1960s British Sex Spy Scandal Figure, Christine Keeler, dies at 75

London showgirl Christine Keeler, who simultaneously had a relationship with British war secretary John Profumo and a Soviet military attache that caused the major political sex scandal of the 1960s, died Dec. 4 at a hospital in Farnborough, England. She was 75.

The Profumo Affair was one of the era’s most lurid scandals of espionage, Cold War politics, class prejudice and sexual hypocrisy, keeping it in the popular imagination through theatrical plays, including a musical by Andrew Lloyd-Webber, a feature film and dozens of books, including three books written by Christine.

Washington Post