Paul Snider In 1979, Snider partnered with Somen Banerjee and attorney Bruce Nahin to form what would become the male strip club format of Chippendales. In 1980, Stratten was named "Playboy"s Playmate of the Year and was cast in a motion picture, "They All Laughed" (1981) directed by Peter Bogdanovich, with whom she began an affair. Stratten and Snider separated and he hired a private investigator to follow her. On August 14, 1980, Stratten, aged twenty nine, was shot and killed in the West Los Angeles house they had shared. Snider's body was found next to hers. Police believed he raped and
1979 Australian Touring Car Championship being won by the Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback. Including the current season (2016), such a single car domination has only happened once since in the series, that being when the Ford Sierra RS500 won all rounds of the 1988 championship. The 1979 Australian Touring Car Championship was contested over an eight round series. The following teams and drivers competed in the 1979 Australian Touring Car Championship. For championship points allocation purposes, cars competed in two displacement classes: Championship points were awarded on a 9,6,4,3,2,1 basis to the first six placegetters in each class and on a 4,3,2,1 basis