This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. Sandie Crisp, a transgender actress and model who, under her stage name the Goddess Bunny, served as a muse to generations of artists, gay punks and other denizens of the West Hollywood avant-garde, died on Jan.
27 at a hospital in Los Angeles. She was 61. Her death was confirmed by Mitchell Sunderland-Jackson, a friend. The cause was Covid-19, he said.
For decades, Ms. Crisp was a familiar presence on the sidewalks of Santa Monica Boulevard and in the hustler bars that once lined it, where she dressed like a grungy diva and lip-synced songs by Donny Osmond, Judy Garland and Selena.