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American folklore is filled with stories about aspiration intrigue --- Don King, Bonnie and Clyde, Steve Jobs, etc.
An enduring cultural tale involves the death of iconic American celebrity Marilyn Monroe, a true screen beauty and entertainment industry wonder whose rumored extra-marital ties to fabled American President John F. Kennedy links her hyped death to strange reports of tragic foul play.
Monroe was a woman who rose from humble beginnings to become a Hollywood (USA) gem. Her glittering and hypnotic (and controversial) performance at a JFK birthday celebration created instant society rumors of her personal and sentimental (and romantic) involvement with the American President who was then married to culturally popular First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier (later colloquialized as 'Jackie-O' for her publicized post-JFK marriage to bawdy shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis).
"Marilyn Monroe was found dead in the bedroom of her Brentwood home by her psychiatrist Ralph Greenson after he was called by Monroe's housekeeper Eunice Murray on August 5, 1962. She was 36 years old at the time of her death. Her death was ruled to be "acute barbiturate poisoning" by Dr. Thomas Noguchi of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office and listed as "probable suicide". Many detectives – including Jack Clemmons, the first Los Angeles Police Department officer to arrive at the death scene – believe that she was murdered. No murder charges were ever filed. The death of Monroe has since become one of the most debated conspiracy theories of all time" (source of summary: Wikipedia).
Theories abound to the actual circumstances surrounding her death. Some claim that she was deliberately murdered by the President's 'henchmen' who sought to erase any public record of her so-called romantic (and hence extra-marital) involvement with JFK. Other theories go deeper in suggesting that Monroe was about to release evidence to the public about her love affair with the President, requiring his aides to take extreme action to avoid huge public scandal (given JFK's immense social popularity). Still other theories exist suggesting that Monroe was involved in some other seedy activity that led to her criminal murder.
The death of Monroe lifted her to the status of gender icon to those who loved her film work and to those seeking to romanticize her rumored tragic involvement with a culturally idolized American President.
Marilyn Monroe's death, most likely a standard act of suicide, will perhaps be remembered as a historical evidence of American fascination with 'gender graffiti.'
Death of Marilyn Monroe - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
An enduring cultural tale involves the death of iconic American celebrity Marilyn Monroe, a true screen beauty and entertainment industry wonder whose rumored extra-marital ties to fabled American President John F. Kennedy links her hyped death to strange reports of tragic foul play.
Monroe was a woman who rose from humble beginnings to become a Hollywood (USA) gem. Her glittering and hypnotic (and controversial) performance at a JFK birthday celebration created instant society rumors of her personal and sentimental (and romantic) involvement with the American President who was then married to culturally popular First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier (later colloquialized as 'Jackie-O' for her publicized post-JFK marriage to bawdy shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis).
"Marilyn Monroe was found dead in the bedroom of her Brentwood home by her psychiatrist Ralph Greenson after he was called by Monroe's housekeeper Eunice Murray on August 5, 1962. She was 36 years old at the time of her death. Her death was ruled to be "acute barbiturate poisoning" by Dr. Thomas Noguchi of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office and listed as "probable suicide". Many detectives – including Jack Clemmons, the first Los Angeles Police Department officer to arrive at the death scene – believe that she was murdered. No murder charges were ever filed. The death of Monroe has since become one of the most debated conspiracy theories of all time" (source of summary: Wikipedia).
Theories abound to the actual circumstances surrounding her death. Some claim that she was deliberately murdered by the President's 'henchmen' who sought to erase any public record of her so-called romantic (and hence extra-marital) involvement with JFK. Other theories go deeper in suggesting that Monroe was about to release evidence to the public about her love affair with the President, requiring his aides to take extreme action to avoid huge public scandal (given JFK's immense social popularity). Still other theories exist suggesting that Monroe was involved in some other seedy activity that led to her criminal murder.
The death of Monroe lifted her to the status of gender icon to those who loved her film work and to those seeking to romanticize her rumored tragic involvement with a culturally idolized American President.
Marilyn Monroe's death, most likely a standard act of suicide, will perhaps be remembered as a historical evidence of American fascination with 'gender graffiti.'
Death of Marilyn Monroe - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
