Barbie designer — and Zsa Zsa Gabor ex — Jack Ryan lived a tragic life of drugs and guns before taking his own life.
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Ann Ryan is writing a memoir and has a podcast, “Dream House,” about her life growing up in the shadow of Barbie and her father, Jack Ryan.In the spring of 1977, Jack left Mattel, then the world’s largest toy company, as chief designer. Mattel designer Jack Ryan — with wife Zsa Zsa Gabor — led a wild, drug-fueled life that ended in a sad death.Zsa Zsa Gabor
“When I got up there, there were tons of cop cars outside the gate and SWAT team vehicles. I was stunned. I didn’t know what was going on,” Ann recalled. “I don’t remember anything specific after that except that at some point he lowered the pistol and cops came out of everywhere and grabbed him and grabbed my sister. I think I blacked out emotionally.”
Ann said she wouldn’t characterize her father as a “gun nut” but, when she was 19 and had moved into her first apartment in Beverly Hills, he gave her a shotgun as a housewarming gift. In the late 1970s, Jack was forced out of the company by Ruth, who despised his lifestyle and had launched a campaign claiming thatThe inspiration for Barbie, America’s first truly feminine toy doll, was based on an X-rated adult novelty doll called Bild-Lilli, a popular floozy cartoon character in a German tabloid.
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