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iWl'p)!fsifCTfi,. tit;- ... .wvriipiMnpinMiwi t - f ; :.'-'. 'A '.v .hl; - . MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON MARILYN DEAD Marilyn Monroe is dead at the age of 36, victim of an overdose of drugs which ended a tempestuous, glamour ous rocket ride to fame and personal trage dy. In the upper photo she is shown in three poses which helped to make her a Hollywood sex symbol. At left is a curve revealing back view shot, with a coquettish smile over the shoulder; in the center she is throwing out the first ball in a charity base ball game, and at right as she appeared when reporting to the set of "Something's Got To Give", a film from which she was even tually fired. In the lower picture she is shown at left with Joe DiMaggio at the time of their marriage on Jan. 14, 1954, and at right with playwright Arthur Miller shortly before their marriage in June, 1956. (UPI) Overdose of Drugs Blamed For Death of Marilyn Monroe Hollywood - (UPli - Los An geles County Coroner Theo dore Curphcy said today an autopsy disclosed that motion picture star Marilyn Monroe died from an overdose of drugs, but he refufed to com ment whether death was sui cide or accidental. The shocking suddenness of her death ended Marilyn's 10-year reign as Hollywood's sex goddess and wrote finish to an unparalleled story of her riee from grubby waif to the movie heights. Triends took two points of view. Some said the wiggling, whispering star was despond ent over her slipping career and had lost control of her self. Others said she was cheerful and hopeful of the fmure. In Excellent Spirits Said Dean Martin, who was to have co-starred with her earlier this year: "I'm sure it was an acci dent. She was at my home a few days ago and she was happy. She was in excellcrl spirits and we were making plans to resume the picture. She was a warm, wonderful person who never hurt any one but herfclf." The piciure was "Some thing's Got To Give," from which Miss Monroe was fired last June for chronic truancy ancy. It was believed this action by 20th Century - Fox Stu dios depressed the actress, leading to semi-seclusion and infomnia for which she order ed the fatal sleeping pills. The actress' mother, Gladys Baker Eley, is an inmate of a sanitarium which she enter ed many years ago following a nervous collapse. Marilyn Monroe was alone In death as she had been most of her life. She was born out of wed lock June 1. 1926, in Los An geles General Hospital. Her father, a Danish immigrant named Mortensen, disappear ed with Marilyn's two half sisters before she was born. Raised in Foster Horres Twelve days after her birth, and with the name of Norma Jeane Baker, she was farm ed out to a foster home, one of many she was to know during her formative years. But at the age of 8, when the mother suffered a col lapse, little Norma Jeane was placed in an orphanage. When she reached 10 Mar ilyn again was sent packing to a succession of foster homes where she worked for her meager meals. At 16 she escaped the drudgery of foster home life by marrying aircraft worker James Daughterly, now a Los Angeles policeman. Their stormy union lasted only four years before Marilyn sought a divorce. Dark haired and unsure of herself, Marilyn moved into the Studio Club, an organiza tion for hopeful actresses. She changed her name, and through the efforts of agent Johnny Hyde landed bit parts in second rate movies. Admitted Calendar Pose She played a supporting role in "Asphalt Jungle" and shortly thereafter burst to fame by admitting she had posed in the nude for" a widely-distributed calendar. 20th Century - Fox Studios signed her to a long-term con tract and Marilyn Monroe was launched as a super-star. She starred in six pictures in 1952, including "Niagara,'' and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." In 195.'! it was "How to Marry a Millionaire" and "River of No Return." By now her fan mail was pouring in at 5.000 letters a week. As her popularity grew Marilyn's personal dispair in creased. In 1954 she married former New York Yankee star Joe DiMaggio - for nine months. In asking for a divorce she said they "had noining to talk about. Early in 1955 she formed her own motion picture com pany in hopes of furthering her career. When that venture proved unproductive she ac cepted a role in "Bus Stop" and later a co-starring role with Laurence Oliver in "The Prince and the Showgirl Both pictures were panned by the critics. Convinced her career was foundering, the actress mar ried playwright Arthur Miller June 29, 1956, and spent al most two years living quietly with her husband in Connecti cut and New York. She also studied at the Actors Studio to improve her performances. Then in 1958 she returned triumphantly to Hollywood to star in her greatest success, "Some Like It Hot." It was followed in 1960 by two disastrous flops, "Let's Make Love" and "The Mis fits." Shortly after "The Mis fits." her last film, was com pleted she flew to Mexico to divorce Miller and returned to New York Cily alone. There she continued her acting studies and underwent an operation for removal of her gall bladder. At odds with 20th Century Fox over projected movies, the actress finally agreed late last year to star in "Some thing's Got to Give" with Dean Martin. However, her inability to report for work caused a $2 million delay in production which resulted in her dismiss al from the film and a $500, 000 lawsuit brought by the studio. Martin then refused to continue in his role with Lee Remick as his co-star. In addition to her mother Miss Monroe is survived by a half-sister. Mrs. Berniee Mir acle of Gainesville. Fla. A guardian for the 59-year-old mother said she had not been told of her daughter's death. Marilyn Monroe's Death Shocks Fans, Film Personalities MONDAY, AUGUST 6. 1962 Hollywood - IWD- Enter tainment world personalities and millions of ordinary mov ie and television fans experi enced a shock wave of sadness today as an aftermath of the sudden death of blonde screen star Marilyn Monroe. News of Miss Monroe's death from an overdose of sleeping pills flashed around the world Sunday, even pierc ing the Iron Curtain and crossing the Berlin wall. In Moscow, the Soviet News agency Tass reported the death in a brief dispatch from New York. The East German news agency ADN devoted four lines to a story that said Miss Monroe died from an ap parent overdose of sleeping pills. Clark Gable's widow was one of the first to learn of the blonde beauty's death. Gable and Miss Monroe co starred in "The Misfits," adapted from playwright Ar thur Miller's story. It was the last picture for both the famed stars. "I heard the flash over the air at 7 a.m.," said Kay Gable. "And I went to Mass and prayed for her." Death Stunt Martin Typical of the reactions at the personal level was that of actor Dean Martin, a close friend. "I just can't believe It , , . I just can't believe it," he said. "She was a wonderful person and a wonderful talent." Martin was Miss Monroe's co-star in the film "Some thing's Got to Give." The 36 year old actress was fired and the film shelved because of her frequent absences from the set. French actor Yves Montand, who starred with Marilyn in "Let's Make Love" and was linked with her romantically, said in St. Paul de Vence, France, Marilyn was "a good friend - the most beautiful woman in the movie world." "I was happy and proud to work with her," Montand said. "Her death affected me as it hurt all those people who applauded her. Suicide is a terrible drama in itself. It is even more so when it con cerns a woman, and what a woman! The most adored, and the unhappiest, too." Actress Susan Strasberg, a close acquaintance of Miss Monroe, said in Rome, "She was an extremely talented woman who was just begin ning to do the things she want ed to do. She wanted to work in the theater and. . ." Miss Strasberg was unable to con tain her grief and could not go on. Coaches Grief-Stricken Her parents, Paula and Lee Strasberg, who coached Miss Monroe in drama at their New York Actors' Studio, were grief-stricken also. Strasberg, preparing to fly from New York to Hollywood for the funeral, said, "For us, Marilyn was a devoted friend, a colleague, a member of our family ... it is difficult to accept the fact that her zest ful life has been ended by this dreadful accident." Comedian Steve Allen, dead ly serious, said, "Marilyn's death should lead us to pon der the materialistic values that characterize our way of life. She had fame and money after which we are taught to lust. But they led her to the grave." And an Italian counterpart of Miss Monroe was "terribly shocked and saddened." So-' phia Loren, in Tirrenia, paid perhaps the highest tribute one actress can pay to anoth er. She was a fine actress, she said, "a beautiful woman and an outstanding person. She was a real star." Playwright Shocked By Death of Star Roxbury, Conn. -fljPD- Play wright Arthur Miller, whose brains-and-bcauty marriage to actress Marilyn Monroe ended in divorce last year, said to day he was "dreadfully shocked" by the news of her death. Miller, who has since re married, said in a trembling voice at his farm here that he had not been in touch with his former wife for "about a year." He said he did not plan to go to Los Angeles for her funeral. "I'm not going," he said haltingly. "She's really not there any more. I'm afraid . . . I don't ... It would not be appropriate to mourn her that way." Catholic Cardinal Enters Lambeth Paace London - IUPII - Augustin Cardinal Bca Sunday became the first Roman Catholic car dinal in more than 400 years to ented Lambeth Palace, London seat of the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury. Dr. Michael Ramsey, the archbishop and head of the Church of England, lunched with the cardinal, president of the Vatican Secretariat for Unity of Christian Churches. The last cardinal In Lam beth Palace was Cardinal Pole, who went there in 1558 when Mary I, Roman Catho lic queen, was on the throne. Marilyn Victim of Symbol, Paper Says Vatican City - 01PD - Vatican City newspaper Osservatore Romano today expressed "pro pound pity" at the death of actress Marilyn Monroe and said she was the victim of being a symbol. "We cannot help but reflect that La Monroe is the victim of a mentality, of a custom, of a conception of life which makes one a symbol," the newspaper said. "In her unhappy event," the newspaper said, "she resem bles many others who remain unknown because they have not reached the fame which destroyed the American ac tress. "The drama and the trage dy, also if suffered in silence, carries the same penalties, the same responsibilities. The case of Miss Monroe, there fore, is an unhappy example.' Osservatore Romano said that it wished "hope and peace had smiled" on Miss Monroe during "the desperate solitude of this poor woman." "Man is able to affront the most severe and tragic physi cal mutilations to save their life. But they must have the same courage to save their moral life and to walk along the right road," the news paper said. It added, "We also have a soul to save." Jobess Benefits Drop in Fiscal Year Washington - IUPII - Labor Secretary Arthur J. Gold berg reported Sunday that unemployment benefits total ing $2.7 billion were paid to nearly six million persons in the fiscal year ending last June 30. 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