Dayle Haddon expressed her thoughts on ageism in fashion in her final social media post before her death on December 27 at the age of 76.

The actress and former supermodel, who died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, was promoting her appearance on Claudia Mahler The change is taking place podcast as part of her final Instagram post on December 19, just eight days before her death.

In the caption, Haddon wrote that it was a “pleasure” to join the host in the episode about “aging gracefully, embracing the gifts that each age offers (and) knowing your own worth and values.” “to speak.

“We as women and girls must be sovereign and own our lives, which every age can give us. Every age has secrets,” she said on the podcast. “And if we cling desperately to the former age, For fear of blossoming into the other ages, we will never hear what those ages have to offer us.”

The episode preview then shows another soundbite from Haddon, in which he talks about the importance of curiosity and creating a “recipe” for life.

“If you stay curious, if you stay interested, if you stay healthy and energetic, working on your mind and your body, then that will be your entry into what your 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s will be,” said she.

“You make a recipe out of your life. You know if you cook and put too much butter in it, it’s going to be a little wishy-washy cake,” she added. “So you have that: thinking and acting well towards others, developing a philosophy and understanding of what aging is about and where the value lies. Because desires and needs are fleeting. I will replace it with another one. … But what you value remains at the forefront.”

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

There, police discovered that a 76-year-old man, later identified as Walter Blucas, passed out on the first floor of the home before he was to be taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. A woman was found dead in a second floor bedroom. Bucks County Deputy Coroner Eliot Gross confirmed this USA today that the woman was Dayle and that a toxicology report will be conducted to determine the cause of death.

According to ABC 6, other family members on the property were not affected by the suspected carbon monoxide leak. Authorities told PEOPLE that the leak “appears to have been caused by a faulty water heater vent.”

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

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Dayle – who has appeared on several magazine covers, signed contracts with Revlon, Max Factor, Estée Lauder and L’Oréal during her modeling career and starred in films such as Disney’s The greatest athlete in the world And North Dallas Forty – was remembered as a “bright light” by her daughter on Instagram.

“I honor her. I bow to her. I adore all the paths and adventures I have taken. “I saw that she was golden and always reaching for the light in all areas of her life,” Ryan wrote. “Thank you to everyone who has been part of her journey and helped shape, enrich and activate her to become the absolute gem she is. She loved so many.

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