Snider was born in
Vancouver to a Jewish family. By the mid-1970s he was a nightclub promoter and
pimp. While Stratten worked as a "
bunny" at the
Century City Playboy Club, and was cast in a few television and film roles, Snider had engaged in numerous
get-rich-quick schemes, including building and selling exercise benches. Stratten supported Snider financially throughout their short marriage. In 1980, Stratten was named
Playboys
Playmate of the Year and was cast in the movie
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.
Murder of Stratten and death On August 13, 1980 the second anniversary of Stratten's first arrival in Los Angeles Snider bought a used
12-gauge,
pump-action shotgun from a private seller he found in a local classified ad. Snider made several morbid remarks to his companions related to the problems at
Playboy magazine caused by Jennings' death, including a comment about how the editors would pull nude photos of a dead Playmate from the next issue if there was time. Stratten arrived for her meeting with Snider at his rented West Los Angeles house at approximately noon on Thursday, August 14. By 8:00 that evening, both of the roommates had returned to the house. They saw Stratten's car parked out front and noted that Snider's bedroom door was closed. Snider's remains are buried at Schara Tzedeck Cemetery in
New Westminster, British Columbia. ==In popular culture==