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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri Aug 4, 2023, 05:27 AM Aug 2023

On this day, August 4, 1962, Marilyn Monroe died.

Thu Aug 4, 2022: On this day, August 4, 1962, Marilyn Monroe died.

Marilyn Monroe



Monroe in 1953

Born: Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926; Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died: August 4, 1962 (aged 36); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death: Barbiturate overdose
Resting place: Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Website: marilynmonroe.com
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Marilyn Monroe (née Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress, singer, and model. Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2021) by the time of her death in 1962. Long after her death, Monroe remains a major icon of pop culture. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her sixth on their list of the greatest female screen legends from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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1944–1948: Modeling and first film roles



A photo of Monroe taken by David Conover in mid-1944 at the Radioplane Company

In April 1944, {her first husband, factory worker James Dougherty} was shipped out to the Pacific, and he would remain there for most of the next two years. Monroe moved in with her in-laws and began a job at the Radioplane Company, a munitions factory in Van Nuys. In late 1944, she met photographer David Conover, who had been sent by the U.S. Army Air Forces' First Motion Picture Unit to the factory to shoot morale-boosting pictures of female workers. Although none of her pictures were used, she quit working at the factory in January 1945 and began modeling for Conover and his friends. Defying her deployed husband, she moved on her own and signed a contract with the Blue Book Model Agency in August 1945.

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Fri Aug 5, 2022: Today, we honor the life and legacy of Marilyn Monroe on the 60th Anniversary of her passing.

Today, we honor the life and legacy of Marilyn Monroe on the 60th Anniversary of her passing. #MarilynMonroe

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On this day, August 4, 1962, Marilyn Monroe died. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 OP
There's only one Marilyn. Joinfortmill Aug 2023 #1
Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all GreenWave Aug 2023 #2
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