Jennifer Lyn Jackson (March 21, 1969 – January 22, 2010) of

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, was the ''

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'' magazine

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for April 1989. Jackson was also one of three finalists chosen for ''Playboy's'' 35th Anniversary Playmate. Outtakes from her Playmate pictorial, which was photographed by Arny Freytag, appeared in ''

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'' several times following her centerfold appearance. Jackson graduated from North Olmsted High School in 1986, and went on to study business and finance at

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. In January 2007, Jackson was arrested in

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, for

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(DUI), and police found open beer bottles,

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, and stolen tobacco products in her car. In a

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, she pleaded guilty to DUI and the other criminal charges were dropped. She was given a suspended sentence of 180 days in jail, fined $500, placed on probation for three years, and had her

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suspended for six months. She was also ordered to receive a period of drug and alcohol abuse counseling. A long time drug addict, on January 22, 2010, Jackson was found dead from a

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by her husband, James Thompson, in their trailer park home in

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