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Lucy Needham

Susan Shaw dead: Page 3 girl dies aged 70 after four-year lung cancer battle

Page 3 girl Susan Shaw has died at the age of 70.

The model, who famously turned down rocker Rod Stewart and posed nude with F1 driver James Hunt, passed away on Wednesday.

Susan passed away on Wednesday following a four year battle with lung cancer.

Her daughter Kim, 37, told The Sun: "I’m really proud of her and her work. She travelled all over the world and met amazing people.

Susan Shaw, posing with racing driver James Hunt in 1973, has died at the age of 70 (Mirrorpix)

“She was also good friends with Linda Lusardi and Samantha Bond.

“Her friend told me Rod Stewart pursued her and even contacted her agent to ask her out. But she wasn’t interested."

Susan modelled well into her 50s and was fictionalised in the 2013 movie Rush, starring Chris Hemsworth as James Hunt.

The model and Hunt were pictured together for a daring photoshoot after the racing driver won the World Championship in 1976.

Renowned ladies man Hunt posed in unzipped overalls exposing his bare chest and proudly sporting a badge that read: "Sex is a high performance thing" as a nude Susan gazed up at him.

Susan's daughter said she turned down rocker Rod Stewart (Getty Images)
The glamour model was fictionalised in the 2013 movie Rush (Mirrorpix)

She was previously married to Ian Drury, 73, with the pair remaining close friends 20 years after the split.

Kim said that her dad Ian helped to take care of her mother when she was sick.

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