, Actress and Supermodel, Dies at 76 After Suspected Carbon Monoxide Leak at Hallmark Star Marc Blucas' Home

Dayle Haddon, actress and former supermodel, died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. She was 76 years old.

Solebury Township police arrived at the Bucks County, Penn., home of her son-in-law, Hallmark star Marc Blucas, around 6:30 a.m. local time on Friday, Dec. 27, after receiving a 911 call, a representative for the department tells PEOPLE.

According to a police report, authorities found a 76-year-old man passed out on the first floor of the home. He was rushed to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ, where he is being treated. Police later confirmed to PEOPLE that it was Walter Blucas.

Meanwhile, the woman was found dead in a bedroom on the second floor. In the statement for USA TodayEliot Gross, deputy coroner for Bucks County, confirmed that it was Dayle. He added that a toxicology report is being conducted to determine her official cause of death.

Other family members, who were in the main house on the property, were not affected by the alleged carbon monoxide leak, ABC 6 reported.

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Dayle Haddon in May 2024.

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Two doctors were transported to a local hospital for carbon monoxide exposure, while one police officer was treated at the scene, police said.

Authorities told PEOPLE that the leak “appears to be caused by a faulty boiler vent.”

A Blucas representative did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Saturday, Dec. 28.

The investigation is ongoing, the police said.

Dayle Haddon, photographed in 2020.

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Dayle has signed contracts with four major cosmetics companies — Revlon, Max Factor, Estée Lauder and L’Oréal — during her modeling career, according to her website.

She especially appeared on the cover in 1973 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition and acted in films such as Disney’s The world’s greatest athlete and North Dallas forty with Nick Nolte.

Dayle, who has written two books, Eternal beauty and 5 principles of eternal lifewas also featured on the covers Vogue, Elle and Cosmopolitan over the years.

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In an Instagram post on Dec. 27, Dayle’s daughter, Ryan Haddon, remembered her mother with a lengthy tribute. She shared a selection of photos from her mom’s magazine covers, as well as some of the Canadian-born model who works as an ambassador for the humanitarian aid organization UNICEF.

“The bright light that was Dayle has dimmed in this earthly realm. It shines as brightly as ever where it is most needed, I have no doubt,” Ryan began.

“She was a woman in her power, but soft and attentive to everyone. Deeply creative and curious, endowed with beauty inside and out. Always kind and considerate,” she continued of her famous mother. “In conversation she could go to the deepest places and also soar to the highest heights of spiritual understanding. She held them up so much, saw their greatness sometimes hidden from them, and always built bridges with her connections to help them ascend. She was everyone’s greatest champion. An inspiration to many.

Dayle Haddon, pictured on the set of Le Dernier Amant romantique.

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“I always believe in timing,” Ryan added in her Instagram caption. “There are no accidents and surely how we enter and exit this world is mystical and unknowable. She was a high-hearted spiritual being who valued the evolution of her soul, so I know her journey here in this dimension must have been completed.

“I honor her. I bow to her. I respect all the paths and adventures I have taken. I saw that she was golden and always reaching for the Light in all areas of her life,” she concluded. “Thank you to everyone who was part of her journey who helped shape, enrich and activate her to become the absolute gem that she is. She loved them so much.”

“Pure heart. A rich inner life. Touching so many lives. A life well lived. Rest in light mom,” Ryan captioned his heartfelt tribute.

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