Marilyn Monroe was murdered
52 years ago, August 5, 1962.
Perhaps the
greatest American Icon of all time, Marilyn Monroe was America 's sweetheart, poster girl,
cheerleader, pin up queen, singer, movie star, the object of lust, devotion,
miles of newspaper and magazine print and the most imitated person of all time.
But that does not
even begin to describe this blonde bombshell who dominates the world even
today, five decades after her death. You
see, one of these days some smart prosecutor will reopen the Marilyn Monroe
death case and the truth will finally come out and don't be surprised to hear
the mafia, politicians, the Hollywood Rat Pack, President Kennedy, Attorney
General Robert Kennedy and who knows who else dominating the news.
Yet this time it
will be different. Before her enemies,
those who killed her, controlled the media and film industry and made certain
only their side of the story was heard.
Thanks to the Internet and Marilyn's astounding popularity with Baby
Boomers and their kids (the Millennia generation) when her tragic death is
relived there will be overwhelming interest on the worldwide social media
through the Internet.
Mainstream media,
Hollywood ,
Madison Avenue nor politicians control the Internet this time and they sure as
Hell don't control the Baby Boomers and their heirs. You see, Marilyn is alive and well in the
minds of the youth and Baby Boomers of the world who grew up with her or
adopted her as the role model for modern women and girls.
Don't believe me,
just look at the hundreds and thousands of Marilyn products flooding the
market. Most of the world was not aware
that Marilyn and her image and persona have been the subject of bitter court
fights that lasted until a Federal Appeals Court finally settled the issue in
2012 by stating what Marilyn stated in life, she belonged to no one but the
public she tried so hard to please.
It took 50 years for
the federal courts to rule on her "image and persona," and now her
story can finally be told.
Still, she has
always remained with us because of her unique American story. A mother who was sent to a mental health
institution while her daughter was sent to foster homes and an orphanage. She never knew who was her father. She created an alter ego to help her through the loneliness.
Her alter ego would one day become a star and Marilyn spent her entire life preparing for the moment. She created the most rigid workout program and diet in existence while a teenager to prepare her physically. But through it all shone the innocence of Norma Jean who loved children, loved animals and loved to make people happy.
In time she went
to work in a defense plant during World War II and was accidently discovered by
a photographer working on the assembly lines.
He was trying to generate interest in the war effort by finding a poster
girl and did he ever succeed. Marilyn
has been America 's poster
girl through World War II , Korea , Viet Nam ,
Iraq and Afghanistan
during the last 50 year and no one has knocked her off her pedestal.
Look at the
continuing interest in Marilyn. Her last
dress sold at auction two years ago for $5.54 million breaking the previous
record from 1999 of $1.26 million paid for another Marilyn dress which was more
than four times higher than the previous record. Marilyn doesn't just break records, she
smashes them into oblivion.
After her
discovery as a pin up model she quickly established herself in the movies and
every major male star at the time wanted to be paired with her including Robert
Mitchum, Clark Gable, Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemon to mention just a
few.
From being a
homeless orphan to world famous movie starlet Marilyn was the perfect American
success story. But waiting for America 's Sweetheart were the predators of Hollywood and the strange
combination of mafia and politicians who coveted her. She married America's favorite Yankees
baseball hero but immediately realized their careers made marriage impossible
yet Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn remained best friends and were planning to remarry
just a couple of weeks after her death.
Two people in
life befriended her, Joe DiMaggio and Milton Greene, her favorite photographer
and business partner as she became the first woman in Hollywood
to own her own movie production company with Milton .
Can you believe someone
should become so dominate in the world enduring for over 50 years and the best
hasn't even been told yet? And can you
believe Marilyn was just 36 years old when she was killed?
Bigger in death
than life? Hardly? She had only just begun in life. Now it is time we heard her story rather than
versions of all those whose agenda was not protecting Marilyn but those who
made her a victim. Justice has yet to be
dispensed. Then Norma Jean can finally
rest.
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