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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. This was a drop of
20 per cent from the previous
year.
Golldberg said that an addi
tional $134,063,979 was paid
to 263,918 unemployed feder
al workers and ex-servicemen
under federal unemploy
ment compensation programs.
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