Cynthia 'Plaster Caster' Albritton, artist and rock star groupie, dead at 74

Cynthia Albritton, better known as “Cynthia Plaster Caster," died after what her representatives said was a long illness.

In 1968, Jimi Hendrix was her first cast. She later expanded to include male filmmakers in the collection and then female artists’ breasts.

Among the artists who submitted to the process were Wayne Kramer of the MC5 and Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks. Kiss’ Gene Simmons wrote a song called "Plaster Caster" for the band’s 1977 platinum album "Love Gun." "The plaster’s gettin’ harder and my love is perfection/A token of my love for her collection," he sang — but Albritton said she never cast any member of that band.