Dayle Haddon Spoke Passionately About Ageism in Fashion in Final Post Before Death: ‘Every Age Has Gifts to Give Us’

Dayle Haddon shared her thoughts on ageism in fashion in her final social media post before her Dec. 27 death at age 76.

The actress and former supermodel — who died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning — promoted her appearance on Claudia Mahler's Shift Happens podcast as part of her final Instagram post on Dec. 19, just eight days before her death.

In the caption, Haddon wrote that it was a "pleasure" to join the host and discuss "aging gracefully, tuning into the gifts every age offers [and] knowing your worth and your values" in the episode.

"We as women, and the girls, have to be sovereign and own our life that every age has gifts to give us. Every age has secrets,” she said on the podcast. “And if we desperately hold on to the prior age, afraid to blossom into the other ages, we will never hear what those ages have to offer us."

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The episode preview then cut to another soundbite of Haddon discussing the importance of curiosity and making a "recipe" of life.

"If you stay curious, if you stay interested, if you stay healthy and energetic, work on the mind and work on the body, so then that will be your entry point into what your 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s will be," she said.

"You're making a recipe of your life. You know that if you're cooking, if you put in too much butter, it's going to be a little, wishy-washy cake,” she added. “So you've got to put in the good thinking, the actions toward others, have a philosophy and understanding of what aging is about and what your life — where the value is. Because wants and needs are ephemeral. As soon as you get what you want, you're going to replace it with another want. ... But what you value stays preeminently."

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As previously reported, Dayle's daughter, Ryan Haddon, remembered her mother with a lengthy tribute on Instagram on Friday — as a representative for Solebury Township Police in Pennsylvania told PEOPLE that authorities arrived at the Bucks County home of the Dayle's son-in-law, Hallmark star Marc Blucas, at around 6:30 a.m. local time that morning following a 911 call.

While there, police discovered a 76-year-old man, later identified as Walter Blucas, passed out on the first floor of the home before he was to rushed to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. A woman was found dead in a second-floor bedroom. Eliot Gross, the deputy coroner of Bucks County, confirmed to USA Today that the woman was Dayle and that a toxicology report is being conducted to determine a cause of death.

Per ABC 6, other family members on the property were not affected by the suspected carbon monoxide leak. Authorities told PEOPLE the leak "appeared to have been caused by a faulty vent on a water heater."

A representative for Dayle did not respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.

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Dayle — who appeared on multiple magazine covers, signed contracts with Revlon, Max Factor, Estée Lauder and L’Oréal during her modeling career and starred in movies such as Disney’s The World’s Greatest Athlete and North Dallas Forty — was remembered by her daughter on Instagram as a "bright light."

“I honor her. I bow to her. I revere all the paths and adventures taken. I saw her be golden and always reach for the Light in all areas of her life," Ryan wrote. "Thank you everyone who was a part of her journey that helped to shape her, enrich her and activate her to become the absolute gem that she is. She loved so many."

“A pure heart. A rich inner life. Touching so many lives. A life well lived. Rest in Light, Mom," she concluded.

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